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Absaroka Lake, Beartooth Highway south of Red Lodge Montana |
Red Lodge, Montana is one of several gateways to Yellowstone Park however, it is the only gateway that has the beautiful Beartooth Highway as the gate. Come and experience true western hospitality in this quaint, historic, mountain town. Today, Red Lodge is still a working agricultural town. Thanks in no small part to the town’s preservation of and appreciation for its colorful past, it’s also a fascinating destination where history is not so much a thing of the past as it is a vibrant part of the present.
Red Lodge features beautiful ranch lands, flowing rivers, spring creeks, and abundant wildlife. Mule deer enjoy the open range and grasslands available to them in outside Red Lodge, Yellowstone elk come down from the mountain tops to spend the winters, grizzly bears often visit to provide a thrill or a scare, moose are also abundant and wolves wander in and out of the valley.
Outdoor recreation
Red Lodge is well known for many outdoor recreation opportunities: skiing, mountain biking, and backpacking are nearby. In April, it is host to the popular Peaks to Prairie triathlon.
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Scott Hunter releasing Brook Trout back into Little Bear Lake in the Beartooth Mountains. |
Downhill skiing is the main attraction in winter; Red Lodge Mountain Resort has a long history dating back to 1960 when the ski area first opened. Originally started by a local enthusiastic ski club, they have spent the last 50 years growing into a resort that attracts visitors and families from all over the country. For those who seek an uncrowded, authentic ski experience where one can truly relax and have fun.
When the snow melts, the action moves to Red Lodge Mountain Resort’s 18-hole golf course that’s at the base of the Beartooth Mountains with miles of views that will make it hard to keep your eye on the ball!
The close proximity to Yellowstone Park, the Beartooth Highway and many other natural wonders make Red Lodge the perfect place to vacation or live. Besides having the legendary fly-fishing Yellowstone River not far away World class big game hunting, whitewater rafting, kayaking, wildlife viewing and photography, hiking, camping and horseback riding are just a few of the unlimited recreational opportunities available here in Red Lodge. Many fine bed and breakfasts; cabins and guest ranches provide lots of options for fine lodging.
Climbing is popular in Red Lodges Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains, Montana's highest peak, Granite Peak at 12,799 is a popular climb for many and there are many challenging climbing routes in rugged, remote wilderness locales on many classic routes in the Beartooth District.
Red Lodge’s creeks, rivers, and alpine lakes are treats to experience, fishing is popular because it is so good on the Yellowstone, Stillwater, Rock Creek, and the many lakes the dot the Beartooth Highway.
Whitewater river trips and kayaking on the Stillwater River near Absarokee, Montana, approximately 40 minutes from Red Lodge are a popular activity.
There is plenty to do and see in Red Lodge and is a dang good stop on your way to Yellowstone.
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64 Yellowstone bison headed for Montana tribal land
He stalled plan to repopulate the Plains with bison moved forward today, as 64 American icons from Yellowstone National Park were being transported to the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana, the Associated Press reports.................Tribal and state officials approved the transfer late Friday, but to avoid a court injunction the date was not revealed, said Robert Magnan, a tribal official with the Fort Peck Fish and Game Department................The genetically pure Yellowstone animals have been quarantined for several years since crossing over the park's northern boundary during their natural winter migration. All are free of brucellosis, which can cause the females to abort fetuses. Though the disease is rare in the United States, ranchers fear bison could transmit it to cattle. (It can also infect goats, pigs, dogs, camels and people.) Ranchers also worry that the bison will compete with their livestock and livelihood for range land.......................rest of story
Photographing Yellowstone ~ by Daryl L. Hunter
Yellowstone National Park has been a photography destination ever since Henry Jackson took the first photos of Yellowstone in 1872, Yellowstone's plethora of nature demands documentation from all who visit this world treasure. Yellowstone National Park welcomes photographers from across the country and from around the world to photograph its embarrassment of riches of natural wonders. Photographers come to document its pristine beauty and seasons of breathtaking contrasts: Scenic photographic opportunities abound, the wide-open grassy valleys, the perpendicular peaks of the Gallatin, Beartooth and Absaroka mountains. Yellowstone has hundreds of waterfalls, rivers that both gently meander through big valleys and writhing thorough whitewater canyons. This high mountain plateau attracts violent weather which makes wonderful accents too our earthly objects. More geysers than anywhere else on earth are here in Yellowstone waiting for the creative photographer capture eruptions of water at sunset. Colorful red and ocher mud pots, hot springs the deepest of blue outlined in orange and odd fumaroles dot the landscape of Yellowstone beaconing photographers from the other side of the world to take their story home......................... rest of story
Superlative Yellowstone by Daryl L. Hunter
OK let me dig deep into my reservoir of superlatives to adequately describe Yellowstone National Park, it is big, wild stunningly beautiful, and dynamic. Any description of Yellowstone will be filled with superlatives, yet words can never do it justice, but I will elaborate anyway; Yellowstone has the greatest concentration of thermal features in the world, up until 1,978 Yellowstone was the largest National Park in the country, One of the world's most spectacular canyons, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and its two majestic waterfalls cut 1,600 feet deep into the golden rhyolite laid down by the last major eruption 600 thousand years ago; as Yellowstone is one of the six super volcanoes of the world. It is home of the world's second largest high altitude lake nestled in the pit of the Yellowstone caldera; Magnificent mountain scenery rings the unique terrain of the Yellowstone volcanic plateaus. It is home to one of the largest concentrations of wildlife on the planet. And of course, it is home to, perhaps, the most famous geyser in the world, Old Faithful.............................................rest of story
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