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Melting Beartooth Plateau ice patches surveyed in likely last window
Original: 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.
Why now: The fast-melting ancient ice patches and imminent seasonal highway closure have created a brief final window to record archaeological and climate evidence before winter.
Beartooth PlateauUS-212 (Beartooth Highway)Montana
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- Likely last chance Beartooth Plateau melting ice patch survey. US-212 closes Tue., but ❄️ late Sun/Mon, could be earlier. Both thousands of years old ice patches we visited seem a little further out than last year, but thinner. Melt will pause when system(s) come thru next week… · BeartoothSkier · 10
- Likely last chance Beartooth Plateau melting ice patch survey. US-212 closes Tue., but ❄️ late Sun/Mon, could be earlier. Both thousands of years old ice patches we visited seem a little further out than last year, but thinner. Melt will pause when system(s) come thru next week… · BeartoothSkier · 6
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