The Wolve Travels: mile 2971

This morning we woke up to a rather cloudy morning and left Cody with the fear of getting washed again. Nevertheless with temperatures in the lower 50th we decided to make a run for the Beartooth Mountains and to conquer the pass. We left Cody on Bypass 14A to reach Rt. 296 to join Rt. 212 or Chief Joseph Hwy as it is called. The ascend to the first summit of the Dead Indian Hill (8000 ft) led us through some pretty country side with the Absaroka Mountain Range to our west side, gentle curves and some hairpins, but all in a easy way. But it also gave us a feel of what to come, as even with the sky clearing and the sun coming through, temperatures were already in the upper 30th, lower 40th. We descended slightly to some 5000 ft or so, to climb up again to the Top of the World Store & Motel and further to the top of the Beartooth mountain pass at 10947 ft and winterly conditions. Even so it was below freezing up here, but the ride up there with the snow covered mountains, the sun and clouds painting their lights and shadows in the rocks, it is just magnificent to see so much nature at its finest. It was worth all the freezing, and a tour definitely to recommend for any motorcyclist. We descended down to Red Lodge and took Rt.78 north toward Columbus to continue to Big Timber and Livingston at the Yellowstone River.