8/3/2013: Stillwater R., Castle Rock CG to Cliff Swallow

With: David Bernard
 
Either Eric had had enough boating or he took pity on me because I was going to bicycle the shuttle. Either way, he decided not to boat and took the van to Cliff Swallow to wait for us. David and I had a wonderful day on seven or eight miles of nearly non-stop Class II/III whitewater. Fortunately my illness had not yet peaked, because I would have been sorry to miss this lovely run.

A two-boat trip with good current went quickly, and from the takeout we drove through Red Lodge and over the spectacular two-mile high Beartooth Highway to the USFS Crazy Creek Campground in the Gallatin National Forest, just outside the northeast entrance to Yellowstone.
 
1. Eric Hopley will drive my van to the takeout while David Bernard and I run the Stillwater River
2. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
3. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
4. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
5. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
6. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
7. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
8. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
9. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
10. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
11. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
12. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
13. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
14. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
15. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
16. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
17. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
18. The Stillwater River
19. The Stillwater River
20. The Stillwater River
21. The Stillwater River
22. The Stillwater River
23. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
24. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
25. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
26. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
27. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
28. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
29. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
30. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
31. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
32. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
33. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
34. David Bernard on the Stillwater River
35. Over the Beartooth Highway to just outside the NE entrance to Yellowstone.
36. Over the Beartooth Highway to just outside the NE entrance to Yellowstone.
37. Over the Beartooth Highway to just outside the NE entrance to Yellowstone.
38. The valley of the Lake Fork from the Beartooth Highway
39. The valley of the Lake Fork from the Beartooth Highway
40. At the Rock Creek Vista of the Beartooth Highway
41. Beside the Beartooth Highway, US-212 Montana and Wyoming
42. Beside the Beartooth Highway, US-212 Montana and Wyoming
43. Beside the Beartooth Highway, US-212 Montana and Wyoming
44. Beside the Beartooth Highway, US-212 Montana and Wyoming
45. Beside the Beartooth Highway, US-212 Montana and Wyoming
46. Beside the Beartooth Highway, US-212 Montana and Wyoming
47. Beside the Beartooth Highway, US-212 Montana and Wyoming
48. Beside the Beartooth Highway, US-212 Montana and Wyoming
49. Lake Creek Falls and the old Beartooth Highway bridge, from the new Beartooth Highway bridge
50. Lake Creek Falls and the old Beartooth Highway bridge, from the new Beartooth Highway bridge
51. Looking down Lake Creek Falls toward the Clark's Fork of the Yellowstone, from the new Beartooth Highway bridge
52. Looking down Lake Creek Falls toward the Clark's Fork of the Yellowstone, from the new Beartooth Highway bridge
53. Crazy Creek CG, Gallatin NF, just outside the NE entrance to Yellowstone.