I'm on a road trip with a buddy, and we are on our way home from going to Glacier National Park. Because of your video's, we took a detour down to Hamilton to check out Blodgett Canyon Overlook, and saw Skalkaho Falls. Now we're gonna check out Beartooth Pass highway. Thanks for the videos! They are a huge inspiration for me to come out west and explore.
For me the most underrated but spectacular is the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway next to Sequoia. This one will take to the bottom of the deepest canyon in America.
I work a LOT and your videos are such an escape from all the hectic chaos of work. Your calm demeanor mixed with all the adventure around you, is one of the most soothing thing in the world. Thank you for everything you do Tristan
My backyard, been living this all summer. Sure hope it clears sometime soon. When you combine the Beartooth Hwy with the Chief Joseph Hwy and then the Eastern approach to Yellowstone from Cody, you really have something.
Agree did that drive couple of years ago in early summer when there was more snow on the ground and believe it is the most scenic drive I have ever been on.
I did this one spring. It rained the entire time. Did not see a single mountain. People would use mountain ranges for directions. I'd look around and say "What mountains" This will definitely be a do-over trip for me.
Oh boy! Does your video bring back memories! My hubby and I have been to all of the spots you showcased in this video, including Devil's Canyon. We RV camped in the Big Horn National Recreation Area, plus also at Dead Swede Campground atop the Big Horn Mountains. Didn't take too much time to enjoy driving over the Beartooth Pass, since we accidentally got on the road with our 30' RV leaving the NW entrance of Yellowstone. We consider that our BIGGEST RV mistake EVER! We didn't know if we'd run out of gas or go backwards down the mountain due to the transmission failing on our truck . . . or come barreling into Red Lodge, MT due to brake failure! LOL! Since I am the navigator, boy, did I owe hubby a beer after that experience! Ha! Next time we visit - we will be sure to drop the RV off so we can enjoy all of those many mountain lakes and pull-offs. Loving the quick turn-around time on your videos! Thanks!
Route 48 going over the mountains from Mount Storm, WV to Wardensville, WV. An absolutely beautiful view at the top of every hill. Ends up in VA near I-81.
In 2019 I did my first solo camping trip and my first high elevation was a camp site high in the Bighorn Mountains. I fell in love with them. The mountain air was so good to a Texas flatlander. Beautiful drive, plenty of forests and scenery. There are 3 main roads to cross them: 14, 14A and 16. I did 14 and want to go back and drive the other 2. Have a safe journey.
I know you started with thinking there was not going to be much to see because of the conditions at hand; however you displayed both your flexibility and your personal skills in overcoming adversity, producing an excellent episode for us. Well done!!
In 1967-69 I was lucky to spend time in Red Lodge and drive Beartooth Hwy, made me fall in love with the West. Have lived and driven many beautiful places, from desert to mountains to oceans (many you have shown) over the years but Beartooth is still my favorite. (Back in the 60's the glaciers were bigger and there were no guard rails!)
Another great video. I’ll be looking through the comments for other ideas of the “best” drives in America. I’ve been on all the roads you mentioned and I agree with your assessment. Other spectacular drives: Hwy61 between Deluth MN to Canada along Lake Superior (especially with fall colors). Another beautiful drive is from Ashton ID to Driggs in June when the rolling hills are emerald green with snow capped Tetons behind.
True-there may be many roads that need to be explored Tristan. This video made me wonder just how spectacular heaven must be. Thank you and may God bless
I'm retired from Forest Service and the Beartooths brought back memories from when I was a young man. Also, I fought fires in the Bighorns for the Forest Service on a couple of occasions so I'm looking forward to the next video...thanks.
My favorite drive would have to be Tioga Pass Road starting with the Lee Vining Canyon and ending at spectacular Olmstead Point to gaze upon Yosemite Valley..from a less crowded distance!
Thank you for giving time to the story of the internment of the Japanese. It is only through retelling of our history that maybe we learn. Always appreciate your videos and treks through our country.
My parents, grandmother, and my 2 old brothers were at the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp. One of those brothers was borned at this camp My Dad said he was allowed off the camp during the day to provide labor to the surrounding ranches due to the lack of working men. I asked my Dad how he felt being uprooted in the midst of WWII. He honestly said he would have probably endured unearned spiteful treatment, so Dad's thinking was to make lemonade out of the situation. While I have only been to the west side of Yellowstone, me thinks that there is much to experience to the east. Keep up the good work, Tristan.-Larry K.
We did both on one trip. Both were stageringly beautiful, but Beartooth had me slack-jawed the entire time. We hame in from Red Lodge ourselves and I think that was absolutely the best way to see that stretch! I do wich I had a Jeep so we could have done some of the jeep drive in the otehr eare though!
The Japanese side of my wife's family was sent to the internment camp at Gila River in Arizona. They had to move from San Francisco and ultimately were able to leave the camp early and settle in Salt Lake City because they had a 'sponsor' family. As far as roads go, you mentioned rt. 12 in Southern Utah, the Hogback, that's definitely high on my list. Several of the roads along the Hudson River including rt. 218 on the West side and rt. 202/6 on the East side are pretty spectacular.
"Concentration" camps. One of the most shameful parts of American history. East Asians were the most hated minority group because of the Chinese exclusion act in the very own Constitution, and the only group to be sent to concentration camps. Totally agree. RT 12 is probably the most beautiful road, in my opinion, because it has a variety of landscapes from Alpine forest to desert, and amazing red rock formations.
Thanks again Kristen for the prefect video. We took all our children and grandchildren for a month long vacation out west in 2018. We traveled the Beartooth to Yellowstone. Of all our trips out west in the past 35 years and our of all our drives, the Beartooth was by far the best. There was lots of snow in June and that made for spectacular scenery!
Beautiful! Another good one is Hwy. 395 in California, on the eastern side of the Sierras. That one also has the Japanese internment camp Manzanar, just north of Lone Pine. I had no idea about this part of our history until folks I was camped with at Alabama Hills invited me along to visit the Manzanar National Monument. The most ugly thing in the most beautiful of places. Sad.
I agree. Driving out of Death Valley in March along along 190 and then 136 gives one the incredible view of the length of the eastern side of the Sierras when they are still snow-capped and when the desert is blooming. And when the sky is still clear and blue. Breathtaking. This isn't a mountain drive but it certainly gives an incredible view of those mountains. Also, this is beautiful in the fall when the aspens are golden.
@@sandeedobberstine5591 And they never got anything back upon returning home after the war ended. No compensation whatsoever until the Reagan administration decided to take some action.
395 is my favorite drive. I never get tired of driving on 395 and exploring the side roads that go to places like Kennedy Meadows, Horseshoe Meadows, Lake Sabrina, June Lake and Virginia Lakes. Oh, and the Bristlecone Pine Forest and Mono Lake. The East Asians in America were the most actively hated minority because of the Chinese Exclusion Act in the Constitution (legalized discrimination, how can you even do that???) and the only group to be sent to "concentration" camps just because of their ethnic origin. While the Nazis in Germany were doing that to the Jews, here in America the same was being done to the Japanese. So shameful, and yet most people know little to nothing about one of the darkest past in America's history.
The Beartooth is one of my favorite drives. Do it every chance I get. The Bighorns are my old backyard (Fort Phil Kearney between Buffalo-Story, WY). The hike to the "Medicine wheel" in the northern Bighorns west of Burgess Junction is interesting as well. Excellent "Blue Ribbon" trout fishing too (hope you took your Tenkara rods). Another excellent video. Thanks!
Thanks Tristan for another great video. We are currently in Grand Teton NP and the smoke is atrocious. Just hazy outlines of beautiful peaks. Drove the Beartooth pass back in 2014 and it was amazing. In the Bighorn mountains is the Medicine Wheel (1.5 mile hike one way) that is very spiritual and beautiful.
Yep, I visit the Medicine Wheel in the next video. Stay tuned! When the weather is clear, we can see the Tetons from town here. I don't think we've seen them at all since about May.
Enjoyed this. Too bad for the smoke. Who knew that canyon even existed?! As beautiful as the Grand Canyon. Also, no idea there were internment camps up there.
Stunning scenery, loved this video. I checked out on the map where you were as I'm not very familiar with the US, looking forward to the next ones. I discovered a Japanese internment camp in Cowra, NSW here in Australia. Hadn't realised we had them here. All that was left was an interesting Japanese war cemetery, also some people from Japan have created a beautiful Japanese Gardens in Cowra which I visited. I thought that was pretty forgiving of them.
Fishing in a lake surrounded by scenery & catching trout big enough to eat. Campfire, cast iron pan with bacon frying, taters & trout cooked outside. The best meal. Maybe a slice of lemon for the fish. Tastes better cooked outside. Dream Meal.
Omg, I had no idea that this was there. Adding to my must travel to list. I loved the water fall scene.. Thanks for sharing. Love that a follower ran into you. It is great of you to alow strangers to say hello.
Icefields Parkway up in Banff, Canada. Nice views of glaciers and mountains and lakes. Experienced haze from smoke when i was up in Banff for the first few days, really sucked. But thankfully rain happened and it cleared out for the rest of the trip.
Have to add this drive to my list! Couple of my favs... Big Sur and Going to the Sun (like you said)... Also, really liked the Needles Highway in SD not far from Mt. Rushmore and Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain NP is great!
Hwy 1 up the California coast from Bodega Bay up to Eureka. Have your camera ready for plenty of scenic stops and lighthouses. And then of course the reverse trip coming down through the Redwoods on Hwy 254. It's hard to beat that drive without leaving the country.
16:56 "I mean...WHAT?!" Voice crack and all, I so felt that. Seriously. My impulse would be to keep going all the way down, wanting to just be IN THAT PLACE and then like, uh oh, how do I get back up now? 🤣
any time the pass is open it is a beautiful drive, MY fav. drive is Hiway 70 in Calif.down the Feather River Canyon, in late spring.. go from Portola to Oroville (or otherway around) and spend about 2 days fishing along the river...
Thanks for the trip along this road. Nice footage. This is one of the roads left on our travel list; it has been closed due to snow the last few times we tried to take this scenic byway.
The Beartooth Highway is typically open only from Memorial Day (End of May) until Labor Day (September) The best time to drive it is late July, Early August.....where Tristan filmed the Twin Lakes footage, you will see incredible wildflowers and sometimes Mountain Goats
I used to own a Rialta QD model. The common problem areas for leaking roofs are the joint between the cab and cabin shell (those joining screws loosen or just rust away) and the fore to aft roof seam on the cab roof. The 2 aluminum pieces tend to flex and separate. Many Rialta owners wind up using Eternabond tape along that entire seam to allow roof flexing without leaking. There are several active Rialta owners groups that post technical/restoration issues and solutions.
I'm on my way up to Yellowstone from San Diego as I type this (currently in St. George, UT) and should be there Monday. I'm hoping the smoke dissipates enough for at least one or two of the four full days I'll be in the park. This will be my first visit to the park, so even if it is hazy, I'm sure it will still be remarkable. Another great video, Tristan! Thanks for sharing.
The US 395 Eastern Sierra Nevada is my all time favorite drive from Mojave CA to Carson City NV very scenic thru mammoth lakes, Yosemite and many charming small towns and lakes along the way.
The Beartooth really is an amazing drive! I’ve driven it a number of times and it never gets old. It’s this kind of country that made me adopt Wyoming when I was an undergrad at U of Wyoming.
Another great video, Tristan. My wife and I were just in Cody, WY for a few days and spent some time at Heart Mountain--glad you included it in the video. We've been to two other internment camps (there were 10) and this is the most developed that we've found. Worth the stop but skip the tour of the restored housing block--not worth the time as most time wasn't spent talking about Heart Mountain. We've driven the Beartooth Highway previously and it's spectacular. On our recent trip, we drive the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway from west to east. While a different drive, it was well worth doing and I'd do it again. It's mostly down a wonderfully carved valley but ends (going west to east again) with a great winding road over Dead Indian Hill (according to the road sign, it was named this because Chief Joseph's band left an injured warrior of their group at the top of the hill as they were fleeing the army and the army killed the man). It's a great drive. The whole Bighorn Basin is wonderful and worth a multi-day visit.
I am retired. Worked 3 summers at Old Faithful Inn and live in Lovell. My son visited summer before last and I told him after raising 9 kids and worrying about them for 30 years I couldn't deal with being a passenger going up to Beartooth Pass. So he let me drive the opposite way you filmed from Red Lodge to the pass. I could handle him driving down the other side from the pass. Further down in that basin on the Chief Joseph Highway my friend, this Summer, has delivered 120 cords of firewood in the Cody area. I've run rendezvous for him off and on for several summers getting equipment to worksites. When I was 8 my family had a tv business in Billings and going through Cooke City a gas station guy gave me a heavy rock with gold ore in it. Last summer my daughter visited with 4 kids and we did the Park and drove to Jackson Lake, too hazy to see the faroff peaks. Summer before she came and we went to the Devil's Canyon viewpoint in the Nat Rec Area. When we got out to look down, my grand daughter was so overwhelmed she said "I could live here forever." Just like you said about that lake you went to near Squaretop Mountain. This last summer they went to the Buffalo Bill Museum, which is part of the Library of Congress, 10 acres of floorspace, 2 day ticket to see it. I asked my grandson. He could not believe how many guns. Back to the nat rec area. The prior mtn wild mustang area borders that spectacular canyon. Neat area to spend days observing horses. My special forces friend here was a cop in the mustang area for a while. When we lived in Livingston, my kids were growing up, we went to another Island Lake in the Beartooths past Mystic Lake between the two highest Montana Peaks, Granite Pk and Mt Wood. That canyon between those peaks is a thousand feet deeper than the Grand Canyon. We brought rope and built a raft to the 3 acre, forested island and slept over night. There is a large patch of huckleberries on the island I spend an hour stuffing myself with the berries. The Beartooth Highway could be the most spectacular high mountain highway. The road west of Cody to the East Yellowstone entrance is the most spectacular low mountain highway, hands down. When we took the road over the much lower Sylvan Pass, about 8,500 elev. We drove up to the Yellowstone Lake lookout and the kids hiked the 500 feet down to the lake and we picked them up on the road there, then went down and got in the lake, looks like California coast, with the beach and waves coming in looking 22 miles south, almost vast like the Pacific. Of course this time with the haze reminds me of the morning I watched the fog come into Big Sur. From the top it looked like that hill was an Island in the clouds. I was working at Pebble Beach Golf Course and rented a bicycle and cycled the 25 miles hiked up the 3500 elev peak above Big Sur and spent the night. I had a kid living with me in Lovell for a few years and about 4 summers ago we went over beartooth pass to Tower Falls and Roosevelt Lodge, slept there and rode the stagecoach in the morning. I've written a 2700 page semi autobiogtaphical novel based on experiences living in the Park vicinity. When you work in the Park we call each other savages. From the lecture at the end of the stagecoach ride I found out that the drivers of that transport in the early days were called savages. Always learning.
I lived in Yellowstone for a few weeks a couple years ago. I drove out to Cody on a day off and then took the Beartooth Highway back into Yellowstone. Holy cow! It is right up there with some of the most memorable drives of my life. Specially when you start dropping into the national park. Man! I remember those vistas still. I would love to head the other direction some day. Thanks for sharing. Edit: This IS the drive I did. I thought you were going the other direction at first.
Often driving places in this beautiful country of ours. I get to thinking of the early pioneers crossing these places in wagons and wonder how they did it and did they push on year round or settle in for the winter then proceed on come spring. Either way they were amazingly strong people. Drive safe and have fun. 🇺🇸
I've done that drive you have in this video. It was about 25 years ago and it was indeed incredible. I just wish I'd had more time to stop and enjoy the views more. As for my favorite scenic drive, it has to be the day where I did Badlands, Mt Rushmore, The Black Hills, and Devils Tower. The key is to avoid the interstate when leaving Rushmore and taking the scenic route that goes through Custer. If this entire drive isn't in your top 3 of all time afterwards, there is no pleasing you.
My favorite part of the Bear Tooth, by far, is the highest area, near Beartooth Pass, because it is above treeline. I don't feel like I'm really at high elevation until I'm above the trees. Love to spend time with Pika and marmots on the rockslides. Pika are the best thing ever!
Tioga Road with Beartooth and Big Sur not too far behind. Next month I'll be doing Million Dollar Highway and Highway 12 in Utah, so looking for those to join the list.
My FAVORITE Scenic Drive is I-84 East, the Columbia River Gorge, between Troutdale and The Dalles in Oregon. If you have time, Include the Old scenic byway between Troutdale and Aninsworth, to see Crown Point and all the Waterfalls upclose; then getting back on I-84. BEAUTIFUL!!!
That's a beautiful area, but it's marred for me by the fact that you're on a (relatively) big interstate and not a quaint little road. Thanks for watching!
We were near there in the Lamar Valley in YNP two days around 9/1. We spent 6 days boondocking north of Gardiner. Fist day was after heavy rain and the sky was clear and blue, we did some hikes in Lamar and it was just too late to head up the Beartooth, two days later is was heavily smoked in. Ah well next time, we been in YNP many times and are still not close to exploring the place. Lamar was packed with critters, six big herds of Bisons, Anteplope herds, Coyote, and maybe a distant Griz. Went to the Sawtooths and the smoke was bad there, seems like something always happens at Stanley, heavy rain, smoke and so on. We spent 4 days there.
I pulled into Red Lodge on Monday, June 14, and parked the trailer at the last RV park south of town. The next morning I crossed the Beartooth and then came back in the afternoon. Going both ways I could see smoke coming up from behind a ridge. It turned out to be the Robertson draw fire. I got back to the trailer at the RV park by 3:30 PM and two hours later we all had to evacuate. Not a lot of options but to drive north towards Billings. The really pointy mountain is very cool. The Top of the World store is a must stop. It was CBS news correspondent Charles Kuralt who labelled the Beartooth the most scenic drive in America.
Definitely an amazingly beautiful drive! Try to follow a little on the atlas where you are to keep things in perspective. I hope the next video shows the medicine wheel I've always wanted to see that. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures! Just such an amazingly beautiful area that is! One of my absolute favorites and relatively unknown is the somewhat backroad road up Steens Mountain in southeast oregon.
I agree, Steens Mountain is a fantastic drive. I made a video on that several years ago. And yep, the Medicine Wheel is the first thing in the next video 😁
Wyoming is one of the very few states that I personally haven't visited yet. Have a few places to put on the list now when we get to go thanks to this video. Those switchbacks look amazing and a lot of fun!
On a scale of 1-10 most of your videos are 8 or higher. This one is a ten. Thank you for that. I enjoyed going back to areas that my wife and I have already been to. I try to watch all of your videos but for some reason I must have missed this one when it was first put on You Tube. Glad I found it. Thanks again.
About 3 years ago we were at that promontory overlooking the lakes just north of the pass and there were several herds of white shaggy mountain goats walking around there. I agree with your informal list of beautiful drives. I would add highways 24 and 95 in Utah from Torrey to near Blanding, and especially highway 550 in Colorado between Durango and Ouray.
@@SUVRVing So true! We are returning from a 9 1/2 month road trip of the west. We spent 6 weeks all over southern Utah and every single road we traveled made our jaws drop. Even I-70 through the San Rafael Swell left us speechless.
Beartooth pass ranks up there at the top. I'm a little bias about Hwy 12, because I love southern Utah so much and it never gets old. I tell everyone who is going to southern Utah to do Hwy 12. Coastal drives in California, Oregon and Washington are up there also. Going to the sun Hwy was fantastic and scary the first time over it but became pretty easy after the fifth time but still breath taking. The pass in Rocky Mountain National Park is at the top of the list, that whole park is breath taking. Just to many to pick one that is the best. Its nice to see all those places though other peoples eyes and you did a great job on Beartooth even with the smoky views. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to your next video. Wasn't Big Horn Canyon a surprise. We were told about it and were shocked to see such a beautiful place. Well worth the short ride up the road.
I took this highway the day after it opened this year. Prior to the breakout of several wildfires, so the air was clear and site incredible. Great campground on the north side of the pass a few miles before you get into Red Lodge.
