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<\/a>\n Squeezing in the last of morning light.<\/p>\n
\n This sign might very well date back to when US-12 in Wyoming was renumbered to US-212 in 1963! There are very few US-212 shields in Wyoming.<\/p>\n
\n About 9500 feet up the pass. This view is in infrared, which causes ice to show up bright blue.<\/p>\n
\n A marmot appears.<\/p>\n
\n A very ordinary view from a very famous location<\/a>. The trees have grown some, obscuring the river, but the old routing of US-191 from where the photo was taken is still accessible – it is, in fact, a parking lot for a specifically designed viewpoint. Alas, we did not get the sort of spectacular clouds of that one day in 1942.<\/p>\n
\n Did not actually happen.<\/p>\n
\n Heading north towards Yellowstone.<\/p>\n
\n Some geese on Lake Yellowstone.<\/p>\n
\n We’re now heading out of Yellowstone on US-212.<\/p>\n
\n Supercow is looking directly at us.<\/p>\n
\n A yellow flower.<\/p>\n
\n It is July, and this waterfall is still half-frozen.<\/p>\n
\n The first 212 shield. It’s officially not signed in the park … but this one is a couple hundred feet shy of the exit. And yes, it’s a cutout.<\/p>\n
\n This stop sign has seen less-decrepit days.<\/p>\n
\n Looking back west towards Yellowstone on 212.<\/p>\n
\n Same basic view, different set of frequencies.<\/p>\n
\n Close-up of Mount Pointy. That’s probably not its real name.<\/p>\n
\n Deceptive photo. The implication is that those mountains are on US-212 heading east. They’re not – the sign is at the north end of the Chief Joseph Highway in Wyoming, and it just so happens to line up with the mountains to the west<\/i>. (Not to fear, the mountains to the east are equally impressive.)<\/p>\n
\n The Chief Joseph Highway heads off into the distance.<\/p>\n
\n I do not know which waterfall this is.<\/p>\n
\n We’ve reached the snow line, and Yellowstone is now just a distant point on the horizon.<\/p>\n
\n Iridescent clouds.<\/p>\n
\n Not a lot of snow or anything.<\/p>\n
\n Half-frozen lake.<\/p>\n
\n Yep, typical July weather in Beartooth Pass.<\/p>\n
\n Raise periscope!<\/p>\n
\n The view from about 10,300 feet. We are almost at eye level with those distant peaks.<\/p>\n
\n The road winds its way past the glaciers.<\/p>\n
\n The Bear’s Tooth is precisely the peak you would expect it to be in this picture. This is the top of the pass: 10,947 feet.<\/p>\n
\n There is a good reason why the pass didn’t open until June 7th.<\/p>\n
\n A multicolored frozen lake.<\/p>\n
\n Wind-blown snow on the peaks.<\/p>\n
\n We’ve made it to Montana. The state line is at about 10,700 feet – just below the summit.<\/p>\n
\n This sign is positively ancient. It’s at the Montana state line – the first sign heading into Wyoming.<\/p>\n
\n The Montana side of the pass has significantly less snow.<\/p>\n
\n These blue flowers manage to grow at this altitude.<\/p>\n
\n The Yellowstone River canyon.<\/p>\n