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Ancient ice patch near Beartooth Highway melts out again
Original: 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.
Why now: The back-to-back meltout of ice that survived thousands of years is a dramatic, visible marker of climate change in the Rockies.
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- Only 12 more days Beartooth Hwy is open. 3100m ice patch survey around Line Crk. trail area shows it essentially has melted out again this year. Last year first time in thousands of years. Striking difference even from 2023. 16K hike 3250m down to 2950m then up back up, over to… · BeartoothSkier · 12
- Only 12 more days Beartooth Hwy is open. 3100m ice patch survey around Line Crk. trail area shows it essentially has melted out again this year. Last year first time in thousands of years. Striking difference even from 2023. 16K hike 3250m down to 2950m then up back up, over to… · BeartoothSkier · 7
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