Geobulletin alpha

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Date:	2015-07-29 07:53:06
Blog:	WATCH FOR ROCKS - Travels of a Sharp-Eyed Geologist
URL:	http://www.watchingforrocks.com/2015/07/beyond-caldera-back-to-beartooths.html

Summary:

In 2011, I spent barely 30 minutes crawling around a patch of outcrops on the road to Lulu Pass. In 2012, I took eight hours to drive the 64 miles across it, stopping to take a picture approximately every 30 feet.In 2013, I slept overnight in a dimly lit motel room on it, on top of the world. In 2014, I drove across it again while following a geologic road log, then slept in my car in a rain–drenched rocky canyon. Earlier this month I reconnoitered two of its high–country trails and told myself that I would be back before summer has faded to autumn.Island Lake, Beartooth Plateau Each summer I manage to spend incrementally more time overwhelmed by the high–country grandeur of the Beartooth Plateau. One of these days, I may go up there and just never leave.Beartooth PlateauOther plateaus in the Beartooth Mountains have tantalizing names like “Hellroaring” and “Froze to Death.” I expect that, somewhere in all this exquisite desolation, there may be an unmapped “Frozen in Hell” plateau, or perhaps “Hell Froze Over,” or even “No One Will Ever Find Me Here” plateau, but this is mere speculation on my part. We are in some seriously high, wide, and lonesome country where breathing 15% less oxygen than at sea level is an adventure in survival. The Beartooth Highway (US 212, “The most beautiful road in America” according to the late Charles Kuralt) is the only road (paved or otherwise) across the mountains. It winds and climbs its way along the southeastern edge of the mountains, from Cooke City to Red Lodge (both in Montana), reaching an ear–popping elevation of nearly 11,000 feet above sea level.

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Geographic context:

Location	Country	Latitude	Longitude
Plateau	CI	5.3167	-4.0333
Cooke City	US	45.0186	-109.912
Red Lodge	US	45.1926	-109.25

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