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Beartooth Mountains Hiking Tour

August 18 - 23, 2024

(6 days, 5 nights; Sun - Fri)

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Double Booking

$2885/person

Single Booking

$3495

Roommate Rebate

$570

Includes all lodging, meals, van shuttles, park entrance fees, leaders, trail maps and narratives.

Assembly Point

Billings, MT

Timberline van shuttle is included between Billings and Red Lodge prior to and following tour.

Not included: Airline or bus service to Billings; Guide Gratuity

Meeting Time

Hotel 8:00 am

Drop-off Time

5 pm

“Joe was a great guide, very athletic and helpful in hiking.” Nancy U. on Beartooth hike

Beartooth Mountains Guided Hiking Tour

Situated northeast of the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park, the Beartooth Mountains, for the most part, are contained within the vast Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. The rugged terrain, high elevations and somewhat remote location are factors that conspire to preserve the pristine quality of this region.  The Absarokas are named after the Crow Indians, as Absaroka is the native name for Crow. They form a chain of mountains characterized by stratified rocks, forested valleys and rugged peaks, and are home to a variety of wild animals, notably the threatened grizzly bear.  Lower elevation dense forests contrast with the many intermingled mountain meadows before giving way to alpine meadows and patches of subalpine forest.

Montana’s Highest Mountain Range

Conversely, the eastern side of the wilderness is dominated by the high granitic plateaus of the Beartooth Mountains, named after their resemblance to a bear’s tooth.  This imposing mountain range is home to the highest 40 mountains in Montana.  The ragged rock peaks and sheer rock walls plunge to talus slopes and canyon bottoms in the Beartooths.  Hundreds of lakes lie among the bald rock and alpine tundra of the plateaus. This country is starkly beautiful but extremely fragile with unpredictable changes in weather. Wildlife that you may see includes moose, mule deer, mountain goats and bighorn sheep.

From the mountain peaks, glaciers, tundra plateaus, lakes, and basins of the high elevations to the midslopes and deep canyons and valleys below, the Absaroka-Beartooth offers scenic panoramas.

See Detailed Itinerary Here:

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Itinerary

DayLocationDistance
Day 1Stillwater Trail6
Day 2West Fork Trail to Timberline Lake9
Day 3Lake Fork Trail to Lost Lake10
Day 4Beartooth Butte and High Lakes9
Day 5West Fork of Rock Creek to beautiful Quinnebaugh Meadows10
Day 6West Rosebud Trailhead, to Mystic Lake and beyond; return to Billings6

Total Distance: 50 miles

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Beartooth Mountains Hiking Tour

August 18 - 23, 2024

(6 days, 5 nights; Sun - Fri)