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- 1Melting Beartooth Plateau ice patches surveyed in likely last window●Likely last chance Beartooth Plateau melting ice patch survey. US-212 closes Tue., but ❄️ late Sun/Mon, could be earlier
Researchers are documenting the rapidly melting ice patches on Montana's Beartooth Plateau, where Beartooth Highway (US-212) is set to close Tuesday. Ice patches thousands of years old were found thinner than last year, with surveys rushed ahead of forecast snow expected late Sunday or Monday. Melting should pause as the weather system moves through next week, but the findings underscore accelerating ice loss in the region.
- 2Ancient ice patch near Beartooth Highway melts out again●Only 12 more days Beartooth Hwy is open. 3100m ice patch survey around Line Crk. trail area shows it essentially has mel
A survey at roughly 3,100 metres near the Line Creek trail area off the Beartooth Highway has found that an ice patch has essentially melted out again this year. The patch melted for what the surveyor describes as the first time in thousands of years last year, and the difference from 2023 is described as striking. With the highway closing in about 12 days, the find is being shared as a stark sign of accelerating alpine ice loss.