East View, On The Next Switchback Up. And The First Patch Of Snow I Saw.
….You Can See The Narrator’s Passage, Next Down.

…. “The broad-leafed trees are all gone. Only small pines are left. Many of these have twisted and stunted shapes. “

Beartooth Highway ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT. This is the next switchback, 12 minutes and one mile after the Previous Photo.
….In the /\ Above /\ Photo, we see the conditions that hold the snow, and reduce melting: 1) Recessed corner to catch drifts. 2) Northern slope for reduced heat from sun.
….Because it had just started to rain hard, this photo was taken by leaning out the window from the driver’s seat. You see that the pavement is shiny-wet, and can see the white of the smaller snow patch reflected in the darker pavement left lane.
… All the rain drops on the camera lens occurred in just the few seconds my camera was just at the window edge.
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…This above ZMM passage actually comes after the ZMM Narrator’s “ turnout on the road .. “
….This is a rest area, which is next photo.

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Be Sure to Stop At This Rest Area!
….The Way, Way, Way, Down Views Are Just Spectacular!!.

…. “At a turnout on the road we stop, take some record photographs to show we have been here .… “

First Roadside Rest Area “Turnout”, Beartooth Highway ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT. …. Note; This is the first of two roadside rest areas along this stretch of road. However the next “facilities” are only at Cooke City, MT.
….As mentioned in earlier Photos, the ZMM Narrator is very negative about “Tourist Attractions”, hence above rather glum “ take some record photographs“, and saying absolutely nothing about the Spectacular Views here.
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….Concerning The Above- Mentioned “Record Photographs” : Mr. Robert Pirsig Sent Copies To Me (Which You May View All 12 Of Them At Blue Link Below), And In The Two Photos Taken At This “ Turnout “, You Will See => These Same Mountains In The Distance, Of The /\ Above /\ Photo.
….In These Two Above-Mentioned Photos Respectively (Blue Link Below), Please Notice =>
….A) Mr. Pirsig’s first photograph shows the brilliant sun light, dark sharp shadows, and light green on the distant mountains.
….B) But in Mr. Pirsig’s second photograph, his film could not handle the harsh contrast. So, both the sky and the pavement are washed-out white, and do not show the dark black blue sky, or even the pure blue sky as is seen, for example, in his first three photos.
....An overcast haze must have moved in for his 2nd mountain photo, since in this one, there are no shadows and less eye squinting.
….Notice how my /\ Above /\ Photo shows deep dark clouds and no green. This contrasts with the A) & B) above, mentioned of Robert Pirsig’s 1968 Picture at this same location. (Click Blue Link Below.)
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TOURIST EXPLANATION => The ZMM Narrator Generally Avoids Any “Tourist” Emphasis Or Even Mention.
….For Example=> In The ZMM Passage Above => The Above Curt, Glum, Grim, Gloomy, Admission To The Existence Of These Photos: … They Are Just & Merely For The “Record“! .
…..From this and other ZMM passages about “Tourist Attractions”, we learn that the ZMM Narrator would have us take the extra time, to really, fully experience the vast reality of these mountains at all levels of connecting & participating (my words). For Example, as we are engaged in => Camping, mountain climbing, etc, we should learn to practice => Being there, being fully aware, being fully alive, connect and participate in the reality of what is immediately there.
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AN ADDED EXPLANATION OF WHAT WE SHOULD => LEARN TO PRACTICE =>
….The ZMM Narrator in discussing “stuckness” Ends Chapter 25 saying => “Now we must head forward across this baking desert to wherever the road leads.” And in the next Chapters “the problem of stuckness was discussed “ along with “inner peace of mind occurs on three levels of understanding….
… What produces this involvement is, at the cutting edge of consciousness, an absence of any sense of separateness of subject and object. "Being with it," "being a natural," "taking hold"—there are a lot of idiomatic expressions for what I mean.” ]
….From the above ZMM passages, we see that The Narrator (and Author Robert Pirsig), are saying, in general, how we should respond in our life & work, even at “Tourist Attractions”!
… AND from this => Mr Pirsig wants us to realize & understand that => Most tourist locations, in responding to the typical “primary America“ visitor, do NOT help in ANY of this vital learning. And even worse, typical touristy attractions end up promoting everything opposite!
….Consequently it is up to us to Remember & Practice The Narrators Admonitions, in our daily life, and thus (even at a “Tourist Attraction”), we are => . "Being with it," "being a natural," "taking hold".
In other words “Be There”, “Be Fully Alive”. Fully Participate IN and OF Reality !!
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To View => Robert Pirsig's Fifth & Sixth Of Twelve Color Photos.
….FIRST METHOD => RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB” =>, and THEN AFTER The Five Albums Page Comes Up => Please read the SECOND DOWN Album Description => Then Click On => The Small Photo, and scroll down to (and read) The Fifth & Sixth Small Photos. Then, as for all our Gallery Photos, Click Any Photo Several Times to get a medium size or the largest view.
….SECOND METHO =>
Alternatively these photos are available from => The First Photo Album In Main Menu At Left. RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB” =>, and THEN AFTER ZMMQ Home Page Comes Up => Scroll down to the FIRST Small Photo In Main Menu At Left, And Click On It … Then after Five Albums Page Comes up, Please read the SECOND DOWN Album Description => Then Click On The Photo, And on The 9 Small Photos Page Comes up => Scroll down to (and read) The Fifth & Sixth Small Photos. Then, as for all our Gallery Photos, Click Any Photo Several Times to get a medium size or the largest view.
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The Narrator’s “Little Path“ That Leads from the Parking Lot to the Rocky Promontory, Dramatic, Spectacular, Take-Your-Breath-Away, Viewing Site.
“ ...and then walk to a little path ..... “

First Roadside Rest Area “Turnout”, Beartooth Highway ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT. When I was here at the “walk to a little path“ back in 2002, I was aware of the need to illustrate this ZMM passage. In fact, I had raised my camera to take the needed photo. But canceled the idea because the scene was not sufficiently "photogenic".
….But, alas, the "take-a-photo now" inspiration, totally evaporated. :-(( This resulted in NO photo until my trip here in 2006 as you see in /\ Above /\ Photo.
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Moral Of This Story?
….As mentioned several times previously: If you reach for your camera, take a picture! No second thoughts!!
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The Next Two Photos From This Path Show Respectively =>
…A) Looking Northeast, a general view Of Wyoming Creek Canyon.
…B) Looking North, a view way, way, way, down into Wyoming Creek Canyon.
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Looking Northeast, A General View Of Wyoming Creek Canyon.
….And In The Distance Seeing Over Rock Creek Canon To The Opposite Side.

