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Motorcycles ride the switchbacks along the Beartooth All-American Road

Wild Vista Photo Gallery

Traversing elevations of 10,000 feet and higher the Beartooth All-American Road puts visitors at the top of the world. From almost every spot on the road travelers are treated to the most spectacular high mountain vistas in the world. These sweeping vistas are part of the incredible experience divers find when traveling this highway.

Enjoy these great vista images - then travel to Montana and Wyoming to see and photograph them for yourself!

 

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Friends of the Beartooth All-American Road has acquired images from various sources over the last several years. All images on these pages belong to FBAAR, or are used with specific permission. Please contact FBAAR for information on using images.

Credits have been added to images when available. Special thanks to the following organizations for their continued support and generosity in allowing use of these images: Custer National Forest - Red Lodge, Montana; Montana Travel & Tourism; Wyoming Travel & Tourism; and Merv Coleman Gallery.

 

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Clay Butte Lookout

Clay Butte Lookout Tower on the Beartooth Highway

At one time, this tower was used as a fire lookout. Now, it serves mainly as a visitor center. A well-signed pullout begins a three mile drive up a gravel road to Clay Butte Tower. Visitors are welcome to take in the panoramic views that include Montana's highest point, Granite Peak and Beartooth Butte and to enjoy the interpretive displays of the 1988 wildfires in and around Yellowstone National Park.

 

 

Fires of 1988

Wildfires come close to Silver Gate, Montana in 1988

A total of 793,880 acres (3,213 km2), or 36 percent of the park was affected by the wildfires. The Yellowstone fires of 1988 together formed the largest wildfire in the recorded history of the Yellowstone National Park. Starting as many smaller individual fires, the flames spread quickly out of control with increasing winds and drought and combined into one large conflagration, which burned for several months. On September 8, 1988, the entire park was closed to all non-emergency personnel for the first time in its history due to the wildfires.