Good News, thought I was subscribed but am now, really enjoy all your work. Not so good, a small criticism. The Beartooths are not considered a Wyoming range. Of course mountains do not observe state lines. But the Beartooths are pure Montana, their high peaks and plateaus. Though the highway runs a good way through Wyoming, both ends - Red Lodge and Cooke City are Montana towns. Keep up your good work, I have learned much from you.
I traveled the Beartooth Highway in July of 2020, arrived at the pass at sunset and captured amazing images. Will return when I can stay longer and explore more.
Well, I was going to tell you my favorite road was Bear Tooth Pass and didn't realize that's what you were on .. LOL .. I've done in a car and on my motorcycle in both directions .. always an amazing drive!
I know that feeling. I've seen and driven over the Rockies many times but the first time I got to fly over them there was massive cloud cover both ways.
Nice trip, we are headed that way in a couple weeks. The Japanese inturnment camp is a sad reminder of our history. There is more to the story than just the idea usually banded about. In the Naval history of the WW11 it notes that the Japanese in San Fransico and Seattle were cheering the Peal Harbor attack by Japan, that is a small part of the problem. The other was the attacks on the Japanese Americans by other Americans, that was going to get a lot worse. It was a hard time for all, the war had an impact on all, some more visible than others. It was a nice bit of history added to you always special time with all your fans and followers. Thank you.
I live in Billings, close to this trip you were on. Haven't done the devil's canyon overlook but , I've been on the lake boating . The canyon walls are stunning from down inside. I hope you do the drive when the sky is clear. Breathtaking.
The best two drives I believe are the Bear Tooth Highway from Red Lodge, Montana to the entrance to Yellowstone National Park and Utah Highway 12 from Tropic to Torrey, Utah. But the drive along the outer banks from Kitty Hawk to Morehead City, North Carolina is way up there too. Then there is the Blue Ridge Parkway.......
Loved this one. What an incredible drive.you would love the Blueridge pkwy. I live close to it here in East Tennessee. It's got to be one of the prettiest drives in the entire eastern United States, especially in the fall season. There are also some great hikes and waterfalls off the parkway that are fabulous. If you are ever out this way, I would love to show them to you. Be safe out there.
Chief Joeseph/Beartooth loop is my favorite all day drive. Maybe you noticed when descending toward Red Lodge a two track road going up the canyon on west side. It is 7 miles long and tops out at area called Hell Roaring Plateau 10k ft. Suggest on your next trip with Yukon. On north side of Beartooths draining into Yellowstone River are beautiful camping and hiking areas starting with Rock Creek going through Red Lodge, and then to the west, the East Rosebud Cr., West Rosebud Cr., Stillwater River and the Boulder River going through Big Timber, ending with Yellowstone going through Paradise Valley. Also was a Japanese internment camp in Hardin, MT. One day area residents were neighbors, and next they were guards and prisoners. I went through school with many of the children of previous internees.
Yep, if I'd have been in the Yukon, I'd have gone up Hell Roaring Plateau. Really cool looking area that's been on my list for a while. And I'd definitely like to visit (and fish) those drainages you mentioned. Thanks for sharing!
My strategy for best viewing/photogrphing is to travel east to west in the am - this keeps the sun behind you and helps for getting good pictures. (Also descending into canyons [e.g. Oak Creek Canyon] from the top down gives much better views.) Also, ran into a gent in Missoula who said that, if you want to avoid forest fires smoke, travel before 4th of July or late in the season (late = Sept/Oct??) I am deeply jeaalous of your ability to make all the great visits that you do. Keep it up.
What's your favorite scenic drive??
The MILLION DOLLAR HIGHWAY between Silverton CO & Durango ,CO . Both ways. Narrow Gauge Train Trip between the two AWESOME.
Chief Joseph is the best and least known in the country
Probably the Pacific Coast Hwy from the Olympic Peninsula down to the Humboldt area.
@@62WILDCAT That is where I learned I suffer from elevation sickness. Only driver.
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I'm on a road trip with a buddy, and we are on our way home from going to Glacier National Park. Because of your video's, we took a detour down to Hamilton to check out Blodgett Canyon Overlook, and saw Skalkaho Falls. Now we're gonna check out Beartooth Pass highway. Thanks for the videos! They are a huge inspiration for me to come out west and explore.
That's a beautiful area and a fantastic drive! Hope you guys had fun 👍
You are so courteous of other people and even animals. That is appreciated!♥️
No need to mess with other people's (or creatures') day if I don't need to 👍
Want you to know I appreciate that you keep your language clean, no profanity or blasphemy!
For me the most underrated but spectacular is the Kings Canyon Scenic Byway next to Sequoia. This one will take to the bottom of the deepest canyon in America.
Great drive! I want to do it again!
I work a LOT and your videos are such an escape from all the hectic chaos of work.
Your calm demeanor mixed with all the adventure around you, is one of the most soothing thing in the world.
Thank you for everything you do Tristan
Agree, he’s a treasure.. sincere, kind, thoughtful, truthful and trustworthy..
My backyard, been living this all summer. Sure hope it clears sometime soon. When you combine the Beartooth Hwy with the Chief Joseph Hwy and then the Eastern approach to Yellowstone from Cody, you really have something.
Agree did that drive couple of years ago in early summer when there was more snow on the ground and believe it is the most scenic drive I have ever been on.
I did this one spring. It rained the entire time. Did not see a single mountain. People would use mountain ranges for directions. I'd look around and say "What mountains" This will definitely be a do-over trip for me.
@@secondact7151 So well worth it!
I love the way you are so non- intrusive and respectful of others as you are traveling .
I don't like it when people are annoying around me, so I try to not be annoying around other people 😄
Blue Ridge Parkway. You have said you wanted to go East sometime, so if you do, you'll be stunned by that road. Driving it makes you feel like a god.
It's on the list, for sure!
@@SUVRVing make sure you go when it is not a peak time. I have seen it bumper to bumper.
As a Carolinian, I can say it’s really really nice, I like it a lot, but it just can’t hold a candle to the grandeur out west
My favorite scenic Drive is the Million Dollar Hwy in Colorado. This looks like it has to go on my bucket list for sure Thanks Tristan.
That's definitely a beautiful drive too. Thanks Sondra!
Oh boy! Does your video bring back memories! My hubby and I have been to all of the spots you showcased in this video, including Devil's Canyon. We RV camped in the Big Horn National Recreation Area, plus also at Dead Swede Campground atop the Big Horn Mountains. Didn't take too much time to enjoy driving over the Beartooth Pass, since we accidentally got on the road with our 30' RV leaving the NW entrance of Yellowstone. We consider that our BIGGEST RV mistake EVER! We didn't know if we'd run out of gas or go backwards down the mountain due to the transmission failing on our truck . . . or come barreling into Red Lodge, MT due to brake failure! LOL! Since I am the navigator, boy, did I owe hubby a beer after that experience! Ha! Next time we visit - we will be sure to drop the RV off so we can enjoy all of those many mountain lakes and pull-offs. Loving the quick turn-around time on your videos! Thanks!