… [ .“walk to a little path ] “

First Roadside Rest Area “Turnout”, Beartooth Highway ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT. You will notice that all of my 2006 Montana Photos show quite a bit of blueish haze, especially in distant views as you see in the /\ Above /\ Photo. ….This was due to extensive forest fires in Colorado while we were here.
….My 2002 shots also show quite a bit of whitish haze, but this is due to atmospheric moisture, and on this account are somewhat more whiteish, as opposed to blueish haze in 2006.
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View North and Way, Way, Way, Down To a Side Stream In Wyoming Creek Canyon, Coming From The Southeast.

[ “ .... a little path] that takes us out to .... “ ]

First Roadside Rest Area “Turnout”, Rock Creek Vista Point, Beartooth Highway ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT. As you can see along the bottom of the /\ Above /\ Photo, there is a Stone Wall. When the ZMM Traveler walks the “little path“, this is the view (and stone wall) at their right.
…You can see at least one broadleaf tree, as well as the white rushing water of the , Wyoming Creek, -- way –way ~ below!
….The stones at the bottom of the /\ Above /\ Photo are at the edge of the wall. I had to lean way over this very solid protective stone wall to take this photo. The next photo shows the continued view to the left.
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…..INSTRUCTIONS HOW => TO SEE AN ONLINE TOPO MAP OF THE /\ ABOVE /\ PHOTO LOCATION AT THIS REST AREA’s “ROCK CREEK VISTA POINT”.
..A) Short Instructions => Using The ONLINE Version of TopoZone Maps.=>
..1) On The Blue WayPt = Number Below => RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB” =>
..2) After Map Comes Up => Use Scroll Bar At Far Right => Adjust Green Topo Map Until Upper Left => You SEE-JUST-BELOW The [[ Plus & Minus]] => [[Box]] => Click Go To “Full Screen” =>
..3) Use Plus & Minus To Zoom. You can “ClickDrag” Map In Any Direction to See More Off Your Screen Edges.
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Suggestions To User: =>
..4) Although TopoZone Maps are a really great resource, they unfortunately do not mark the “WayPt =” ….
..5) When the TopoZone Map comes up, the “WayPt =” is in the Exact Center of your computer Screen.
..6) Suggestion => As best you can estimate, place a SMALL~”Sticky Tag Pointer” to mark screen center.=> Then Click-On => [[ Plus & Minus]] => AND IF=> your “Pointer” is CORRECT, it will still mark the same relative place on map.
..6) Since this ~”Sticky Tag Pointer”, will likely be useful when looking at a future TopoZone Map, I suggest you leave it there temporarily.
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TopoZone Maps have successfully been used on my Windows & Linux Computers (both Firefox & Chrome).
….Please send email re how well this works for you on other computers/software.
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FULL INSTRUCTIONS => Using The ONLINE Version of TopoZone Maps. AFTER this Page Comes Up, PLEASE** IGNORE** THE PHOTO & TOP HALF OF READING** YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY => SCROLL DOWN TO, AND READ => “FULL INSTRUCTIONS”. Click Here.

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From The High-Up Rocky Promontory Rock Creek Vista Point, A View North
….You Can See The Tiny Road From Red Lodge, At The Bottom Of Rock Creek Canyon, Down-Stream.

…. “a little path that takes us out to the edge of a cliff. “

Rock Creek Vista Point, First Roadside Rest Area, Beartooth Highway ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT. The views are indeed “breathtaking”!... ! When I am at the edge of a high precipice, as happened here, I feel as if I am being drawn out of balance over the edge! So, I hang tightly onto the very solid secure railing, and just wait as calmly as I can until the queasy sensation gradually goes away.
….In the /\ Above /\ Photo => Where the tiny road disappears in the distance, you see two humps. The nearer hump is WayPt = 130w, where this U-shaped valley was first seen.
.. The exposed rocks you see are part of the Narrator's “cliff“. This is an original part of this major rock promontory, which owes its existence to the geological cutting action a side stream, Wyoming Creek, from the Southeast (see previous photo). This stream cut its deep chasm (perpendicular) to the main N-S canyon of Rock Creek seen here.
…Thus this cliff is formed by the projecting corner of the intersection of these two deeply cut canyons. (These two respective “canyon cuts” will be seen more clearly in the 5th photo next. Or click on the Blue WayPt below for a topo map, which will show this Promontory, Parking Area, & Rock Creek Vista Point.)
….During Highway Construction, The Larger Parts Of This Rock Promontory (Nearer To The Mountain) No Doubt Were Chosen To Be A Service & Storage Area.
….This is because, as found, this area was wide and already somewhat level. The parking lot here was probably originally bulldozer leveled-off for a work-area plus a much needed place along these steep slopes to “park” construction machinery, and materials. Plus level space to have temporary work buildings, dormitories, etc. On these steep rockslide prone slopes, such needed places are hard to come by!
…. For the NEXT PHOTO, I turned my camera left, which also shows more of these cliff-edge close-up exposed rocks.

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From The High-Up Rocky Promontory Rock Creek Vista Point, A View Upstream, Southwest
….Can See At The Bottom Of Rock Creek Canyon => Fields, Tiny Road, & Tiny Rock Creek.
…. Closer At Right, Center, & Left => Many, Many, Highway Tiers, On the Way Up.

….“A motorcycle on the road almost straight down beneath us could hardly be seen from up here. “

Rock Creek Vista Point, First Roadside Rest Area, Beartooth Highway ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT.. Notice the different tiers of the highway that were the subject of several previous photographs.…
….The ZMM Narrator mentions seeing a motorcycle way below. I don’t recall seeing any motorcycles the whole time from Laurel, MT, to Gardiner, MT. It was a dark gloomy day when I traveled this part of the Beartooth Highway. Thus few people were on the road, and I saw only several other cars at this Roadside Rest Area. Was I there too early in the season? Or was it too gloomy, cloudy, & rainy?
….By contrast, the next day, there was an overflow crowd of vehicles in the parking lots at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park.
…A 2004 Google Search for Web or Images …Beartooth… discovered perhaps 15% motorcycles among the scenery photos. But a quick look at my June 2006 showed very few. Puzzle. Quite apparently we can not necessarily conclude mountain scenery is always (or will be), popular with the bikers.
…Later in my trip, I did see motorcycles regularly other places on my ZMM Route, most notable was in the parking lots at Crater Lake National Park. In general, motorcycles along the ZMM Route seem to be in about the same proportion as one sees anywhere else in the USA.
…. For the NEXT PHOTO, my camera was turned left, which then shows more Beartooth Highway Tiers.

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[ “The Broad-Leafed Trees Are All Gone. Only Small Pines Are Left. Many Of These Have Twisted And Stunted Shapes. “]

…..From The High-Up Rocky Promontory Rock Creek Vista Point, A Southwest View of, Rock Creek Canyon, Upstream
….At Photo Upper Center, Can Discern, U-Shape Of Upper Rock Creek Canyon => Where The Whitewater of Tiny Rock Creek Can Be Seem.
…. Closer & Angling Up From Right, Thru Center => See Three Tiers of Beartooth Highway, On the Way Up.
….Plus Further On => A Very Nice Switchback! This Is A Really Very Nice Hair-pin Turn!

Rock Creek Vista Point, First Roadside Rest Area, Beartooth Highway ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT. In /\ Above Photo (lower left corner), please note the two stunted pine trees and no broad-leafs on the bare slope. This well confirms => The above ZMM Narrator’s Words.
A 360 Degree Panorama Really Needed.
…. After I took the /\ Above /\ Photo, my next photo SHOULD have been swing the camera 45 degrees to the left, take next photo, and then keep taking the series of 8 photos for A Full 360 Degree Panorama. This would have shown the mountainside at the road entrance to this Rest Area.
….Moreover … and I don’t know why … I had stopped my general practice of …=> Every important opportunity => Take Full 360 Degree Panorama Shots. I don’t know why I did not take Panorama Photo good places in the many miles ahead, especially considering this was in The ZMM Narrator’s High Country .
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Puzzling? .Why Did I Wait Until Well Into YNP For My Next 360 Panorama?
… The thin high altitude air must have lowered my gumption, although I was not aware of it at the time. You, Dear Reader … should watch for this … when you get in similar circumstances.
…DATE-LINE: March 25, 2021. by Henry Gurr.
In Retrospect => Thinking Further About Above Mentioned IN-Adequate Panorama,
….Where I Really Needed A Good One!
…. Capturing this VERY DEEP CANYON, which was opposite to HIGH MOUNTAIN PEAKS, is clearly a difficult Panorama Photography Challenge! This calls for special “imaginative & creative” camera work that unfortunately I did not possess at the time.
….Before I walked away from the Rock Creek Vista Point => The thought should have arrived => “Stop. > Ignore photos already taken. > Start over. > Turn Camera From “Landscape” to “Portrait” for Highest Vertical Field > Make a mental plan > Now capture it ALL.”


This Google Street View (GSV) Shows => The Highway Approach To The First Beartooth Highway Rest Area & Rock Creek Vista Point.
…Here A GSV Is Perhaps Better Than A 360 Deg Full Circle Panorama, Since It Can In Addition A) Look Farther Up AND Down, Plus B) Offers Ability To Zoom Magnify, And See Better Distant Details!! RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB” =>
INSTRUCTIONS => After Google Street View (GSV) Comes Up, Then => Click the Google Street View Image WHERE you want the “VIEW” To go. => Thus you can Successively Click-Click-Click = “GSV Drive” The street you see on your computer screen. You can even click-on a Side Street, to “GSV Drive” the Side Street !!
… You can always “GSV Drive” further to see more & more sights!! AND at any time you can Click-On The Plus & Minus To Zoom AND You can “ClickDrag” the Image On Screen in any direction, for a better view.
Every Google Street View (GSV) Has Available A “Strip-Map” => If You Click-On The ‘Expand Small Map’ At Lower Left, The Strip Map Will Go To Complete Screen Width.
….AND everything said about how to “manage” the GSV Image, ALSO applies to this Strip Map. MOREOVER => If you want to “jump’ to a longer distance location, you can simply “ClickDrag” the Strip Map to new locations. THEN a click on the Map, which will then jump your GSV to that place.
…. This Strip Map at bottom, may have a note saying => "Click highlighted areas to see images.” This means you should look just above it => For one or several Small Circles. Try clicking your mouse (several times) all around that area, and One Or Several Photos will be displayed.
….The pointer at the base of the Yellow Pegman may show the direction of this photo view.

…. For More Hints On Using Google Street View (GSV), And What To Do If GSV Fails-To Respond Normally.

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…. Click Here To See Google Street View’s DRAMATIC 360 deg 3D Panorama Type Photo From => Beartooth Highway, Rest Area & Rock Creek Vista Point. => AFTER Page Comes up, you will see a Google Street View (GSV) 360 3D Camera Photo, . The camera for this is located on a higher rock outcrop, beside (and looking North along) the ZMM Narrator’s “a little path that takes us out to the edge of a cliff. “
If things are working correctly =>
..1) You will see A Google 360 deg 3D Street View “Capture” from a single “higher rock outcrop” location on The Rock Creek Vista Point Area. For this SINGLE LOCATION => You can do all the normal Zoom and ClickDrag on The Scene to rotate and see 360 Full Circle.
.SIDE NOTE: This GSV wrongly says “Gasparilla Island State Park”, AND The Direction-Of-View-Pointer at the base of The Little Yellow Pegman points OPPOSITE of the GSV shown on your computer screen.

