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A few small adjusts, but i just want to throw a huge thanks to CanadianRocky - a little effort and I have the right number of days, each day is reasonable leangth and we are hitting all the right spots.
I used to live in CUT Bank Montana back in the 80's and a bunch of used to ride Glacier almost every weekend! Used to ride over to Kalispell and take in the stock-car races I really miss those days! I am sure things have mellowed out allot since then but back in the day you took your life in your own hands going through Browning and the Black Foot Indian reservation on a bike!!
After you leave Jackson, take the Teton Park road, it puts you closer to the Mountains. Through Yellowstone make sure you run over the Mt Washburn piece. After Red Lodge it looks like you take 79 up to I90, that is a nice road. But then you run the slab all the way to 287. I suggest you turn North on 89 and then go up to 12 then to 287. It gets you off the Slab. Watch for dead gophers.
Grab a sandwich in Helena, and when you get to the top of the pass, make a left (short gravel road) and go up to the parking lot and enjoy the view with lunch. The ride from their to Kalispel on the route you have is one of my favorite rides.
If your camping in Waterton, take big tent pegs..... It can be windy there. There is a bit of construction on 89, but just ride slow.
I really like the Little Belt mountains. Once you leave Billings I don't know if it fits in your time line, but taking into account you may not make it that way again for a while, seriously consider doubling back of over the Beartooth and going over Chief Joseph pass and onto Cody, which I actually consider a better Motorcycle road, although the Beartooth is a better view. Both passes are spectacular in their own right.
I used to live in CUT Bank Montana back in the 80's and a bunch of used to ride Glacier almost every weekend! Used to ride over to Kalispell and take in the stock-car races I really miss those days! I am sure things have mellowed out allot since then but back in the day you took your life in your own hands going through Browning and the Black Foot Indian reservation on a bike!!
Boy your right about Browning. I first rode through there back in the late 70's..... It has changed a lot since then. There is a chance we sat in the stands at the same races in Kalispel..
What if I saved some time and skipped Billings taking this road?
That piece of 191 is a good road. I was on it a few years back. It would save some time on that day and would make the Beartooth/Chief Joseph more doable. But sounds like your crew are Riders anyway.
Good time of the year. Snow will all gon on The Beartooth and Glacier will be wide open. You might have some smoke from fires. I will be in Cody/Yellowstone/Jackson on August 13-16 or so. Look for my Panhead.
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