Yikes, sounds stressful! Lol glad you guys made it out in one piece! Thanks for watching.
Hi,I'm from Italy and I drove along this road 25 years ago.I still remember very well,fantastic!!!!!Congratulations to you,I always watch your video.
Route 48 going over the mountains from Mount Storm, WV to Wardensville, WV. An absolutely beautiful view at the top of every hill. Ends up in VA near I-81.
Fifty miles of gorgeous!
Did WV in the fall last year. So gorgeous. Is there really a wrong route in that state? Waaay underrated and highly recommended.
@@nunofurbznes2799 Shhhhh. Don’t tell every body! We like it the way it is.
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WV is under rated
In 2019 I did my first solo camping trip and my first high elevation was a camp site high in the Bighorn Mountains. I fell in love with them. The mountain air was so good to a Texas flatlander. Beautiful drive, plenty of forests and scenery. There are 3 main roads to cross them: 14, 14A and 16. I did 14 and want to go back and drive the other 2. Have a safe journey.
I did 14A and 16. Both were great!
I know you started with thinking there was not going to be much to see because of the conditions at hand; however you displayed both your flexibility and your personal skills in overcoming adversity, producing an excellent episode for us. Well done!!
Thanks Michael, I appreciate that!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Look for BEAUTY. Even tiny wild flowers growing are NATURE'S gifts. ENJOY ! BLESSINGS on your trip.
The road east or west from Cody is one of the most beautiful. It is on my next bucket list to revisit. The whole Yellowstone area is simply amazing.
In 1967-69 I was lucky to spend time in Red Lodge and drive Beartooth Hwy, made me fall in love with the West. Have lived and driven many beautiful places, from desert to mountains to oceans (many you have shown) over the years but Beartooth is still my favorite. (Back in the 60's the glaciers were bigger and there were no guard rails!)
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Another great video. I’ll be looking through the comments for other ideas of the “best” drives in America. I’ve been on all the roads you mentioned and I agree with your assessment. Other spectacular drives: Hwy61 between Deluth MN to Canada along Lake Superior (especially with fall colors). Another beautiful drive is from Ashton ID to Driggs in June when the rolling hills are emerald green with snow capped Tetons behind.
Hwy 550 from Durango, Colorado to Ouray! Especially for the fall colors.
True-there may be many roads that need to be explored Tristan. This video made me wonder just how spectacular heaven must be. Thank you and may God bless
Yes Sir...
Durango to Ouray. Colorado.
Or, Highway 160 west from Durango to Tuba City, AZ.
I'm retired from Forest Service and the Beartooths brought back memories from when I was a young man. Also, I fought fires in the Bighorns for the Forest Service on a couple of occasions so I'm looking forward to the next video...thanks.
Thanks for bringing me back to Beartooth Pass. Drove that about 8 years ago. Just spectacular!!
It's a great place, for sure! Thanks Denise.
My favorite drive would have to be Tioga Pass Road starting with the Lee Vining Canyon and ending at spectacular Olmstead Point to gaze upon Yosemite Valley..from a less crowded distance!
I think Tioga Pass Road is my favorite also even if I have done it many times.
Agree, Tioga Pass is spectacular
Million Dollar Highway in SW Colorado is my pick.
That's a beautiful road, for sure!
Thank you for giving time to the story of the internment of the Japanese. It is only through retelling of our history that maybe we learn. Always appreciate your videos and treks through our country.
My parents, grandmother, and my 2 old brothers were at the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp. One of those brothers was borned at this camp
My Dad said he was allowed off the camp during the day to provide labor to the surrounding ranches due to the lack of working men.
I asked my Dad how he felt being uprooted in the midst of WWII. He honestly said he would have probably endured unearned spiteful treatment,
so Dad's thinking was to make lemonade out of the situation.
While I have only been to the west side of Yellowstone, me thinks that there is much to experience to the east. Keep up the good work, Tristan.-Larry K.
Beartooth is nice but I liked Chief Joseph Highway much better. From Cooke City to Cody. Gorgeous
I agree, more enjoyable drive & greater variety of views.
We did both on one trip. Both were stageringly beautiful, but Beartooth had me slack-jawed the entire time. We hame in from Red Lodge ourselves and I think that was absolutely the best way to see that stretch! I do wich I had a Jeep so we could have done some of the jeep drive in the otehr eare though!
I rode the Beartooth on my motorcycle with severe clear skies 🌌
Unforgettable memories 😍👍🏼😊 stayed in Redlodge
The Japanese side of my wife's family was sent to the internment camp at Gila River in Arizona. They had to move from San Francisco and ultimately were able to leave the camp early and settle in Salt Lake City because they had a 'sponsor' family.
As far as roads go, you mentioned rt. 12 in Southern Utah, the Hogback, that's definitely high on my list. Several of the roads along the Hudson River including rt. 218 on the West side and rt. 202/6 on the East side are pretty spectacular.
"Concentration" camps. One of the most shameful parts of American history. East Asians were the most hated minority group because of the Chinese exclusion act in the very own Constitution, and the only group to be sent to concentration camps.
Totally agree. RT 12 is probably the most beautiful road, in my opinion, because it has a variety of landscapes from Alpine forest to desert, and amazing red rock formations.
My favorite drive in Wyoming is the road the follows the Green River to Green River Lakes
I was just there yesterday for the second time! 😁
No joke, Tristan. You need some bear spray. The last time I hikes in the Bear Tooth’s we saw 2 grizzlies.
Egads!!
Thanks again Kristen for the prefect video.
We took all our children and grandchildren for a month long vacation out west in 2018. We traveled the Beartooth to Yellowstone. Of all our trips out west in the past 35 years and our of all our drives, the Beartooth was by far the best. There was lots of snow in June and that made for spectacular scenery!
It's Tristan, not Kristen, but thanks! I'd like to do the drive when there's more snow out there. That'd be beautiful. Thanks for watching!
Sorry Should be Tristan
Beautiful! Another good one is Hwy. 395 in California, on the eastern side of the Sierras. That one also has the Japanese internment camp Manzanar, just north of Lone Pine. I had no idea about this part of our history until folks I was camped with at Alabama Hills invited me along to visit the Manzanar National Monument. The most ugly thing in the most beautiful of places. Sad.
They confiscated their homes, businesses, and property too. Shameful.
I agree. Driving out of Death Valley in March along along 190 and then 136 gives one the incredible view of the length of the eastern side of the Sierras when they are still snow-capped and when the desert is blooming. And when the sky is still clear and blue. Breathtaking. This isn't a mountain drive but it certainly gives an incredible view of those mountains. Also, this is beautiful in the fall when the aspens are golden.
@@sandeedobberstine5591 And they never got anything back upon returning home after the war ended. No compensation whatsoever until the Reagan administration decided to take some action.