For the NEXT PHOTO, my camera was turned 180 degrees back toward the Parking Lot. And in this view, you will see more Beartooth Highway Tiers climbing even higher!

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View South, Looking BACK At The Rest Area’s Parking Lot
…Notice The Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) Hand Made, Very Wide And Solid Stone Walls,
…..Which Are Along The ZMM Narrator’s “Little Path”, at Rock Creek Vista Point,.
……..Higher Up, Look Close, You Can See the Road Is Continuing Ever Higher.

…. “ We bundle up more tightly against the cold and continue upward.“

ZMM Narrator’s “Little Path, Rock Creek Vista Point, First Roadside Rest Area, < First Roadside Rest Area, Beartooth Highway ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT. This photograph shows the Narrator's “Little Path on the way back from the cliff edge to the parking lot. Look closely, you will see the narrow path all the way to a lamp post, beyond which you can discern the pavement of the parking lot..

….At Right Notice The High Rocks Above The Wall => This Is The Location Of The => “Higher Rock Outcrop” 360 deg Camera Location”, Which Was Mentioned In The Previous Photo, With Link To Go See “A Dramatic GSV Type Panorama”.

….Also be Sure To Notice The Works Progress Administration (WPA) Hand Made, Very Wide And Solid Stone Wall (Or Iron Railings). Clearly To Protect The Visitor From Falling Over The Edge.
….As discussed in earlier photos => This highway was a 1930-1935 WPA Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) project. And I further surmise that this rest area plus, this stone wall, were hand made from local hand cut rock by the CCC men. Rarely do more recent highway constructions make such labor intensive installations that make this much use of local materials! Thus this is all pretty special! And you should take special notice of these walls when you are there!!!
….In the /\ Above /\ Photo => On the distant mountain, note the landslides from the rubble of constructing the road-cut. You can imagine the continuation of the switchbacks ever higher up!
….This rest area is over ½ way up the mountain. Altitude here is 9233 feet. So, it is a long way yet to the top at ~11,000 feet!
… You better hope your engine is in good shape, or you will have to perform some very inconvenient on the spot maintenance! And make sure the weather will allow safe passage. This is no place for rookies, tender-feet, or the ill-prepared!! Author Robert’s Quality is the order of the day!!

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…. Click Here To See 9 More of Google Street View’s Own Collection of 360 Degree 3D Panorama Type Photos Of => Beartooth Highway, Rest Area & Rock Creek Vista Point. => AFTER Page Comes up, you will see the first of some 9 Google Street View, 360 3D Camera Photos.
If things are working correctly =>
..1) You will see A Google 360 deg 3D Street View “Capture” of a single location in The Rock Creek Vista Point Area. For this SINGLE LOCATION => You can do all the normal Zoom and ClickDrag The Scene to rotate and see 360 Full Circle.
..2) You can then ClickOn => The Big Photo’s Lower Center Arrows (( < > )) => To go through the remainder of these. When I do this, all 9 appear of these “Captures” are much like 1) above, but show different people.
..3) The Panel At Left, when ClickDrag to full width, shows a Quick View of all 9, 360 3D GSV Camera Photo Versions: You can scroll up or down to see all these.

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A Second 2006 Larger & Higher Resolution Photo
… From The Rock Creek Vista Point Observation Area, Another View South, Looking BACK Along The ZMM Narrator’s “little path“ On The Way Back From The Rock Creek Vista Point Observation Area At Cliff Edge To The Parking Lot.

….At The Right Edge, You Can Discern The US-212 Climbing To This Parking Lot Location: AND Higher Up, Look Close, You Can See the Road, US-212 Is Continuing Ever Higher!

….In The /\ Above /\ Photo You Can See The Narrator’s “little path”: AND You Can See => “The Higher Rock Outcrop” 360 deg Camera Location” Which Was Mentioned In The Second Previous Photo.

…. [ “ We bundle up more tightly against the cold and continue upward.“ ]

Rock Creek Vista Point, First Roadside Rest Area, Beartooth Highway ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT. .

….Again, Be Sure To Notice The Works Progress Administration (WPA) Hand Made Very Wide And Solid Stone Wall (Or Iron Railings)
….Which Are Along The ZMM Narrator’s “Little Path”.


The NEXT Photo was taken from where you see in the /\ Above /\ Photo, “US-212 Is Continuing Ever Higher”. This Next Photo Location was after the next tier’s switchback, and had a good place to show => Looking Back Down At this Rest Area Parking Lot, and the ZMM Narrator’s “Little Path.


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Now We Are On The Next Tier Up & Looking Back Down At the Previous Rest Area’s Parking Lot
….You Can See the ZMM Narrator’s “Little Path.”
……Which Is Leading Out To (Look Close) The Rocky Promontory Of The =>
………Rock Creek Vista Point Viewing Platform Area.

….“ He would use this route to get into the high country, then backpack in from the road for three or four or five days, then come back out for more food and head back in again, needing these mountains in an almost physio-logical way..“

On The Next Tire Up, AFTER Rock Creek Vista Point, First Roadside Rest Area, Beartooth Highway ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT. : After leaving the Vista Point Parking Lot, The /\ Above /\ Photo was taken AFTER ~0.6 Mile, A Hairpin Switchback, and ~0.5 Miles “Come-Back”
… Look Closely and you will see the “Little Path.” all the way to the end of the Rocky Pinnacle Promontory!
…. To get the largest and best view, you may need to click twice on the photo.
……AND With the largest view, you can see Blue, Red, & Yellow People on it. AND You can see why this Rocky Promontory Rock Creek Vista Point Viewing Area gives Such A Dramatic View! In All Directions!!

. It Is Interesting To Compare A Satellite View With The /\ Above /\ Photo.

