Beartooth Highway

Beartooth Highway
Beartooth Highway highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by National Park Service and Montana Department of Transportation
Length	68.291 mi (109.904 km)
Existed	June 4, 1936 (1936-06-04)–present
Component highways	US 212
Major junctions
West end	US 212 at the Northeast Entrance Station of Yellowstone National Park
Major intersections	WYO 296 near Beartooth Lake
East end	US 212 / MT 78 in Red Lodge
Location
Country	United States
State	Montana
Highway system
Scenic Byways National National Forest BLM NPS Montana Highway System Interstate US State Secondary
Approaching Beartooth Pass from the east
Beartooth Pass Location within the United States Beartooth Pass Location within Wyoming
Elevation	10,947 ft (3,337 m)
Traversed by	US 212
Location
Location	Wyoming, United States
Range	Beartooth Mountains
Coordinates	44°58.1′N 109°27.9′W

The Beartooth Highway is an All-American Road in the western United States on a section of U.S. Route 212 in Montana and Wyoming between Red Lodge and the Northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park. It crests at Beartooth Pass in Wyoming at 10,947 feet (3,337 m) above sea level, and was called "the most beautiful drive in America," by late CBS News correspondent Charles Kuralt. Because of heavy snowfall at the top, the pass is usually open for about five months per year, from mid-May to mid-October, weather conditions permitting.