Bear Tooth Highway (Livingston, Red Lodge, Gardiner: school, living, cabin)

[daveyjones]

That Beartooth, does it have a route number?
I cant find it on the map.

[Rickers]

Route 212. It looks like it runs from Billings to the park. It runs right through Cooke City.

[A Neighbor]

Route 212 into Red Lodge and then South on the Beartooth National Scenic Byway (the official name still 212).

Plan on at least a couple of hours to 4 hours depending on how many stops you make to explore the country side. I wouldn't worry too much about wanting to move to Cooke City, but I would worry more about Red Lodge & Jackson Hole. If you need to you can remember that for many month every year access to Cooke City is limited to snowmobile's. It is also the only town in MT that is only accessible by traveling through a different state (WY) unless you hike into it.

[Rickers]

There is supposed to be some town up by the great lakes in the U.S. where the only access is from Canada.

[daveyjones]

Im planning on a April or May date to fly up there and rent a car,accomodations I still have work to do on that.
Thank God for the internet

[mtnlady]

Make sure the car you rent is able to go to that altitude. We went a few years ago and the vehicle we had vapor locked and had to sit an hour before we could start it again. This would only be a worry if you plan on stopping and starting a few times.

[daveyjones]

When I was in Denver renting a car they ask me where I am going with it,mentioned "up in the mountains"

OK then you need a 6 or 8 cylinder vehicle not a 4 cylinder.

[tigergal]

Originally Posted by daveyjones

Im planning on a April or May date to fly up there and rent a car,accomodations I still have work to do on that.
Thank God for the internet

If you're planning on driving the Beartooth in April or early May, you'll be out of luck. The earliest the road opens is Memorial Day and that depends on the weather/road conditions.

[daveyjones]

Originally Posted by tigergal

If you're planning on driving the Beartooth in April or early May, you'll be out of luck. The earliest the road opens is Memorial Day and that depends on the weather/road conditions.

Good to know, thanks so much for that info.

[barnyardbabe]

I know this is probably a dumb question...but if the hiway to Cooke City is closed during some winter months,how do folks get food and businesses get supplys for their businesses??? do they do it all on snowmobile or what and where is the closest town?? i look at the webcams in Cooke City from time to time and it looks like the snowmobilers paradise??
always been fasinated with the quaint town of Cooke City.Montana!!