After You Click On the Blue Link Below =>
...A) THEN Zoom Out and This Satellite View Will ALSO Help You Understand The Landscape Context Of The Next ~30 Photos Of This Album =>

...B) And After You ZOOM Out => Please Study The Satellite View Of US-212, Which Travels The Absaroka Range & Beartooth Mountains of South Central Montana:
….You Can ZOOM OUT To See “The ZMM Route” Marked by US-212 => ALL THE WAY through Cook City, MT. & East Gate, MT to The North East Gate of Yellowstone National Park..
….. US-212, having served its Original National Purpose, ends At the North East Gate of Yellowstone National Park (YNP).
To Study This Satellite Map, Click Here.
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In The Center Of The Beartooth Plateau, We See => A Dramatic Aerial View Of The Beartooth Highway Climbing a “Hogback”!
….This “Hogback”, As A Geographic & Geological Formation => Is Practically The ONLY Connecting Land-Bridge, Between Two Otherwise Separated Major Hi Altitude Beartooth Plateau Areas.
….Beyond The “Hogback”, You See Gardner Lake and A Deep Valley In Shoshone National Forest.
….Here, A Unique Combination Of Geological & Geographic Mountain Features Propel This “Hogback” Area To Become Significant To The ZMM Narrator.

….“. The road turns inward, away from the gorge and into snowfields.
The engine backfires fiercely from lack of oxygen and threatens to stop but never does. Soon we are between banks of old snow, the way snow looks in early spring after a thaw.“
….To See A Dramatic Example of The ZMM Narrator’s .“.between banks of old snow “ => RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB”

Beartooth Highway, ~2 Miles Straight South of Montana-Wyoming Border, Central Beartooth Plateau, MT-WY Border Area. This Dramatic Aerial View
…Serves To Start The Following Discussion Of just how Super Deep “Walls Of Snow” Comes To Be Here, and Earlier Along The Beartooth Highway.

DATE-LINE: April 2, 2021. by Henry Gurr.
…TO ORIENT THE READER TO NEXT 21 PHOTOS, CONCERNING WINTER SNOW DEPOSITS. =>
.…Here STARTS => An Interlude & Explanation, Which Will Then Be Followed By Forthcoming 1) A Helpful Satellite Photo View, and Then 2) A Helpful Topo Map.
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..A) The “Land-Bridge Formation”, shown in /\ Above /\ Photo, is very important for the Beartooth Plateau, in that it is the ONLY practical way for Humans (whether hunters, prospectors, build highways, or other travel) to move North-South, between Two Otherwise Deep Canyon Separated Major High Altitude Land Surfaces. This Will be fully illustrated in the SECOND Next Photo of a Topographical Map.
..B) Moreover => The sharp & very steep slopes, on both sides of this “Hogback”, Act Upon Overflowing Eastward Winter Winds coming along connecting valleys, from the relatively close Rock Creek Valley => Here do an aerodynamic “up-sweep + swirl” action, that nicely drops deep layers of snow hereabouts => One such dramatic, area of really deep snow, is shown in the Next Satellite View Photo. … (Similar geographic features happen at the “Beartooth Highway’s Summer Ski Area” NW of here.)
..C) In the /\ Above /\ Photo, you see none of this snow: And as is true for my (Henry Gurr, Sept 2006) Photos, depending on season, & how steep is local landscape shielding from the sun, all the snow can be still there in some places, and in other places, be all melted away. This is with no remaining evidence of any snow having been there, as is the case in /\ Above /\ Photo.
.. D) By opposite contrast, the ZMM Narrator in Early July 1968, & Henry Gurr in June 2002, readily found “Walls Of Snow” along US-212 Beartooth Highway. Thus we can see that deep snow can be there up through early July, but be all gone by September.
..E) As you read 1) This Photo Caption, and 2) the Next Satellite View Photo Caption. and 3) The SECOND Next Photo of a Topographical Map => Please make mental note of the Various Named Places AND Their Physical Locations. This will help you as you read the Forthcoming Photos. .
..F) Here I must say => From both of my 2002 AND 2006 ZMM Route Research Trips through this Beartooth Plateau, I understood NONE of A) & B) above relationships! … It was from CLOSE study of the above mentioned Satellite Views, combined with CLOSE study of the above mentioned Topo Maps, did I even begin to start to “Tease Out”, the above A) & B) discussion and understanding.
..G) In fact, it was ONLY the ~Accidental Discovery of The /\ Above /\ “Hogback” Aerial Photo by Merv Coleman, which AHA, spurred me to start me studying all of this closely!! … AND of course all this entirely new understanding is now edit modified, into this Caption AND the Captions Of Forthcoming Next Photos.
..H) For any of these Forthcoming Photos => You may need to click several times on the photo, to get the largest and best view.

PHOTO CREDIT: By Merv Coleman (YellowstoneCountry, Aug 2017)
....Coleman Photography, 223 Broadway Ave S #1249, Red Lodge, MT 59068 Phone: (800) 726-2228 << NO work. Goog finds 406) 446-1228 << which works.
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The /\ Above /\ Photo Is Courtesy Of Tripadvisor
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A Satellite View Of Central Beartooth Plateau, MT-WY Border Region=>
…. Showing At Upper Center The Beartooth Highway. US-212, =>
..A) You Can See Green Labels =>
……1) Five Levels of Switchbacks Climbing a “Hogback”.
……2) Narrator’s “Twin Walls Of Snow” => Look Real Close To See Highway US-212 There AND REMEMBER, B/c This Exact Place is Several Times Featured is Forth Coming Photos.
……3) Four More Green labels, Worthy Of Your Close Attention.
..B) Lower Center & Lower Right, The Very Dark Areas Are Respectively Gardner Lake & Christmas Lake.
..C) Above Words “Beartooth Basin”, The Dark Roundish Area Is An Unnamed Lake, Upstream From (unseen) “Twin Lakes” =>
NOTE: These “Twin Lakes” Are Significant Because They a) Are A Quite Noticeable “Land-Mark” In Photos & Satellite, AND b) Mark The Lower End Of Ski Lifts, Which Are In Turn A Great Summer Skiing Area. The Top Of These Ski Lifts Are Accessed Along A Snowy Stretch of The Beartooth Highway, and The Subject of Forthcoming Photos..
..D) In The /\ Above /\ Satellite View => Practically Every Patch of White (Big Or Small) Is Snow.
..E) In The Lower Left Of Photo Are Some of The Largest & Whiter Patches Showing Large Banks Of Evident Deep Snow!
..F) Cont: Especially Note The Super SOLID WHITE, HUGE & DEEP SNOW, Just SE of. The “Hogback”
..G) As Stated In Previous Aerial Photo, AND You Can See In NEXT Toto Map =>
..H) This Geographic “Hogback” Formation Is Practically The ONLY Connecting Land-Bridge, Between Two Otherwise Separated Major High Altitude Beartooth Plateau Areas.
..I) Here A Unique Combination Of Geological & Geographic Mountain Features Propel This “Hogback” Formation, To Become Significant To The ZMM Narrator, In His Writing “Twin Walls Of Snow” => Next Down. =>

