Charles Kuralt
called the 60-mile Beartooth Highway in Montana "the most beautiful drive in America", and it doesn’t disappoint.
Arriving as we did in late May, there was still plenty of snow on the
ground at the higher elevations --- the high point on the road being at 10,947
feet. The road starts in the town of Red Lodge and ends in Cooke City, just a couple of miles from the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park (more on Yellowstone at some later time when we have better WiFi access!)
We passed by
snowmobilers getting ready to head out, and came upon the Twin Lakes Headwall, a
ski slope with a small rope tow that the one guide book describes as "where young ski racers...gather
each summer ...its steep slopes pitched at a challenging 58 degree angle”.
Gracie and Abby
were happy to romp in the snow, and my biggest challenge was not to
hyperventilate as John negotiated some of the switchbacks along the way.
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