beartooth mountains

we had good weather for a week, then storms moved in and we bailed. being static in a tent waiting for storms to roll thru is not something i am capable of. and having no trail system to make travel safe in the rain inhibited plans. after the 1st 8 miles on trail along the west rosebud it was all off trail up-n-down, to-n-from, lake basins and high plateaus. but for frenco lake basin, bushwhacking was mostly non-existent. open understory , but steep slopes. and of course the obligatory scree-n-talus fields. also had to modify agenda when terrain proved to be much more inhospitable than maps n' google earth seemed to indicate. many thanks to mark for being so willing and flexible for this kind of trip. wish i knew more people w/ his sense of adventure and abilities. i had a great time.

in valley between mt wood and mt hague we saw a grizzly print

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lower slopes of mt wood looking up west rosebud ck

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looking down on arrapooash lk and camp in trees center. froze to death plateau, tempest mtn, granite pk, mystic mtn and just barely visible glacier pk across the west rosebud valley

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looking across arrapooash lk to granite pk et.al.

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upper woodbine ck basin

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frenco lk basin

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twin pks in the spotlight across storm ck

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frenco basin ridge from frenco/storm gap

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beckworth lk low under little park mtn and unnamed tarn high from twin pks slopes

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high pks of the absaroka's from twin pks plateau

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approaching twin pks gentler side

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looking up west rosebud ck from twin pks plateau

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full album - http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/580695877TPiAyV

Great photos! Looks like an awesome time to be up there. :popcorn:

Damn that looks nice. Great shots.

Finally drove through that area this summer after a long, long time and thought to myself "I bet there's some great backpacking here". Thanks for sharing the great photos!

thanks all. it is a beautiful area. & flowers were at peak, even tho its hard to tell in photos. so were skeeters... lots of fisher's along the west rosebud as well, carrying lots of fish sometimes.

Nice looking area, and sweet photos! :2thumbs: