Here we are still at the top of the Beartooth Highway. As we turned this corner this beautiful lake appeared. The weather was coming in so strong that the pictures don't even show any reflections. It was stark and quite beautiful up here.
Snow packs were everywhere. We didn't need to hike out to the lower one it turned out. We could have stopped the car in several places and walked right over to them. They are obviously what is feeding the lakes such as the one above.
This sign says "Beartooth Pass Summit Elevation 10,947 feet." The weather is different up there. Even when it's 'warm' it's cold, ha!
This is looking down the valley on the other side of the mountains. There are more lakes down there and no wonder with all the snow still melting.
Ahh, another look at the by-products of all the snow melt. These wild flowers are a hardy bunch indeed.
We just found out that it did snow hard enough right after we did this drive that people from Yellowstone and surrounding areas were up there skiing. Yikes!
Bob is still driving as we descend the mountains. Yep, there are still plenty of S curves to go around.
Oh look...the clouds are starting to break up! Look at all these mountain ranges. Wow, is all I could keep saying.
It may be hard to see in this picture, but the sun is breaking through the clouds to shine right in the center. If I saw these colors in a painting I'd say no way would they be real!
I did finally relieve Bob on the last of the drive into Cooke City and then I drove us back to the cabin through Yellowstone. We spent roughly 12 hours making this drive. We were tired but it was well worth the effort.
And yes, the weather turned sweet and all sunny again down in the valley. I love the reflection in this lake. It looks like spring all over again.
So there you have Beartooth Highway. It is indeed very scenic and quite worthy of being called the All-American Road.
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