Wyoming Ice....

Yes it does but depending on where you are going I would not go that way. If heading back to Box Elder, SD you are usually better taking 85 up to 585 to 90. A good alternate route if that is bad is to take I-25 to Douglas and then 59 to 90 in Gillette. I-25 hits 90 in Buffalo which is quite a bit out of the way unless you are going up to Montana.

 

585 to 90 at Sundance and then East back to 85 at exit 10 in Spearfish is best and quickest way to Dickinson (85 North to 94 at Belfield ND then East about 20 miles to Dickinson on I-94). No matter the weather there is no reason to go through lead or Deadwood.

 

Yes North Dakota is really not bad. I've been up and down 85 from and to Western North Dakota more times than I could count. If you get a chance have a meal at the Trapper's Kettle in Belfield and check out the "rare white Bat". And I love the Frontier Travel Plaza in Bowman, easy parking anytime day or night.

 

I haven't been that far west in a decade, but Nebraska and Wyoming seemed to have it out for me when I went. Treacherous conditions.

 

Winter storm jackson by Brickwall posted Feb 2, 2018 at 7:55 PM

This was my latest winter experience on elk mountain. No chains, 55mph, was nuts. Thankfully it was packed and blowing snow, not ice. They shut it down a few hours after I went through.

 

It was a long night. Thank God I made it okay.