Preparing for Yellowstone trip.

[valkmc]

hey choptop....while in Cody or West Yellowstone....make sure you all do the Beartooth Pass Highway from Red Lodge MT to Cooke City MT....both ways....NO other 65 miles (one way) in the U.S like it.....yes:

also ride the Chief Joseph Scenic Byway between Cody and Cooke City MT....amazing scenery

Shaker

YES,Yes, Yes on Beartooth. Great ride and a must see from the seat of a bike.

[srt8-in-largo]

Good luck on the trip Chop!

All these endorsements makes me wanna checkout Beartooth Pass too.

[valkmc]

Good luck on the trip Chop!

All these endorsements makes me wanna checkout Beartooth Pass too.

Take a coat. I was there last week of June and there was plenty of snow on the side of the road.

[BACA]

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Chief Joseph Pass - Highway 296 (formerly Dead Indian Pass) between Highway 212 (Bear Tooth Pass) and Highway 72 (Cody, Wyoming).......Awesome Ride!!!!

[srt8-in-largo]

Take a coat. I was there last week of June and there was plenty of snow on the side of the road.

I may go ahead and put the heated grips on my standard if it's like that.

[sshake1905]

Being close by in Idaho, have gone over Beartooth Pass and Chief Joseph Pass 8 or 9 times in last 4 years....one of those rides you'll never get tired of doing.....

Best time is August or late July...as far as weather goes....went over it 3 times last summer, all in July....got rained on two of three times.....you just don't ever know when the summit is over 11,000 feet.....highest elevation 2 lane US highway in the lower 48....

The scenery, and the road, is like no other......Shaker

[bigbird]

Best time is August or late July...as far as weather goes...

Agreed.
Even in mid summer it's freezing cold up there.
There's still snow by the side of the road where the sun doesn't directly get at it.
Be prepared to lose a lot of power at that elevation, both for you and the bike.
The air is really thin.