This is a jeep trail that goes from the top of the Beartooth mountain range down to the valley below if you go all the way. The trail drops drastically at 8 miles from the trailhead. This is the point of no return. You can turn and go back to the parking lot or continue down the mountain. If you go down, you will not come back up. The climb is brutal, long and hard. You will push your vehicle most of the way. The ride starts somewhere between 8500 and 9000 feet in elevation and crosses 10,000 feet. There are a couple very technical and rocky climbs and a handful of grinders that are long and straight but this is where you cross the 10,000 foot mark so the oxygen is limited. When you get to the Sawtooth Meadow sign (appr 4 miles from trail head), you will have just crossed a stream. Before the stream crossing, you can also follow the trail back for an alternate route. It is marked with a Forest Service trail post.

Directions:

From Red Lodge, travel south on Hwy 212 appr. 40 miles. You'll go up the Beartooth Hwy switchbacks and cross the Wyoming border. Once you cross the border, you have about 10 miles (give or take). Once you come down the Wyoming switchbacks, the road will straighten out. There is a lake to the right and a road to the trailhead on the left. If you go past the Top of The World Bar, you've gone too far. From the parking lot, follow the jeep trail.