Beartooth 2010 - 4 Days of fun!

[jackplanet514]

Thanks everyone!

I have a Nikon D5000 DSLR, it's pretty much a entry-mid level DSLR camera, nothing special.

And yes, I do some post processing in PhotoShop.

 

[jackplanet514]

Still Day 2 (July 6th, 2010)

Yes, it is snowing!

Fresh snow on top of old snow. Starting the descent into Red Lodge.

A crazy mixture of weather.

On the descent.

Nice new road.

Getting lower, getting warmer.

Yes, the road is dry.

Picking up the pace.

Wow, what a road!

Descending into Red Lodge, MT (raindrop smudge on camera lense)

 

[jackplanet514]

Day 3 (July 7th, 2010) 329 Miles

After breakfast, Red Lodge, MT - Looking to be a nice day for a ride.

Heading south back over the Beartooth.

Retro!

What a beautiful day, on our way back up.

Mr "Hi-Vis" on my six.

Rest area, lots of bikes. I didn't see one other FJR the entire trip. Saw lots of cruiser's/Harley's, a handful of Honda ST's quite a few KLR's, V-Strom's and BMW's.

View from the rest area, coming from Red Lodge.

More to come.

 

[drc32-0]

Great Pics!

The Beartooth is in a very small group of "must do" roads in America.

Thanks for posting.

 

[Tyler]

Awesome pics! We were just there about a week earlier than you and missed all that white stuff falling from the sky... man, that looks COLD!

 

[FJReady]

Awesome report and pics. Thanks. They bring back some precious memories. I did Beartooth on consecutive days last September. it looks and feels quite a bit different going the opposite direction at a different time of day. Good enough excuse for me to do it twice anyway. Glad to see there is new pavement. Last September I rode over many miles of dirt road there.

For those thinking of heading that way and have the time: Between the SW end of Beartooth highway and Cooke City is the north end of the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway. Its 47 miles long and heads toward Cody, WY. It it a spectacular road for motorcycle enjoyment as well as scenery.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Awesome report and pics. Thanks. They bring back some precious memories. I did Beartooth on consecutive days last September. it looks and feels quite a bit different going the opposite direction at a different time of day. Good enough excuse for me to do it twice anyway. Glad to see there is new pavement. Last September I rode over many miles of dirt road there.
For those thinking of heading that way and have the time: Between the SW end of Beartooth highway and Cooke City is the north end of the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway. Its 47 miles long and heads toward Cody, WY. It it a spectacular road for motorcycle enjoyment as well as scenery.

gunny :yahoo:

 

[Tyler]

For those thinking of heading that way and have the time: Between the SW end of Beartooth highway and Cooke City is the north end of the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway. Its 47 miles long and heads toward Cody, WY. It it a spectacular road for motorcycle enjoyment as well as scenery.

gunny :yahoo:

Gunny squared! B)

 

[cardingtr]

Thanks for posting. Brings back memories. When we went to Yellowstone in 2003, we passed through Beartooth Hway because it was rated the most scenic drive in U.S.

 

[MCML]

Well, that seems to have worked out pretty well, even with all of that white stuff. Hopefully, the Going to the Sun portion will prove worthwhile, too. Great photos,BTW. I was thinking about getting an Olympus PEN camera but maybe a DSLR is still the way to go. Or, maybe it's just good photoshopping. How you cut and pasted in those mountains I'll never know.

Saint Mary's Lake Campground (eastern side of Glacier National Park) the afternoon before riding the Going to the Sun Highway, after NAFO 2008. If you do ride GTTS, if you have time, and if you think of it, please give an appropriate salute!

 

[okmac]

Fantastic pictures, I felt like I was there. Thanks for sharing.

Mac

 

[jackplanet514]

Well, that seems to have worked out pretty well, even with all of that white stuff. Hopefully, the Going to the Sun portion will prove worthwhile, too. Great photos,BTW. I was thinking about getting an Olympus PEN camera but maybe a DSLR is still the way to go. Or, maybe it's just good photoshopping. How you cut and pasted in those mountains I'll never know.

Saint Mary's Lake Campground (eastern side of Glacier National Park) the afternoon before riding the Going to the Sun Highway, after NAFO 2008. If you do ride GTTS, if you have time, and if you think of it, please give an appropriate salute!

Sounds good.

Before I had a DSLR camera I had a digital point-and-shoot that took great pictures while riding. I just use the DSLR so I don't lug around 3 cameras (the other is video) and while riding I have it in "auto" mode anyway, all pictures I take other than while riding are in full manual mode, it's nice to have that kind of control.

And yes, it's some photoshopping. If anyone cares to know I'm more than willing to share my "secrets".

 

[jackplanet514]

Day 3 - Cont.

Pretty much the same picture(s) Tyler took on her trip. (Which were awesome btw)

Wish I were there now!

The Duc pilot.

1 in 10 turn out ok, 1 in 100 are really good, I give this a 1 in 20.

On the way back up, heading away from Red Lodge.

Another over-the-shoulder snap.

Check out the ski tracks.

Almost to the top.

"Fiji" posing for the camera.

Blue sky, big sky.

 

[nik.hisham]

Jack,

What a great ride report. Beautiful pictures and really nice roads.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Barry 07 FJR1300AE]

Unbelieveable pictures. One day the wife and I will make it out there. Yall are so lucky to live out there!!!

 

[drc32-0]

Wish I were there now!

I get that feeling at least once a week.

 

[weekend rider]

what great photos you took nothing better than freedom of riding and seeing the country.....

 

[jackplanet514]

Another "Fiji" shot.

South side.

Nice day for a ride.

180+

"Rear View"

"Front View"

So fun.

Taken on-the-fly.

 

[Maggellanos]

Great pictures!

 

[jackplanet514]

"Poser"

Not a lot of "riding" shots of the "Chief Joseph" I was having too fun.

Scenic Stop

Ain't she purdy!

Yellowstone Lake.

Yellowstone

Yellowstone Falls

Traffic Jams

Back to Jackson, The "Grand Teton" in the background (I stood on the tippy-top in 2007).

Day 3 was a long day.