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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



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PILOT AND INDEX MOUNTAINS LIFT LOFTY CROWNS ABOVE A LAND OF EXQUISITE 

 BEAUTY, LOOKING ACROSS KERSEY LAKE INTO THIS WONDERLAND OF PEAKS AND LAKES 



for here is a magnificent world of outdoor vacation 

 country for the fellow who really wants to get into the 

 open and see the real mountains and scenery which is 

 untainted with man's so-called improvement. 



Chronic travelers and amateur vacationists follow beat- 

 en paths. No better illustration can be found than the 

 Beartooth country. A great stream of tourists annually 

 goes into the Yellowstone country and passes on, but 

 never in their visit to the region do these visitors learn of 

 the Beartooth. Still this unusually interesting region is 

 contiguous to the National Park. The traveler enroute 

 westward, enters eastern Montana and going towards 

 Billings, his first view of snow-capped mountains is of 

 the Beartooth range. It is located south of the Yellow- 

 stone river and wholly in Montana and there awaits the 

 most pleasing of vacations for one who will forsake beaten 

 travel paths but a few miles and really taste of the 



outdoor life in an unspoiled 



country. 



Not alone does this Forest 

 serve as a place where the joy of 

 play in the mountains may be 

 had. It produces great economic 

 values too, for each year 50,000 

 sheep range the meadows of the 

 Forest and 5,000 cattle fatten 

 from the forage picked in the 

 tree-bordered parks. Annually 

 2,000 feet board measure of 

 timber which goes into mining 

 stulls, props and railroad ties are 

 harvested from the Forest. And 

 all of this use return and other 

 uses are in addition to it being 

 one of the ideal places of the 

 west for a vacation. To really 

 see the Beartooth one must go 

 on pack trips. This means that 



there is hard traveling and it 

 may be that it will keep many 

 from viewing the scenic splendor 

 within the borders of the Forest. 

 But there are other places where 

 one may go with an automobile 

 or wagon and still get the oppor- 

 tunity to enjoy some of the rec- 

 reation found here. 



Just a few miles out from Red 

 Lodge, Montana, on the West 

 Fork of Rock Creek, there are 

 some excellent camp sites. Here, 

 too, is Camp Senia, a well or- 

 ganized resort prepared to take 

 care of the traveler. Compared 

 to a long trip with pack outfit, 

 this trip is easy, but for eight 

 miles from Red Lodge the way is 

 over a wagon road and the last 

 four miles of the trip to the 

 camp site must be taken on a saddle horse. 



Established at this camp, the scenic features of the 

 immediate nighborhood can be reached and ten days is 

 little enough time to spend here. Trips can be made to 

 Silver Run Mountain, to Bow Back Mountain, to Red 

 Lodge Creek Plateau, to Timberline Lake, and to Sentinel 

 Falls. Fishing is of the finest, and the angler will find 

 many opportunities for dropping a fly into some froth- 

 covered pool and instantly be rewarded by a strike full 

 of snap and fight. 



An auto will take you to East Rosebud Lake and re- 

 sort approximately twelve miles from Roscoe, Mon- 

 tana. The lake is a mile long and half that wide, and is at 

 an elevation of 6,500 feet above sea level. Fishing is good 

 in the lake, and the streams offer equal sport. The region 

 surrounding this area is replete with scenic detail. Here 

 are the lower cascades of the East Rosebud. The gorge 



SMASHING PEAKS, LAKES SET FAR DOWN IN CHASM I.IKE BASINS AND DIZZY HEIGHTS 

 OFFER REAL "ROUGH STUFF" TO THE VISITOR TO THE BEARTOOTH 



