Looking South From Montana Border Towards the Wyoming Border and Mountains of Wyoming.
“Dark sky now and cold. Except where the sun hits. On the sun side my arm and leg and jacket are hot, but the dark side, in deep shadows now, is very cold.“
.Beartooth Highway, MT. Now we have passed the first maximum elevation on the Beartooth Highway. My notes and my GPS both show that we come down slightly to elevation 10968 feet. My photo vantage point is on the edge of the pavement. Note the rubble pile, pushed over to make the mountain’s slope level for the highway. This is evidence that up here there is almost pure broken stone under the grass!. This shows there is practically no top soil up here. You can see the continuation of the curved road at left descending down into the low area (valley) behind the snow covered mount at right. Just beyond this valley you see another plateau practically level to here. Remember this! I will help you understand the next six Photos. Also please note general appearance of the rolled edge of the storm clouds, which are North to South. And note the opening in the clouds with the white blue sky (Southwest). Remember all this. It will help you stay direction oriented in the photos to come. For example, seven miles further south, you will see a photo taken on the far side of that snow speckled closer range. You will see the same patch of sky, but the final downward descent from the high country will be evident.
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(Photo = 106-0625 ...... ZMM Page = 110 ...... WayPt = 141`|w|' 10968ft)