Going-to-the-Sun Road (Glacier National Park)
50 miles (80 km), 1 hr 15 min, intermediate
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, resizedMotorcycle ride in Montana
Beartooth Highway
64 miles (103 km), 1 hr 35 min, intermediate
The Beartooth Highway links Red Lodge, Montana, to Cooke City, the north-east gateway to Yellowstone National Park. It climbs in hairpins to Beartooth Pass, at nearly 3,350 m, among glacial lakes and high plateaus, then runs along the peaks of Wyoming. Open from about late May to mid-October; snow is possible even in summer.
Stops along the way
- SStart: Red Lodge
- 1Rock Creek Vista Point, after 20 miles (33 km)
- 2Beartooth Pass, after 31 miles (50 km)
- 3Top of the World, after 39 miles (63 km)
- FFinish: Cooke City, after 64 miles (103 km)
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Photos along the route
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