[ ….”Soon we are between banks of old snow, the way snow looks in early spring after a thaw. ” ]
…. “Little streams of water run everywhere into mossy mud, and then below this into week-old grass and then small wildflowers, the tiny pink and blue and yellow and white ones which seem to pop out, sun-brilliant, from black shadows. Everywhere it’s like this! Little pins of colored light shoot forth to me from a background of somber dark green and black. Dark sky now and cold. Except where the sun hits. On the sun side my arm and leg and jacket are hot, but the dark side, in deep shadows now, is very cold.” ….
…. “The snowfields become heavy and show steep banks where snowplows have been. The banks become four feet high, then six feet, then twelve feet high. We move through twin walls, almost a tunnel of snow. Then the tunnel opens onto dark sky again and when we emerge we see we’re at.” [The start of “The Hogback” and soon will be at ] the summit.
….Beyond is another country. Mountain lakes and pines and snowfields are below. Above and beyond them as far as we can see are farther mountain ranges covered with snow. The high country.”

Beartooth Highway, ~2 Miles Straight South of Montana-Wyoming Border, In The Center Beartooth Plateau, Near MT-WY Border. The /\ Above /\ Satellite View shows the central region of the Beartooth Plateau: This View also includes The Ski Lift Area Along The Beartooth Highway.
….As you read the “Interlude” below, the /\ Above /\ Satellite View Will Help You Understand 1) The dynamics of just what causes these Super Deep “Walls Of Snow”: And 2) Why these “Walls Of Snow” happen to be along the Steepest Edges of Rock Creek Canyon.
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A Continued Interlude & Explanation, Which Will Be Followed By NEXT PHOTO “A Helpful Topo Map”.
…. As you read below (also Next Photo of a Topographical Map), please make mental note of the Various Named Places AND Their Physical Locations. This will help you as you read the Next ~28 Forthcoming Photos. .

…..Why Is Left Half Of The /\ Above /\ Satellite View Dramatically White With Snow? ((Which Is Typically NOT True Of Most Of The High Altitude Beartooth Plateau.))
.. Here it will be important for you Dear Reader to keep in mind this B) below, which was already mentioned as B) in Previous Photo =>.
..B) Due to the sharp & very steep slopes on both sides of this “Hogback” ((As was seen Previous Photo Lower Right, where you saw how VERY steep is the slope on this side of this “Hogback” )), this steep slope & sharp top edge, act on Snow carrying Eastward Flowing Winter Winds coming along connecting valleys ((off screen to left of /\ Above /\ Satellite View)) from the relatively close Rock Creek Valley, even further to left (West) => Here winter winds do an aerodynamic “up-sweep + swirl” action, that nicely drops deep layers of snow hereabouts, as is dramatically shown in the /\ Above /\ Satellite View Photo.
… Similar geographic features happen at the “Beartooth Highway’s Summer Ski Area”, along the Beartooth Highway =>
…..In /\ Above /\ Satellite View =>
….1) This Summer Ski Area is along US-212 just above where you see US-212 go off the photo edge, upper right. There is no Winter Ski Activity here, because the Beartooth Highway is closed in Winter.
….2) As was shown and mentioned in the previous Aerial Photo, to Lower Right is Gardner Lake, which as you see is in a Deep Valley In Shoshone National Forest..

SIDE NOTES:
…A) In the /\ Above /\ Satellite View Lower Left => You see a roughly square area that => Has an extra whiteness. ….We can surmise that this is due to this portion, being photographed, at different conditions. These might be more Snowy Wintery Conditions, or Sun Illumination, etc.
…B) For any of these Forthcoming Photos => You may need to click several times on the photo, to get the largest and best view.
…C) To Do Your OWN Study Of The /\ Above /\ Shown Satellite Map, Click Here.
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….As You Read The Below, Please Make Mental Note Of The Various Named Places AND Their Physical Locations. This Will Help You As You Read The Forthcoming Photos.

A Topographic Map Of The Beartooth Plateau Showing Just Left of Center =>
..A) The Beartooth Highway, US-212, Climbing a “Hogback”.
..B) At Center Also Note =>The Black Bold Labels => 1) “Switchbacks Climb ‘Hogback’ “, 2) “Walls Of Snow”, and 3) “Camera Location of WayPt = 141i.”
..C) Below Center Note Two Light Blue => “Gardner Lake” & “Christmas Lake”.
..D) Above Center Note Light Blue => The Roundish Area Above Word “Switchbacks” => This Is An Unnamed Lake, Upstream From Where You see “Twin Lakes” => The “Unnamed Lake” and “The “Twin Lakes” Are Significant, Because They Mark The Lower End Of Ski Lifts, Which Are In Turn => Great Summer Skiing Down From A Close By Snowy Stretch of The Beartooth Highway, Which You Also See. These Are Subject of (And Shown In), Forthcoming Photos.
..E) To The Right of The “Twin Lakes”, You See “Wyoming Creek, Subject of Many Previous Photos.
..F) In The /\ Above /\ Topo Map => The Relatively Uncluttered Whitish Areas Are Mountain Peaks of the Central Beartooth Plateau.
..G) As Stated Previous Photo, AND As You Can See In /\ Above /\ Toto Map =>
……1) From The Top of The Above Topo, To Its Bottom => You Can Follow US-212 South, And In So Doing => You Will See The Marked “Hogback” Formation Is
……2) Practically The ONLY “Non-Deep-Valley” Geographic Connecting Land-Bridge, For A Highway To Go South, And Then West, To Yellowstone National Park.
..H) AND Remember => Because This “Hogback” Is Narrow & Quite Steep, It Creates A Wind Action, That Hereabouts Deposits Deep Snow! Most Especially SE of This Above-Mentioned “Hogback”.
I) Thus => This Is Where => A Unique Combination Of Geological & Geographic Mountain Features Propel This Area To Become Significant To The ZMM Narrator.
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…. “The snowfields become heavy and show steep banks where snowplows have been. The banks become four feet high, then six feet, then twelve feet high. We move through twin walls, almost a tunnel of snow. Then the tunnel opens onto dark sky again and when we emerge we see we’re at.” [The start of “The Hogback” and soon will be at ] the summit.
….Beyond is another country. Mountain lakes and pines and snowfields are below. Above and beyond them as far as we can see are farther mountain ranges covered with snow. The high country.”

