When Charles Kuralt from the famed television show "On the Road" calls a route “the most beautiful drive in America,” you should probably take note! He was referring to the Beartooth All-American Road (also known as the Beartooth Highway) that leads from just outside Red Lodge, Montana right to the Northeast Entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Just shy of 70 miles, the drive will take at least 3 hours thanks to exciting switchbacks and the ever-present temptation to pull over for pictures. When you add in all the stops along the way, you can easily spend the entire day enjoying the Beartooth All-American Road as it rises nearly 11,000 feet to Beartooth Pass in Wyoming.
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The entire Beartooth Highway is usually open seasonally from Memorial Day weekend until mid-October, dependent, of course, on snowfall. On the first weekend of May each year, National Park road plows come to Cooke City and plow the Beartooth Highway all the way through to the border of Montana. Summer is considered high season, and the byway is often closed because of snow during the off-season, which is October through April.
