Crews are preparing Beartooth Basin for a possible early opening, including winching, grooming, and lift setup. The ski area can open only when Beartooth Highway is open, a route that typically opens around Memorial Day weekend and is expected to open this year. Opening day is likely around May 25, with lift tickets currently available from May 27 through June 10, the estimated closing date. Full day lift tickets cost $50, and a season pass costs $395. Beartooth Basin is a high-elevation summer-only training area with advanced expert terrain, steep headwalls, cornice skiing, and a big air park, operating without a lodge or warming facilities under a special permit with Shoshone National Forest.
"Beartooth Basin is one of the oldest alpine ski training areas in North America, originally founded in the mid-1960s by Austrian ski legends as a summer racing ground. Under new ownership, it has evolved from a private training facility into a public ski area situated above 10,000 feet. While it operates with professional ski patrol and lift attendants, it has no lodge or warming facilities. It's more like backcountry skiing with a lift than a proper resort experience, and they're very proud of that."
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