Today’s Bighorn Mountain Trail and Snow Conditions

Mountain Streams:
(Including Clear Creek, Crazy Woman Creek, Rock Creek, Piney Creek and Tensleep Creek and their tributaries)

Bighorn mountain streams are frozen over for the winter.

Mountain Lakes:
(Including Tie Hack Reservoir, Meadowlark Lake, and Cloud Peak Wilderness Lakes)

All mountain lakes are frozen. Folks are ice fishing at Tie Hack Reservoir and Meadowlark Lake, Try a small ice fly or Swedish Pimple tipped with a mealworm or waxworm.

Prarie Streams:
(Including Clear Creek, Crazy Woman Creek, Rock Creek and Piney Creek)

Lower elevation streams are frozen over for the season.

Lake Desmet:
Lake DeSmet is producing well at times.

Lake DeSmet is partially frozen along the south dam and some select bays. Ice is 4-6" thick, use caution when venturing out or fishing on the ice.

Try Ice flies, small jigs, or Swedish Pimples tipped with a mealworm or waxworm.

Prairie Lakes and Ponds:
(Including Healy Reservoir, and Muddy Guard Reservoirs)

There is 6-8" of ice on local reservoirs.

At Healy try a crappie rig with crawler chunks, mealworms, or minnows for Perch. Try large jigs or jigging lures for Tiger Muskie and Bass.

Remember no live bait is allowed at Muddy Guard #1.

General Info:
Winter Conditions have set in. Most Nordic Ski areas are open and groomed. Meadowlark Ski Lodge and Antelope Butte Ski Area are open on weekends and conditions are good. There is decent snowmobile conditions on the west flank of the Bighorns and west of Burgess Junction.

Forest Service Road Conditions:
All Forest Service roads are closed.

Cloud Peak Wilderness Trails:
All trails are snowed in with winter conditions.

Cloud Peak Wilderness Lakes:
Most Cloud Peak Wilderness lake and streams are frozen

Snow and Skiing Conditions:
Snow Conditions are good for skiing. Snowmobile conditions and trails are good on the west flank of the Bighorns.

There is 6-8" base with good coverage at Pole Creek Nordic trails and they are being regularly groomed.

There is 12-18" base at Willow Park Nordic trails. The trails are ski tracked and are groomed periodically.

Meadowlark Ski Lodge is open Friday - Sundays from 9:30am-4pm. Conditions are good on groomed runs. Off-piste is still a little thin, so use caution.

Backcountry ski conditions are thin and rocky. Use caution, and remember to go with a partner.