Oh Ho!! So THAT’S The “Beartooth”!!

…. “ …. but then the [engine].noise diminishes …. “

~Half Mile Southeast Of Island Lake Campground, At Intersection of Rt 149, Beartooth Highway, WY. Suddenly to the West, a gap in the mountains and trees opened up, and there it was! The “Beartooth!”! More properly the twin peaks of Beartooth Mountain.
….Until this split second of recognition, I never knew why my Rand McNally said of this road “Bear Tooth Pass Elevation 10940" (sic).
...The next split second my car was slowing to a stop! My “take a photo” reflex was finally becoming reliable!
….Remember this view as we travel the next 30 miles, first towards this mountain, and then skirt around its Northern flank. In the process, you will see good Photo Examples of the reasons why a name, such as “Beartooth”, gets singled out and transferred from the original landmark to other local land forms.
….For example, the name Beartooth is “applied to” 1) Beartooth Campground, 2) Beartooth Lake, 3) Beartooth Pass, 4) The Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, 5) This entire geographical area of the country (Beartooth Plateau), and 6) Even this Beartooth Highway.
….In Previous Photos and other contexts => You have seen many examples of this. Even cities are named after geographical areas, such as Rivers or Mountain Ranges.
….As we travel the next thirty miles, you will also see why “Beartooth!” was historically so important as a point of reference, in this otherwise trackless rough mountain terrain.

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