WINTERSPORTS -- Winter conditions are finally starting to bare their teen in the high mountains.

Beartooth Pass on the Montana-Wyoming border is closed for the winter and significant snowfall is forecast today for the Washington Cascades.

Forecasters say 3-to-7 inches of snow are possible in Washington at the Sunrise Ranger Station at Mount Rainier. Snow also is expected at Artist Point at Mount Baker and Washington Pass on the North Cascades Highway.

With the snow level at 5,500 feet, Snoqualmie, Stevens and White passes will likely just see rain showers.

Forecasters expect rain showers across Washington into Saturday but a drier day on Sunday.

The Montana and Wyoming departments of transportation say the scenic highway into Yellowstone National Park is closed to traffic from Vista Point south of Red Lodge, Montana, to its intersection with the Chief Joseph Highway in Wyoming. U.S. Highway 212 from the Chief Joseph Highway intersection to Cooke City, Montana, remains open.

The pass is expected to re-open in late May, weather permitting.