Beartooth Highway, In The Center Of Beartooth Plateau, MN-WY Border Region. This /\ Above /\ Topographic Map View, Serves To Illustrate and Finish This Discussion Of => A) Just how Super Deep “Walls Of Snow” Just Happen To Be HERE. B) And show these in the /\ Above /\ Map View, and as well C) At The Ski Lift Along The Beartooth Highway.

To Finish This Interlude Explanation, The Following REPEATS Previous Photo’s =>
….Here it is sufficient for you, Dear Reader, to keep in mind, as already mentioned in Previous Photos =>.
..B) Due The sharp & very steep slopes on both sides of this “Hogback”, Eastward Flowing, Winter Winds coming Eastward along connecting valleys, from the relatively close Rock Creek Valley => Here do an aerodynamic “up-sweep + swirl” action, that nicely drops deep layers of snow hereabouts, as was dramatically shown in the Previous Satellite View Photo. … Similar geographic features happen at the “Beartooth Highway’s Summer Ski Area”, which are “up the steep slope”, East of the “Twin Lakes”, which is seen in /\ Above /\ Topo Map, at the twin blue areas, above Word “Camera”,.
..E) As you read the above, please make mental note of the Various Named Places AND Their Physical Locations. This will help you as you read the Forthcoming Photos. .
..F) For any of these Forthcoming Photos => You may need to click several times on the photo, to get the largest and best view.

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To Do Your OWN Study Of The /\ Above /\ Shown Topographic Map, Click Here.
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Alpine Tundra and Streaks of Rain from the Brooding Clouds Getting Near the Top of the Beartooth Plateau.
….In This Northwest View, We Can Pick Out The Gorge Which Has Our Road Up From Red Lodge.

…. “ I look over my shoulder for one last view of the gorge. Like looking down at the bottom of the ocean. People spend their entire lives at those lower altitudes without any awareness that this high country exists.“

On Beartooth Highway, 1.5 Straight Line Miles SouthSouthEast Of Rock Creek Vista Point First Roadside Rest Area, ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT. In the /\ Above /\ Photo, between the grassy tundra and the far distant darker mountains, lies Rock Creek Canyon, the U-shaped North-South main valley in which the melt water flows to Red Lodge.
….At right we see a second deep cut. This is a closer and smaller side-canyon essentially running Southeast to Northwest. This was the Wyoming Creek Canon that you saw a close-up of in the 12th photo previous. We are going away from the gorge and moving South. In the NEXT PHOTO (AND LATER) we will see more views of Rock Creek Canyon, but from a distance.
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…. NEW TOPIC1: The tinge of blue at right is where the clouds will later open. This is West, and to keep oriented, you should remember this direction, since even more “blue patches of sky” will appear in forthcoming photos. …. The tinge of red in THIS photo and NEXT, is because this is the direction of sunset and the end of the day is approaching.
….NEW TOPIC2: “the ocean“ and “the bottom of the ocean“ are Master Motifs in The ZMM Book. The Idea of a Master Motif has been discussed in Previous Photos. And the above two Italic-ed Words you will see more of in Forthcoming Photos.
….NEW TOPIC3: “Canyon” is a Spanish word used more often in the Western USA. A canyon is a narrow water formed cut, typically rocky with steep sides.
….By Contrast => A Valley is a Norman French term more often used in the Eastern USA. A valley, also a water formed cut, is typically “V”-Shaped with more gently sloping sides and green with vegetation.
….By Contrast => A canyon with very precipitous sides (walls) is a gorge. In ZMM, the word “gorge” is used twice in ZMM => a) The above passage (on page 110), and b) Once more in reference to a dry rocky cut in Oregon’s "driest country yet.“.(on page 288)

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….The ZMM Narrator’s High Country , BOTH Physical Landscape and Mental-Philosophic Landscape.

…. “Soon stunted pines disappear entirely and we’re in alpine meadows. There’s not a tree anywhere, only grass everywhere … We’ve reached the high country, above the timberline. “