395 is my favorite drive. I never get tired of driving on 395 and exploring the side roads that go to places like Kennedy Meadows, Horseshoe Meadows, Lake Sabrina, June Lake and Virginia Lakes. Oh, and the Bristlecone Pine Forest and Mono Lake.
The East Asians in America were the most actively hated minority because of the Chinese Exclusion Act in the Constitution (legalized discrimination, how can you even do that???) and the only group to be sent to "concentration" camps just because of their ethnic origin. While the Nazis in Germany were doing that to the Jews, here in America the same was being done to the Japanese. So shameful, and yet most people know little to nothing about one of the darkest past in America's history.
@@geosophik9369 Where is 395, what state?
How beautiful a hike around one of those mountain lakes would be! Maybe dip your toes in. Thanks for sharing..........
The Beartooth is one of my favorite drives. Do it every chance I get. The Bighorns are my old backyard (Fort Phil Kearney between Buffalo-Story, WY). The hike to the "Medicine wheel" in the northern Bighorns west of Burgess Junction is interesting as well. Excellent "Blue Ribbon" trout fishing too (hope you took your Tenkara rods). Another excellent video. Thanks!
This one is almost right up there with the Icefields Parkway in Banff/Jaspet National Park.. but not quite 😉🇨🇦
The Icefields parkway is almost a spiritual experience. Incredible.
I'll have to do that one, for sure!
Thanks Tristan for another great video. We are currently in Grand Teton NP and the smoke is atrocious. Just hazy outlines of beautiful peaks. Drove the Beartooth pass back in 2014 and it was amazing. In the Bighorn mountains is the Medicine Wheel (1.5 mile hike one way) that is very spiritual and beautiful.
Yep, I visit the Medicine Wheel in the next video. Stay tuned! When the weather is clear, we can see the Tetons from town here. I don't think we've seen them at all since about May.
Love the Beartooth Hwy and the region around it, south into Wyoming’s WRR and east into the Big Horn Mountains.
Enjoyed this. Too bad for the smoke. Who knew that canyon even existed?! As beautiful as the Grand Canyon. Also, no idea there were internment camps up there.
The smoke is unfortunate, but it does make a stunning sunset. Safe travels.
Agreed! Thanks for watching, Angela.
Stunning scenery, loved this video. I checked out on the map where you were as I'm not very familiar with the US, looking forward to the next ones. I discovered a Japanese internment camp in Cowra, NSW here in Australia. Hadn't realised we had them here. All that was left was an interesting Japanese war cemetery, also some people from Japan have created a beautiful Japanese Gardens in Cowra which I visited. I thought that was pretty forgiving of them.
Fishing in a lake surrounded by scenery & catching trout big enough to eat. Campfire, cast iron pan with bacon frying, taters & trout cooked outside. The best meal. Maybe a slice of lemon for the fish. Tastes better cooked outside. Dream Meal.
Omg, I had no idea that this was there. Adding to my must travel to list. I loved the water fall scene.. Thanks for sharing. Love that a follower ran into you. It is great of you to alow strangers to say hello.
Sometimes the most beautiful drive in the world is the road your on. 🌎 Thanks Tristan! 👍
Icefields Parkway up in Banff, Canada. Nice views of glaciers and mountains and lakes. Experienced haze from smoke when i was up in Banff for the first few days, really sucked. But thankfully rain happened and it cleared out for the rest of the trip.
I liked seeing the marmot living another windy day in its life at 14:09
Have to add this drive to my list! Couple of my favs... Big Sur and Going to the Sun (like you said)... Also, really liked the Needles Highway in SD not far from Mt. Rushmore and Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain NP is great!
Hwy 1 up the California coast from Bodega Bay up to Eureka. Have your camera ready for plenty of scenic stops and lighthouses. And then of course the reverse trip coming down through the Redwoods on Hwy 254. It's hard to beat that drive without leaving the country.
16:56 "I mean...WHAT?!" Voice crack and all, I so felt that. Seriously. My impulse would be to keep going all the way down, wanting to just be IN THAT PLACE and then like, uh oh, how do I get back up now? 🤣
I know, I really wanted to go down there, but it wasn't in the cards for this trip. Thanks for watching!
I've driven around the country a couple times now. I really enjoy driving through the Black Hills of SD.
What a Beautiful part of our Country. Thanks Brother for Showing us Your View of it.
any time the pass is open it is a beautiful drive, MY fav. drive is Hiway 70 in Calif.down the Feather River Canyon, in late spring.. go from Portola to Oroville (or otherway around) and spend about 2 days fishing along the river...
Thanks for the trip along this road. Nice footage. This is one of the roads left on our travel list; it has been closed due to snow the last few times we tried to take this scenic byway.
The Beartooth Highway is typically open only from Memorial Day (End of May) until Labor Day (September) The best time to drive it is late July, Early August.....where Tristan filmed the Twin Lakes footage, you will see incredible wildflowers and sometimes Mountain Goats
I used to own a Rialta QD model. The common problem areas for leaking roofs are the joint between the cab and cabin shell (those joining screws loosen or just rust away) and the fore to aft roof seam on the cab roof. The 2 aluminum pieces tend to flex and separate. Many Rialta owners wind up using Eternabond tape along that entire seam to allow roof flexing without leaking. There are several active Rialta owners groups that post technical/restoration issues and solutions.
I'm on my way up to Yellowstone from San Diego as I type this (currently in St. George, UT) and should be there Monday. I'm hoping the smoke dissipates enough for at least one or two of the four full days I'll be in the park. This will be my first visit to the park, so even if it is hazy, I'm sure it will still be remarkable.
Another great video, Tristan! Thanks for sharing.
The US 395 Eastern Sierra Nevada is my all time favorite drive from Mojave CA to Carson City NV very scenic thru mammoth lakes, Yosemite and many charming small towns and lakes along the way.
That's a fun drive, for sure!
The Beartooth really is an amazing drive! I’ve driven it a number of times and it never gets old. It’s this kind of country that made me adopt Wyoming when I was an undergrad at U of Wyoming.
Another great video, Tristan. My wife and I were just in Cody, WY for a few days and spent some time at Heart Mountain--glad you included it in the video. We've been to two other internment camps (there were 10) and this is the most developed that we've found. Worth the stop but skip the tour of the restored housing block--not worth the time as most time wasn't spent talking about Heart Mountain.
We've driven the Beartooth Highway previously and it's spectacular. On our recent trip, we drive the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway from west to east. While a different drive, it was well worth doing and I'd do it again. It's mostly down a wonderfully carved valley but ends (going west to east again) with a great winding road over Dead Indian Hill (according to the road sign, it was named this because Chief Joseph's band left an injured warrior of their group at the top of the hill as they were fleeing the army and the army killed the man). It's a great drive.
The whole Bighorn Basin is wonderful and worth a multi-day visit.
Stunning scenery. Beautiful. I don't think I have ever seen a skinny marmot. That one was a little chunky guy.
