Tag: #beartoothhighway

22 June 2018

I decided to take the scenic road from Red Lodge to Yellowstone National Park. How can one road provide so much stunnning landscape and changes of temperature!

Beartooth Highway climbs up to almost 3,300 metres (11,000 feet) with several switch backs in the road for the steep climb and descent.

Driving into Red Lodge I saw the snow on the mountains but had no idea I would be driving through the snow areas. There were people skiing in some spots.

Video of lake. It is summer here but need to remember it is very high up on the mountain.

On the way up this lookout had chipmunks. Another animal I can add to my list of sightings.

I found a room in a quaint cabin in Cooke City which has a population of 90 all year round and is 6.5 km (4 miles) outside of Yellowstone National Park. Because of snow, the road on the east side of Cooke City (which takes you to the North Eastern entrance of Yellowstone) is inaccessible for 5 months. Can you believe Yellowstone has over 4 million visitors in 150 days.

I drove 20 minutes into Yellowstone to have a look at what I might find tomorrow as it was too late to drive around or across the park and explore too much.

In one spot, Lamar Valley, there were people who had huge telescopic cameras set up on tripods. At the moment I arrived you could see mountain goats. Down the road there were some bison.

I saw a moose and a dozen marmots but I was not able to stop to get a photo. But this deer posed for me.