On Beartooth Highway, 1.5 Straight Line Miles SouthSouthEast Of Rock Creek Vista Point First Roadside Rest Area, ~14 Miles South of Red Lodge, MT.
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Ever Since Laurel MT => We (With The ZMM Narrator) Have Been Moving Up & Towards => ….The Narrator’s “High Country “
….THE ZMM NARRATIVE IS NOW **IN** “ THE HIGH COUNTRY “ AND **AT** “THE SOURCE” OF => BOTH =>
….1) The Melt Water of Rock Creek AND
….2) The Source Of Western Philosophy,
At which point (one page after the above ZMM Passage), the ZMM Narrator takes up the discussion of his own version of The Historical Development of Western Philosophy: This Narrator’s High Country “ is on the last half of ZMM page 110 plus 1/2 of page 111: AND is poetically getting us ready, by analogy, for the “ High Country of the Mind. “.
…This is the Narrator’s way of introducing us to his next 9 pages of his Chautauqua on Western Philosophy. These lectures cover the Narrator’s version of how our 20th Century thinking came to be as it is, as well as related rationality/scientific developments. ….The motorcycle is used as a concrete illustration of “a priori concepts“.
…. He also shows the ugly consequences of these modes of thinking in our culture.
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The ZMM Narrative Is Building To A Climax, As We Move Towards The Narrator’s “High Country ‘Summit’.
…..Below Is A Brief Synopsis Of Road Ahead, And Sights Along The Way. “
…After US-212 had completed several more switchbacks, we have as seen in the /\ Above /\ Photo, climbed to the higher somewhat level area of the Beartooth Plateau: Here we see in the distance the cut of Rock Creek Canyon (Narrator’s gorge). And as we traveled further South, the plateau scenery will continue to be similar, and we will be moving further away from Rock Creek Canyon.
….Click on the Photo several times to get the largest view, then look closely to the right, where you see the cut of Wyoming Creek. …. The Rock Creek Vista Point Rest Area is unseen, below where you see these two “cuts” meet.
…. Along US-212, we will see Rock Creek Canyon again in the distance, while overlooking The “Twin Lakes & The “Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Area”.
….After this, the highway takes us Southeast and away from Rock Creek Canyon.
…. Finally, the road swings West by Northwest to a kind of “Land-Bridge Formation”, which in this Photo Album is called. “The Hogback”: As was fully illustrated in Previous Interlude => a) Aerial Photo, b) Satellite View, and c) Topographical Map => this Formation is very important for the Beartooth Plateau, in that it is the ONLY practical way for Humans to move (highways or hunters, or prospectors, or otherwise), North-South, between Two Otherwise Separated Major Hi Altitude Land Surfaces.
….More-Over, you will see how VERY steep is the slope on this sides of this “Hogback”: This steep slope & sharp top edge, Act Upon Snow Carrying Overflowing Eastward Winter Winds coming Eastward along connecting valleys, from the relatively close Rock Creek Canyon => Here do an aerodynamic “up-sweep + swirl” action, that nicely drops deep layers of snow hereabouts => One such dramatic area of really deep snow area, of which the ZMM Narrator says “The banks become four feet high, then six feet, then twelve feet high. We move through twin walls, almost a tunnel of snow.”
… … Similar geographic features also cause deep snow, at the “Beartooth Highway’s Summer Ski Area”, above mentioned earlier along the Beartooth Highway.

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In An Alpine Meadow, Beside A Ditch Filled With Show-Melt, These White Blossoms Pop-Up Everywhere!
…. “Only Grass Everywhere Filled With Little Pink And Blue And White Dots Of Intense Color.“

….[ “Soon we are between banks of old snow, the way snow looks in early spring after a thaw. “ ] “ Little streams of water run everywhere into mossy mud, and then below this into week-old grass and then small wildflowers, the tiny pink and blue and yellow and white ones which seem to pop out, sun-brilliant, from black shadows. Everywhere it’s like this! Little pins of colored light shoot forth to me from a background of somber dark green and black. Dark sky now and cold. Except where the sun hits. On the sun side my arm and leg and jacket are hot, but the dark side, in deep shadows now, is very cold.“ [There’s not a tree anywhere,] “only grass everywhere filled with little pink and blue and white dots of intense color.“

~1.5 Straight Line Miles SouthSouthEast Of Rock Creek Vista Point First Roadside Rest Area, Beartooth Highway, MT. Even these beautifully phrased flower descriptions of ZMM page 110, are poetically getting us ready, by analogy, for the ZMM Narrator’s “ High Country of the Mind“, where there are “ Little pins of colored [philosophical] light shoot forth to me from a background of somber [every day normal thinking] ...little pink and blue and white dots of intense [philosophical thinking]“ !!
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….During My 2002 ZMM Route Research Trip, I Captured In Photographs An Example Of Practically Every Flower I Saw.
…. However, as you can see in My “Flowers” Album Photographs In The Highest Elevations Of Beartooth Plateau Click Here, I Did Not Find The ZMM Narrator’s Colors. such as the area of the /\ Above /\ Photo at this WayPt =136 at 9554 feet.
…Here, and higher elevations, are where I looked for but did not see “pink and blue flowers“. In fact, such flowers I did not see until well after the snow fields and return to elevations below 9500 feet. What could be the reasons for this absence? Reasons could be =>
..1) My travel thru here was almost a month earlier in the season than the Narrator’s.
..2) The Narrator must compress into a few short paragraphs a vast travel experience, many different times and elevations.
..3) OK, so it is. Each ZMM Traveler can expect to see the high country “differently”, whether philosophic or real.
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….Certainly, In These Quick Sketches, We Catch The Narrator’s Thrill Of The High Country =>
…. The Real Physical Landscape Scene,
……..And By Analogy => The Mental & Philosophic Landscape Scene!

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A Celebration of Wildflowers Pinpoints the High Country With Dots of Color!

….[ “ … and then small wildflowers, the tiny pink and blue and yellow and white ones which seem to pop out, sun-brilliant, from black shadows. Everywhere it’s like this! Little pins of colored light shoot forth to me from a background of somber dark green and black.“ ]

~4.9 Straight Line Miles SouthSouthWest Of Rock Creek Vista Point First Roadside Rest Area, Beartooth Highway, MT. As noted the previous photo, I looked for, but did not see “pink and blue flowers“ until after I came down to elevations below 9600 feet.

My Photos Are Opposite To The ZMM Narrator's High Altitude Sun Illumination Polemic.
….The ZMM passage above describes the sharp “black shadows“ that result from intense brilliant sunlight in high altitude low humidity air. These are also the conditions for the Narrator's darker “ black-blue sky“ directly overhead.
….However, as mentioned earlier, my photos of the high country do not show the Narrator's high altitude sun illumination polemic. My photos were taken in opposite conditions, high humidity and dark, very cloudy skies.
….Thus, in /\ Above /\ Photo, you see no dark shadows, nor even hardly any shadow. But even with, or because of the overcast conditions, my photos still show “… yellow and white ones which seem to pop out … “ from the watery mud with lots of somber browns in the dead grass.
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