Lol that's a good point. They all do seem to be on the chunky side.
I am retired. Worked 3 summers at Old Faithful Inn and live in Lovell.
My son visited summer before last and I told him after raising 9 kids and worrying about them for 30 years I couldn't deal with being a passenger going up to Beartooth Pass. So he let me drive the opposite way you filmed from Red Lodge to the pass. I could handle him driving down the other side from the pass. Further down in that basin on the Chief Joseph Highway my friend, this Summer, has delivered 120 cords of firewood in the Cody area. I've run rendezvous for him off and on for several summers getting equipment to worksites.
When I was 8 my family had a tv business in Billings and going through Cooke City a gas station guy gave me a heavy rock with gold ore in it.
Last summer my daughter visited with 4 kids and we did the Park and drove to Jackson Lake, too hazy to see the faroff peaks.
Summer before she came and we went to the Devil's Canyon viewpoint in the Nat Rec Area. When we got out to look down, my grand daughter was so overwhelmed she said "I could live here forever." Just like you said about that lake you went to near Squaretop Mountain.
This last summer they went to the Buffalo Bill Museum, which is part of the Library of Congress, 10 acres of floorspace, 2 day ticket to see it. I asked my grandson. He could not believe how many guns.
Back to the nat rec area. The prior mtn wild mustang area borders that spectacular canyon. Neat area to spend days observing horses. My special forces friend here was a cop in the mustang area for a while. When we lived in Livingston, my kids were growing up, we went to another Island Lake in the Beartooths past Mystic Lake between the two highest Montana Peaks, Granite Pk and Mt Wood. That canyon between those peaks is a thousand feet deeper than the Grand Canyon.
We brought rope and built a raft to the 3 acre, forested island and slept over night. There is a large patch of huckleberries on the island I spend an hour stuffing myself with the berries.
The Beartooth Highway could be the most spectacular high mountain highway. The road west of Cody to the East Yellowstone entrance is the most spectacular low mountain highway, hands down. When we took the road over the much lower Sylvan Pass, about 8,500 elev. We drove up to the Yellowstone Lake lookout and the kids hiked the 500 feet down to the lake and we picked them up on the road there, then went down and got in the lake, looks like California coast, with the beach and waves coming in looking 22 miles south, almost vast like the Pacific. Of course this time with the haze reminds me of the morning I watched the fog come into Big Sur. From the top it looked like that hill was an Island in the clouds. I was working at Pebble Beach Golf Course and rented a bicycle and cycled the 25 miles hiked up the 3500 elev peak above Big Sur and spent the night.
I had a kid living with me in Lovell for a few years and about 4 summers ago we went over beartooth pass to Tower Falls and Roosevelt Lodge, slept there and rode the stagecoach in the morning. I've written a 2700 page semi autobiogtaphical novel based on experiences living in the Park vicinity. When you work in the Park we call each other savages. From the lecture at the end of the stagecoach ride I found out that the drivers of that transport in the early days were called savages. Always learning.
I lived in Yellowstone for a few weeks a couple years ago. I drove out to Cody on a day off and then took the Beartooth Highway back into Yellowstone.
Holy cow! It is right up there with some of the most memorable drives of my life. Specially when you start dropping into the national park. Man! I remember those vistas still. I would love to head the other direction some day.
Thanks for sharing.
Edit: This IS the drive I did. I thought you were going the other direction at first.
Often driving places in this beautiful country of ours. I get to thinking of the early pioneers crossing these places in wagons and wonder how they did it and did they push on year round or settle in for the winter then proceed on come spring. Either way they were amazingly strong people. Drive safe and have fun. 🇺🇸
Me too! Driving to Salt Lake over the endless expanse of dry lake bed, it was all I could think about. Tough people.
Great video. Thank you for your hard work.
I've done that drive you have in this video. It was about 25 years ago and it was indeed incredible. I just wish I'd had more time to stop and enjoy the views more.
As for my favorite scenic drive, it has to be the day where I did Badlands, Mt Rushmore, The Black Hills, and Devils Tower. The key is to avoid the interstate when leaving Rushmore and taking the scenic route that goes through Custer. If this entire drive isn't in your top 3 of all time afterwards, there is no pleasing you.
My favorite part of the Bear Tooth, by far, is the highest area, near Beartooth Pass, because it is above treeline. I don't feel like I'm really at high elevation until I'm above the trees. Love to spend time with Pika and marmots on the rockslides. Pika are the best thing ever!
I am heading that way from Oregon. Thanks for the awesome video! 😃
Tioga Road with Beartooth and Big Sur not too far behind. Next month I'll be doing Million Dollar Highway and Highway 12 in Utah, so looking for those to join the list.
All great drives! Thanks for watching.
Another candidate for beautiful road in America is the road from Lake Louise to Jasper. in BC. No switchbacks, but incredible views.
My FAVORITE Scenic Drive is I-84 East, the Columbia River Gorge, between Troutdale and The Dalles in Oregon. If you have time, Include the Old scenic byway between Troutdale and Aninsworth, to see Crown Point and all the Waterfalls upclose; then getting back on I-84. BEAUTIFUL!!!
I was lucky enough to drive beartooth pass this year...beautiful...
Sure is. Thanks Betty!
Driving the Columbia River gorge is a great drive.
That's a beautiful area, but it's marred for me by the fact that you're on a (relatively) big interstate and not a quaint little road. Thanks for watching!
We were near there in the Lamar Valley in YNP two days around 9/1. We spent 6 days boondocking north of Gardiner. Fist day was after heavy rain and the sky was clear and blue, we did some hikes in Lamar and it was just too late to head up the Beartooth, two days later is was heavily smoked in. Ah well next time, we been in YNP many times and are still not close to exploring the place.
Lamar was packed with critters, six big herds of Bisons, Anteplope herds, Coyote, and maybe a distant Griz.
Went to the Sawtooths and the smoke was bad there, seems like something always happens at Stanley, heavy rain, smoke and so on. We spent 4 days there.
I pulled into Red Lodge on Monday, June 14, and parked the trailer at the last RV park south of town. The next morning I crossed the Beartooth and then came back in the afternoon. Going both ways I could see smoke coming up from behind a ridge. It turned out to be the Robertson draw fire. I got back to the trailer at the RV park by 3:30 PM and two hours later we all had to evacuate. Not a lot of options but to drive north towards Billings.
The really pointy mountain is very cool. The Top of the World store is a must stop.
It was CBS news correspondent Charles Kuralt who labelled the Beartooth the most scenic drive in America.
Definitely an amazingly beautiful drive! Try to follow a little on the atlas where you are to keep things in perspective. I hope the next video shows the medicine wheel I've always wanted to see that. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures! Just such an amazingly beautiful area that is!
One of my absolute favorites and relatively unknown is the somewhat backroad road up Steens Mountain in southeast oregon.
