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I camped at Greenough campground, about 12 miles south of Red Lodge, MT, nice place. Rode from there to Cooke City, MT on 211, then back on 212 to 296 (Chief Joseph Hwy). 296 east until the curves petered out as it descends to 120. U-turn, back to 212, back over Bearthooth pass and down to my campsite. I brought an extra gallon of gas for this but found gas stations not shown on Google maps, so didn't need it.
I'd done both of these before, but Beartooth in the cold, foggy rain. Good weather this time. There was a fair amount of traffic on 10,947 foot Beartooth Pass. It has lots of twisties and a crazy, switchback ascent/descent on the northern end. Chief Joseph has heart stoppingly beautiful scenery, plus incredibly well engineered twisties and sweepers around the east end.
View from 212 on the way to Beartooth Pass:
The pass:
High elevation lake on 212:
View from Chief Joseph Hwy:
Taking a break on Chief Joseph Hwy:
Rte 212 on the way back to camp: