Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness

	Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness IUCN Category Ib - Wilderness Area
location	Montana / Wyoming , USA
surface	3820 km²
WDPA ID	365090
Geographical location	45 ° 11 ′ N , 109 ° 56 ′ W Coordinates: 45 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ N , 109 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ W
Setup date	1978
administration	US Forest Service

The Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness is a wilderness area in the US states of Montana and Wyoming , which was created in 1978 from existing national forest areas.

description

The wilderness area is partly in the Gallatin , Custer and Shoshone National Forests and covers an area of 3820 km². It comprises two different mountain ranges, namely the Beartooth and the Absaroka Mountains . These mountain ranges are geologically completely different, with the Absarokas mainly consisting of volcanic (or extrusive ) and metamorphic rock , while the Beartooths are almost entirely made of granite rock . The Absarokas are characterized by their dark and rugged appearance, lush and heavily forested valleys and abundant wildlife. The highest peak of the mountains, which is located in Wyoming, is Francs Peak at 4009 m. The Beartooths are more alpine with huge treeless plateaus and the highest peak in the state of Montana ( Granite Peak , 3901 m). The wilderness area includes 30 peaks over 3700 meters high. It is an integral part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and borders Yellowstone National Park .

There are 1,100 km of hiking trails in the wilderness area, hundreds of lakes, a few dozen creeks and a similar number of small glaciers . The forests are dominated by various species of spruce , fir and pine , while tundra conditions often prevail in the Beartooth Mountains due to the high altitude . The Beartooths have the largest contiguous area of over 3,000 m in the United States outside of Alaska . In the wild, u. a. Bald eagles , the Yellowstone cutthroat trout , the endangered grizzly bear , the lynx and the wolf .

Access to the wilderness area is difficult, the best way to get there is via Beartooth Highway US 212 from Red Lodge in Montana.

Web links

Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness The National Wilderness Preservation System. Wilderness.net.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. The National Wilderness Preservation System, accessed April 11, 2018 .
^ Montana Historical Society Research Center Staff: Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman . 2009, ISBN 978-0-9759196-1-3 , p. 2.

[wild-1] Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. The National Wilderness Preservation System, accessed April 11, 2018 .

[pn-2] Montana Historical Society Research Center Staff: Montana Place Names from Alzada to Zortman . 2009, ISBN 978-0-9759196-1-3 , p. 2.