Foote's Mountaineering

YES we got the cold snap we need for the Wyoming Ice Festival happening this week 💪

CODY, WYOMING 🤠

The Wyoming Ice Festival has kicked off today! The schedule is jam-packed with speakers and clinics for all climbing levels.

Check out the website for more information: https://bit.ly/3vpAHQt

YES LET IT BEGIN 🤠

Yup it’s true… 🤠

[Update 6/19/24 - the Beartooth Highway is open. This post will not be updated again, so please check the MDT 511 map/app before traveling for the current status of the Beartooth Highway: 511mt.net]

⚠️ US Highway 212 (the Beartooth Highway) on the Montana side will be CLOSED at the Wyoming state line today (6/17/24) at 5 p.m. due to winter weather. Unpredictable weather at these high elevations can cause temporary closures throughout the summer, so always check the MDT 511 map/app before traveling for the current status of the Beartooth Highway: 511mt.net
Check WYOMING DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION's website for information on the Wyoming side of the highway.

Merry Christmas and NO snow plow Sunday 🥶
Beautiful morning in the Southfork Valley!
Ice conditions for the festival will be awesome.

FYI...

ICE CLIMBERS: The season's first avalanche fatality in North America happened on Sunday, 11/12. A climber was on "Lone Ranger" and was swept away and buried when they were hit with a natural avalanche. Their partner could not locate them.

We have similar conditions: dirt down low, snow up high, and weak layers of sugary facets buried under some wind slabs. A skier triggered a wind sab on Mt Blackmore on Sunday and it's likely there are more that could be triggered. Even a small avalanche can have deadly consequences if you are swept off a cliff.

This is just a friendly, early season reminder to be safe and enjoy yourself!

📷: Avalanche Canada (11/12/2023)

[349 PM MDT 3/29/2023]: Here is an updated snow total map for the snowfall expected tonight through early Friday. The Friday morning commute might be slick!

We’ll let’s see if we get any of this storm on our side of the Bighorns 🤠