In between the few backcountry adventures of 2023 I spent a fair amount of time on the road looping thru my favorite scenic regions, hoping each time for dramatic lighting and better than last time views. In Wyoming that mean various loop around the Tetons and Wind River Range, complimented by numerous crossing of Beartooth Pass into Montana. While in Montana I revisited Glacier Nat Park having not been there since 1975. Going to the Sun road is pretty impressive, but it's an old narrow road that is inundated with too many tourists mostly because well, it's a National Park. For my money Dead Indian Pass to Beartooth Pass is the finest alpine drive in the USA. Second place goes to White Mt / Bristlecone Hwy with it's amazing Sierra View vista - best done at sunrise in the spring when the High Sierra is still covered in winter snows.
HEAVY RUNNER AND REYNOLDS MT FROM THE 'GOING TO THE SUN ROAD' IN GLACIER NAT PARK, MT
CLEMENTS MT FROM THE 'GOING TO THE SUN ROAD' IN GLACIER NAT PARK, MT
ANOTHER VIEW OF CLEMENTS MT FROM THE 'GOING TO THE SUN ROAD' IN GLACIER NAT PARK, MT
MT OBERLIN FROM THE 'GOING TO THE SUN ROAD' IN GLACIER NAT PARK, MT
MT OBERLIN AND CANNON FROM THE 'GOING TO THE SUN ROAD' IN GLACIER NAT PARK, MT
OBERLIN, CLEMENTS, PT 7860 AND CANNON MT FROM THE 'GOING TO THE SUN ROAD' IN GLACIER NAT PARK, MT
LOOKING BACK AT OBERLIN, CLEMENTS, PT 7860 AND CANNON MT, GLACIER NAT PARK, MT
JACKSON GLACIER FROM THE OVERLOOK ON THE WAY UP TO LOGAN PASS, GLACIER NAT PARK, MT
FINAL VIEW OF OBERLIN, CLEMENTS, PT 7860 AND CANNON MT, GLACIER NAT PARK, MT
A TIMCHALK GATHERING IN MAZAMA, WA
CHUCK AND MARYANN TIMCHALK WAITING ON OUR BREWS IN DOWNTOWN MAZAMA, WA
NICK AND MARGO AT THE LOCAL BREWERY IN DOWNTOWN MAZAMA, WA
CHARCOAL CREEK REGION ALONG THE BIG HOLE RIVER SOUTH OF BUTTE, MT
JUST NORTH OF RED LODGE MT ON THE WAY BACK UP TO BEARTOOTH PASS
AFTERNOON VIEW OF ROCK CREEK AT GREENOUGH LAKE CG JUST OFF RT 212, MONTANA
A PERFECT SUNRISE ON THE BEARTOOTH MTS FROM THE TOP OF THE SWITCHBACKS UP OUT OF ROCK CREEK ON THE BEARTOOTH PASS HWY, MT
SAME VIEW OF THE BEARTOOTH MTS FROM THE TOP OF THE SWITCHBACKS UP OUT OF ROCK CREEK ON THE BEARTOOTH PASS HWY, MT
THE HAWK AND A SUNRISE VIEW OF THE BEARTOOTHS FROM THE MONTANA SIDE OF BEARTOOTH PASS
TWIN LAKES FROM THE BEARTOOTH PASS ROAD JUST PAST THE BORDER AND INTO WYOMING
VIEW TO THE SOUTHWEST FROM A SWITCHBACK NEAR THE TOP OF THE CHAIN CREEK LAKES HEADWALL ON THE BEARTOOTH PASS ROAD, WY
LOOKING PAST THE HEADWALL ABOVE THE CHAIN CREEK LAKES TO THE BEARTOOTH MTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER IN MONTANA
EARLY MORNING VIEW OF GARDNER LAKE ON WYOMING SIDE OF BEARTOOTH PASS
NORTH TO BEARTOOTH MTS OF MONTANA FROM THE TOP OF BEARTOOTH PASS IN WYOMING
THE FIRST SWITCHBACK ON THE WAY DOWN FROM BEARTOOTH PASS IN WYOMING
FROZEN LAKE, PART OF THE CANYON CREEK DRAINAGE, BEARTOOTH PASS HWY, WYOMING
VIEW FROM ABOUT 1000' BELOW BEARTOOTH PASS, HWY 212, WYOMING
LITTLE BEAR LAKE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BEARTOOTH PASS HWY, WYOMING
BEARTOOTH PLATEAU AND LONG LAKE, HWY 212, WYOMING
BEARTOOTH PASS HWY NEAR THE FINAL SWITCHBACKS TO THE TOP OF BEARTOOTH PASS, WYOMING
LOOKING OUT OVER MIRROR LAKE DRAINAGE ON THE RIGHT AND AN UNNAMED DRAINAGE ON THE LEFT FROM NEAR THE TOP OF BEARTOOTH PASS, WY
BEARTOOTH LAKE, FROM THE BEARTOOTH SCENIC BYWAY, WYOMING
LOOKING DOWN INTO THE CLARKS FORK OF THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER FROM THE BEARTOOTH SCENIC BYWAY, WYOMING
SUNLIGHT CREEK GORGE FROM THE SUNLIGHT BRIDGE OVERLOOK
LOOKING UPSTREAM IN THE SUNLIGHT CREEK DRAINAGE FROM THE HWY 296 BRIDGE, WYOMING
THE SUNLIGHT CREEK BRIDGE AND OVERLOOK, HWY 296, WYOMING
LOOKING NORTHEAST AS SUNLIGHT CREEKS MAKES IT'S RUN TO THE JCT WITH CLARKS FORK OF THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER, WY
VIEWS BEGINNING TO OPEN UP ON THE DRIVE UP TO DEAD INDIAN PASS ON THE CHIEF JOSEPH SCENIC HIGHWAY, WYOMING
LOOKING OUT AT THE GORGE OF THE CLARKS FORK OF THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER FROM CHIEF JOSEPH SCENIC HIGHWAY, WYOMING
LOOKING WEST FROM CHIEF JOSEPH SCENIC HIGHWAY TO SOME HIGH PEAKS IN YELLOWSTONE NAT PARK, WYOMING
SEA BED RED ROCKS ON THE EAST SIDE OF DEAD INDIAN PASS, WYOMING
TENSLEEP CANYON FROM ROUTE 16 ON THE DRIVE UP THE CLOUD PEAK SKYWAY SCENIC BYWAY, BIGHORN MTS, WY
CLOUD PEAK WILDERNESS SUMMITS FROM SITTING BULL CG, SITTING BULL PARK, BIGHORN MTS, WY
CLOUD PEAK FROM HIGHWAY 16 NEAR WILD HORSE HILL, BIGHORN MTS, WYOMING
MEADOWLARK LAKE, BIGHORN MTS, WY
THE MORNING AFTER THE STORM, TENSLEEP CANYON, BIGHORN MTS, WY
LOWER TENSLEEP CANYON NOT FAR FROM THE TOWN BY THE SAME NAME, BIGHORN MTS, WY
ANOTHER VIEW OF LOWER TENSLEEP CANYON, BIGHORN MTS, WY
INTERESTING SECTION OF ROUNDED SANDY DOMES ON HWY16 WEST OF TENSLEEP, WYOMING
LOOKING NORTH UP WIND RIVER CANYON ON THE WAY TO RIVERTON AND POINTS SOUTH
LOOKING SOUTH DOWN WIND RIVER CANYON ON THE WAY TO RIVERTON AND POINTS SOUTH