Thanks for the info on Chief Joseph. As someone else said, if anyone heads that way - please let us know. My plans are for the end of August.
I rode it last year and they were doing construction in roughly the same place. They make it one way traffic, so I had to stop for at least 20 minutes to wait for my turn to go through the section. I would still do it again. I have only rode it once and that was from Beartooth back to Cody, but I feel the views would be best the other direction.