I agree, Steens Mountain is a fantastic drive. I made a video on that several years ago. And yep, the Medicine Wheel is the first thing in the next video 😁
@@SUVRVing Yay! Looking forward to next one as usual! Thank you!
Wyoming is one of the very few states that I personally haven't visited yet. Have a few places to put on the list now when we get to go thanks to this video. Those switchbacks look amazing and a lot of fun!
The Pacific Coast Highway has always been my number 1.
On a scale of 1-10 most of your videos are 8 or higher. This one is a ten. Thank you for that. I enjoyed going back to areas that my wife and I have already been to. I try to watch all of your videos but for some reason I must have missed this one when it was first put on You Tube. Glad I found it. Thanks again.
My favorite drive was from Orting to Paradise at Mt Rainier in Washington. Thanks again for taking us on your adventures. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
About 3 years ago we were at that promontory overlooking the lakes just north of the pass and there were several herds of white shaggy mountain goats walking around there.
I agree with your informal list of beautiful drives. I would add highways 24 and 95 in Utah from Torrey to near Blanding, and especially highway 550 in Colorado between Durango and Ouray.
Basically all of southern Utah could be on the list!
@@SUVRVing So true! We are returning from a 9 1/2 month road trip of the west. We spent 6 weeks all over southern Utah and every single road we traveled made our jaws drop. Even I-70 through the San Rafael Swell left us speechless.
Except for the haze, these views are amazing.
The San Juan Skyway is a beautiful mountain road, but now I have to drive the Beartooth Highway.
Beartooth pass ranks up there at the top. I'm a little bias about Hwy 12, because I love southern Utah so much and it never gets old. I tell everyone who is going to southern Utah to do Hwy 12. Coastal drives in California, Oregon and Washington are up there also. Going to the sun Hwy was fantastic and scary the first time over it but became pretty easy after the fifth time but still breath taking. The pass in Rocky Mountain National Park is at the top of the list, that whole park is breath taking. Just to many to pick one that is the best. Its nice to see all those places though other peoples eyes and you did a great job on Beartooth even with the smoky views. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to your next video. Wasn't Big Horn Canyon a surprise. We were told about it and were shocked to see such a beautiful place. Well worth the short ride up the road.
I took this highway the day after it opened this year. Prior to the breakout of several wildfires, so the air was clear and site incredible. Great campground on the north side of the pass a few miles before you get into Red Lodge.
Early in the season (before fires) would be great! Thanks for watching, Mark.
We loved the Beartooth Highway. Great video. Thank you!
Good News, thought I was subscribed but am now, really enjoy all your work. Not so good, a small criticism. The Beartooths are not considered a Wyoming range. Of course mountains do not observe state lines. But the Beartooths are pure Montana, their high peaks and plateaus. Though the highway runs a good way through Wyoming, both ends - Red Lodge and Cooke City are Montana towns. Keep up your good work, I have learned much from you.
I don't disagree. Thanks for watching.
That was so beautiful up at Beartooth Pass. We drove this highway from Billings to Yellowstone in 2020. It was drop dead gorgeous.
The drive from glacier to Spokane is incredible beautiful as well I think maps takes you through some remote roads
I traveled the Beartooth Highway in July of 2020, arrived at the pass at sunset and captured amazing images. Will return when I can stay longer and explore more.
Well, I was going to tell you my favorite road was Bear Tooth Pass and didn't realize that's what you were on .. LOL .. I've done in a car and on my motorcycle in both directions .. always an amazing drive!
I saw a ton of people on motorcycles up there. That'd be a fun ride, for sure!
I know that feeling. I've seen and driven over the Rockies many times but the first time I got to fly over them there was massive cloud cover both ways.
The drive on hwy 21 from Boise Idaho to Sun Valley. Takes you through Stanley, which is a gem in itself.
Nice trip, we are headed that way in a couple weeks. The Japanese inturnment camp is a sad reminder of our history. There is more to the story than just the idea usually banded about. In the Naval history of the WW11 it notes that the Japanese in San Fransico and Seattle were cheering the Peal Harbor attack by Japan, that is a small part of the problem. The other was the attacks on the Japanese Americans by other Americans, that was going to get a lot worse. It was a hard time for all, the war had an impact on all, some more visible than others. It was a nice bit of history added to you always special time with all your fans and followers. Thank you.
I'm sure there's more to the story, but there's not enough to justify imprisoning American citizens like that. Thanks for watching, Curt.
I live in Billings, close to this trip you were on. Haven't done the devil's canyon overlook but , I've been on the lake boating . The canyon walls are stunning from down inside. I hope you do the drive when the sky is clear. Breathtaking.
The best two drives I believe are the Bear Tooth Highway from Red Lodge, Montana to the entrance to Yellowstone National Park and Utah Highway 12 from Tropic to Torrey, Utah. But the drive along the outer banks from Kitty Hawk to Morehead City, North Carolina is way up there too. Then there is the Blue Ridge Parkway.......
Absolutely gorgeous! I so look forward to heading north next early fall to visit Wyoming and Montana. Thanks so much Tristan! Great job as always!
Thanks Jana!
Loved this one. What an incredible drive.you would love the Blueridge pkwy. I live close to it here in East Tennessee. It's got to be one of the prettiest drives in the entire eastern United States, especially in the fall season. There are also some great hikes and waterfalls off the parkway that are fabulous. If you are ever out this way, I would love to show them to you. Be safe out there.
👍👍 Going-to-the-Sun, Million Dollar Highway + tons of shorter drives in CO, Independence Pass being a good one.
Chief Joeseph/Beartooth loop is my favorite all day drive. Maybe you noticed when descending toward Red Lodge a two track road going up the canyon on west side. It is 7 miles long and tops out at area called Hell Roaring Plateau 10k ft. Suggest on your next trip with Yukon. On north side of Beartooths draining into Yellowstone River are beautiful camping and hiking areas starting with Rock Creek going through Red Lodge, and then to the west, the East Rosebud Cr., West Rosebud Cr., Stillwater River and the Boulder River going through Big Timber, ending with Yellowstone going through Paradise Valley.
Also was a Japanese internment camp in Hardin, MT. One day area residents were neighbors, and next they were guards and prisoners. I went through school with many of the children of previous internees.
Yep, if I'd have been in the Yukon, I'd have gone up Hell Roaring Plateau. Really cool looking area that's been on my list for a while. And I'd definitely like to visit (and fish) those drainages you mentioned. Thanks for sharing!
My strategy for best viewing/photogrphing is to travel east to west in the am - this keeps the sun behind you and helps for getting good pictures. (Also descending into canyons [e.g. Oak Creek Canyon] from the top down gives much better views.)
Also, ran into a gent in Missoula who said that, if you want to avoid forest fires smoke, travel before 4th of July or late in the season (late = Sept/Oct??) I am deeply jeaalous of your ability to make all the great visits that you do. Keep it up.