Beartooth Highway 75th Anniversary Press Trip
September 28, 2010 by Molly Douma Brewer
Riding the Beartooth Highway and our guide, happy in the snow at the top of the pass.
The Beartooth Highway - a rugged ribbon of road once deemed “America’s most beautiful road” by acclaimed travel journalist, Charles Kuralt - was the focus of our most recent press trip. The first morning we woke to a cool August drizzle which transformed to a sideways-snowing blizzard as we rose from Red Lodge to the top of Beartooth Pass at 9800 feet. Our plan to ride bikes down the pass seemed like a distant reality, somewhere far beyond the piercing frozen snow pelting us in the face. Still, our kilted guide, Doug from Beartooth Bike Tours just grinned and knowingly told us something would change. A man of his word, minutes later the sun broke through, we hopped on cruiser bikes and descended a few switchbacks in patches of sun and rainbows.
Yellowstone Lake.
Our trip continued for four more days, with a jam-packed schedule including more exploration of the Beartooth Pass, Red Lodge, the Lazy EL Ranch in Roscoe, Cooke City, Yellowstone National Park and Chico Hot Springs.
Old Faithful. Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone National Park.
Jael Kampfe, ranch manager of the Lazy EL. Rick McIntyre, scoping a wolf pack in Yellowstone.
Press from the press trip:
Cheryl-Anne Millsap, Spokesman-Review: Wheels and Wranglers, A Path of Desire and If I Could Take You to YellowstoneKraig Becker, Huffington Post and Gadling: America's Best Drive, Riding the Beartooth Highway to Yellowstone
Max Hartshorne, GoNomad: Scoping Wolves with the Wolfman of Yellowstone, Montanans Love to Soak & Stay at Chico Hot Springs
Lacy Morris, Away: Scenic Drive Travel Guide, Beartooth Highway
Yellowstone Lake looks fantastic. In particular I’m looking at how the storm clouds filter the lighting and call out certain features that would otherwise be ignored.
Thanks for the sketch; makes me want to load up the truck and GO… NOW!