Big Sky, MT – The first substantial cold front of the season swept across southwestern Montana and northwestern Wyoming overnight, leaving in its wake thunderstorms that dropped early snowfall draping many of the region’s ski resorts.
Snow levels dipped as low as Big Sky’s base village at 7,510 feet. The Montana Department of Transportation has closed the Beartooth Highway leading from Red Lodge into Yellowstone National Park along with the area’s Vista Point due to snow and ice on the roadway.
Madison Village at Moonlight Basin Resort in Big Sky, Montana. (photo: Moonlight Basin)
Pierre’s Knob at Bridger Bowl, near Bozeman, Mont. (photo: Bridger Bowl)
Looking down the Bridger lift (photo: Bridger Bowl)
The Teton Mountains lining the Wyoming/Idaho border, as seen from Driggs, Idaho. (photo: TetonCam.com)
The view from Big Sky’s TramCam (photo: Big Sky Resort)
Big Sky Village (photo: Big Sky Resort)
Snow dusts Rendezvous Peak, as viewed from Jackson Hole’s Bridger Restaurant. (photo: JHMR)
While snow guns are positioned on the lower slopes of Red Lodge Mountain Resort in Montana, natural snow dusts the ski resort’s higher elevations. (photo: Red Lodge Mountain Resort)
