The overall region status for The Beartooths is Open as of Aug 15, 2026 ago
Trail Conditions Summary
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The Beartooths Weather Forecast 
- Sun 20
28 °F - 45 °F - Mon 2128 °F - 50 °F
- Tue 2237 °F - 54 °F
| trail | date | description | condition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 13, 2026 @ 9:33pm (America/Denver) Aug 13, 2026 | mtb | Unknown | view | ||
Aug 2, 2026 @ 1:07pm (America/Boise) Aug 2, 2026 | hike A couple soft/wet spots near the lake, but trail was in good condition other than that. | Ideal | view | ||
Jul 31, 2026 @ 11:00am (America/Denver) Jul 31, 2026 | mtb | Ideal | view | ||
Jun 4, 2026 @ 6:48am (America/Boise) Jun 4, 2026 | trailrun Perfecto! Forrest Service recently cleared around 10 or so trees from the winter. Good to go! | Dry | view | ||
Sep 21, 2025 @ 2:28pm (America/Denver) Sep 21, 2025 | mtb Great | Unknown | view | ||
Jul 22, 2025 @ 12:28pm Jul 22, 2025 | mtb | Ideal | view | ||
Jul 21, 2024 @ 8:29pm Jul 21, 2024 | mtb So good! Premier backcountry ride from Alpine to the Canyon floor if you don’t mind riding real backcountry rides on a bike. Excellent conditions top to bottom! | Dry | view | ||
Jul 20, 2024 @ 3:39pm Jul 20, 2024 | mtb The trail name is Hauser Lake. Trail is rocky and rutted. Some mud in places and some short areas of standing water. | Unknown | view | ||
Jul 14, 2024 @ 9:32pm Jul 14, 2024 | mtb All clear, a lot of bear scat on the flat open stretch. | Dry | view | ||
Jul 7, 2024 @ 3:17am Jul 7, 2024 | mtb A few short snow patches in the beginning. Creeks are crossable with care. | Dry | view | ||
Aug 18, 2023 @ 7:01am Aug 18, 2023 | mtb Riding well. loose on the switchbacks but pretty well marked. | Dry | view | ||
Sep 4, 2022 @ 10:11am Sep 4, 2022 | mtb One downed tree just before the final descent, easy enough to walk around. Final descent was loose up high. | Dry | view | ||
Aug 22, 2022 @ 8:17am Aug 22, 2022 | mtb One tree down on the trail along the top of the plateau before the main decent, easy to navigate around. Downed trees cleared from main decent. Loose and dry with some major exposure on the upper sections. | Dry | view | ||
Jul 30, 2022 @ 8:07am Jul 30, 2022 | mtb About a dozen trees down on upper half of the main descent. Loose and dry with some major exposure on the upper sections. | Dry | view | ||
Sep 17, 2021 @ 8:31am Sep 17, 2021 | mtb Fire Closure lifted. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/7537/66569/ | Dry | view | ||
Sep 17, 2021 @ 8:29am Sep 17, 2021 | mtb Fire Closure lifted. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/7537/66569/ | Dry | view | ||
Jun 15, 2021 @ 6:38pm Jun 15, 2021 | mtb Trail Closed due to Robertson Draw Fire Fire Information: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7537/ Fire Closure Map Link: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/MTGNF/2021-06-14-1452-Robinson-Draw/related_files/pict20210529-183233-0.pdf reporter | Very Dry | view | ||
Jun 15, 2021 @ 6:35pm Jun 15, 2021 | mtb Trail Closed due to Robertson Draw Fire Fire Information: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7537/ Fire Closure Map Link: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/MTGNF/2021-06-14-1452-Robinson-Draw/related_files/pict20210529-183233-0.pdf reporter | Very Dry | view | ||
Jun 11, 2021 @ 7:26pm Jun 11, 2021 | mtb Trail was mostly clear (mid June, low snow year). First mile was a bit rough, small snow patches, couple streams that required some big leaps to clear (on foot). First section a bit wet. Couple small snow patches and downed trees on downhill, but were rare and never impassable. | Variable | view | ||
Aug 10, 2020 @ 12:24pm Aug 10, 2020 | mtb Great trail on top of the world. The two creeks at this time of year have slowed down and my shoes didn’t even get wet. Really no mud the entire way. I hiked a couple technical areas early where it was too steep and rocky for me to ride but after that very rideable. The descent is all at the end, a lot of switchbacks and some narrow and loose. | Ideal | view | ||
Jul 17, 2020 @ 5:21pm Jul 17, 2020 | mtb Two creek crossings early and shoes were dry within an hour! | Ideal | view | ||
Jul 26, 2019 @ 2:00pm Jul 26, 2019 | mtb Trail is in great shape. The low lying areas immediately below the trailhead are wet, but they're always wet during the snow melt season. Definitely in prime riding condition. | Dry | view | ||
Sep 16, 2018 @ 6:21pm Sep 16, 2018 | mtb Walk and ride your way up. Follow Cairns at the top! | Dry | view | ||
Jul 27, 2017 @ 4:16pm Jul 27, 2017 | mtb | Dry | view | ||
Jul 4, 2017 @ 9:58am Jul 4, 2017 | mtb Rode the route July 3, 2017 with 5 of us, 3 Montanans and two imports from Canada. 5 hours total with 4 hours 15 minutes of riding. Some snow patches, wet ground and stream wading near the Line Creek Plateau carpark off Beartooth Highway. As you'd expect 'early season' we encountered some pushing, wading, and step kicking along with the usual cross country travel & routefinding. Scenery was superb. We started early enough to beat the afternoon thunderstorms when they finally rolled in. Met a Forest Service trail crew on our descent from Mount Maurice who had cleared deadfall so the only impediments were a couple of sizeable snow drifts that could be easily circumvented. Having said that you definitely need to watch the rock waterbars on this section of trail as some have square / sharp edges that are prime for causing pinch-flats or denting rims. Definitely need a map and/or GPS enabled map/phone for this route as the terrain is wide open and ambiguous. In addition, some of the obvious cairns with poles sticking out the top mark ridge highpoints not the biking route. As mentioned by past riders in other forums this route has many sections with no defined trail where you are riding over alpine vegetated terrain some of which has angular granite underlying the bush. A torn sidewall is certainly a possibility. One of our party dinged a rock with his rear brake disc and bent it. This unmaintained alpine terrain is, in my opinion, is a big part of what makes this ride so unique and spectacular. No concerns about crowds up there! | Variable | view |
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