Topic: Chief Joseph Scenic Byway and Bear Tooth Pass on July 1, 2018..... (Read 4285 times)

JCZ · « **on:** July 01, 2018, 07:52:28 PM »

Babe and I are in Cody, Wy. for a couple of days. We rolled up Chief Joseph Scenic Byway and over Bear Tooth Pass today....as usual, most of these pics I shot while on the fly....

These first few pics were taken while we were still on Chief Joseph Scenic Byway.....

JCZ · « **Reply #1 on:** July 01, 2018, 07:53:26 PM »

Cows Crossing straight ahead!

And as we roll around a curve this is our first view of the Bear Tooth Mountain (the one with the sharp peak). I've never seen a bear's tooth up close so I'll have to take their word for it.....and yes, that's snow on July 1st!

And one of several lakes that are along US212 aka Bear Tooth Hwy.....

And eventually we rolled up behind several CVOs from Ontario, Canada. Not sure if those riders are on this forum or not?

JCZ · « **Reply #2 on:** July 01, 2018, 07:54:17 PM »

We even rolled up on several ladies cross country skiing, in their swimsuit tops.....(sorry for the bad photo.....taken on the fly and on a switch back curve).....

This view shows many of the lakes that we'd already passed, on our way to the top.....

There was a lot of snow up on top and down around freezing while it was 82F back in Cody.....

JCZ · « **Reply #3 on:** July 01, 2018, 07:55:16 PM »

Thick, green forests tells me we're getting close to Red Lodge, Montana....

JCZ · « **Reply #4 on:** July 01, 2018, 07:55:42 PM »

Red Lodge, Mont........where Babe rode the green dinosaur for the full 8 seconds! EeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaa!!

ultra13 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 01, 2018, 09:23:49 PM »

We did the Beartooth 2004. A breathtaking great trip after Sturgis....

bigsixman · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2018, 09:40:42 PM »

Thanks for the nice pics JC, we were out there last July and got hailed on up on top of the Bear tooth.

iski · « **Reply #7 on:** July 02, 2018, 01:19:07 AM »

Cody is one of our favorite places. Chief Joseph & Beartooth are great rides! Thanks for posting the pics JCZ, enjoyed seeing the sights along with you on your ride. Red Lodge isn't a bad place to waste a few hours, either.

BigLew · « **Reply #8 on:** July 02, 2018, 04:22:38 PM »

Thanks JC, been a while since Susie and I rode it. But sill a great ride!

BigLew

Chief2505 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 02, 2018, 04:38:56 PM »

Buddy and I will be in that part of the country in 3 weeks! I am excited to see this beautiful country again!

kojak · « **Reply #10 on:** July 02, 2018, 05:43:15 PM »

Been there couple of times, will go again in a year or two. Some of the best riding anywhere!

Yellow09SERG · « **Reply #11 on:** July 02, 2018, 07:07:02 PM »

Thank you for sharing JC. Have never ridden it but have had the opportunity to drive it. Hopefully we can make the trip on the bike in the next year of 2

2soaper · « **Reply #12 on:** July 02, 2018, 08:50:23 PM »

Nice pics but in the future for gods sake stop when seeing good look'n woman in a bathing suit top on ski's. Kinda like seeing an actual cougar in the woods.

JCZ · « **Reply #13 on:** July 02, 2018, 10:32:11 PM »

Quote from: 2soaper on July 02, 2018, 08:50:23 PM

Nice pics but in the future for gods sake stop when seeing good look'n woman in a bathing suit top on ski's. Kinda like seeing an actual cougar in the woods.

No cougar in the woods......but we did see a dead wolf today. Road kill over by Buffalo Bill State Park. I thought "damn, that's a mighty big coyote" so made a u-turn to go back and get a second look. It was a wolf....big even for a wolf. Obviously been deade for a couple of days......really stunk but other animals (vultures, etc.) hadn't set in on it. It was right on the shoulder so traffic would have an impact on that. I can tell you it was bumper to bumper holiday traffic heading in to the park as we came back to Cody today.

We're heading all the way through the park tomorrow, with my toy hauler, to West Yellowstone. Because this traffic is exceptionally heavy due to the holiday, we're going to leave early in the morning and try to get all the way through before noon.

mark · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2018, 09:12:54 AM »

Was there last year...Beartooth Hwy is a great ride.

Rooster · « **Reply #15 on:** July 03, 2018, 09:37:21 AM »

Hope you don't have to buy gas in that little town

mr_magoo · « **Reply #16 on:** July 03, 2018, 11:17:59 AM »

Here’s Victoria’s attempt at riding the big green monster.

JCZ · « **Reply #17 on:** July 03, 2018, 06:54:14 PM »

Quote from: Rooster on July 03, 2018, 09:37:21 AM

Hope you don't have to buy gas in that little town

It was expensive.....seems like it was $3.76 a gal. for premium. Here in Yellowstone now and it's pretty high around here, too.

guppytrash · « **Reply #18 on:** July 03, 2018, 08:12:02 PM »

Great riding JCZ. Enjoy! And thanks for the pics.
If you haven't already Hwy 14 and 14a thru the Big Horn forest do not disappoint. 14 was a little more scenic than 14a IMO but both are excellent.
I thought St. Joseph Hwy (locals call it Dead Indian) was as spectacular as Beartooth.
We stayed one night in Red Lodge at Buffalo Bill's hotel. We stayed in one of the seven suites and that was pretty cool too. Rooms are updated but old western decor.
Next time I won't miss the Museum in Cody WY. Every single person I have known to go... raves.
Have a safe and great trip.

luc.who · « **Reply #19 on:** July 04, 2018, 08:04:04 AM »

loved that ride... we did it in July a few years back and the snow banks were pretty high. Definitely on my ride again list.

Rooster · « **Reply #20 on:** July 04, 2018, 09:36:38 AM »

Quote from: JCZ on July 03, 2018, 06:54:14 PM

It was expensive.....seems like it was $3.76 a gal. for premium. Here in Yellowstone now and it's pretty high around here, too.

I think it was almost a dollar more when we went through a few years back.

And yes we had to stop

Jock · « **Reply #21 on:** July 04, 2018, 04:30:24 PM »

And yet another fun adventure!

Thanks for posting!

Fullsac Performance · « **Reply #22 on:** July 04, 2018, 10:37:59 PM »

Thanks for posting up JC! I'm heading that way next week!
Steve@fullsac.com

Biker48 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 04, 2018, 11:55:45 PM »

We rode both Chief Joseph and Beartooth last year. We've got a lot of the same pictures. After we rode over Beartooth, we stayed the night in Red Lodge and then, because it was so nice, we rode back over the next morning.

Supershooter · « **Reply #24 on:** July 06, 2018, 09:43:49 PM »

We had a snowball fight up there July 27th 2010. Great ride!

Supershooter

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