Beartooth Mountains

I’m in Red Lodge, Montana. During the day I hike a different trail in the Beartooth Mountains. In the evening I go to the chamber concerts at the Red Lodge Music Festival.

The trail up East Rosebud Lake is open to the sky, the result of a fire that burned the forest away. Here and elsewhere there is the chance of meeting moose, wolves, and grizzly bears. Yellowstone is just over the crest. I like hiking with the edge of danger present. It keeps me respectful of the ways of the wilderness.