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13.
Emigrant
As you roll south through the little town of Emigrant, 10,921-foot Emigrant Peak looms
ahead, a reminder that the Absarokas (reaching 12,799 feet) are Montana's highest moun-
tains. Mineralized hardwoods in the Gallatin Petrified Forest, 12 miles west of Rte. 89, are
identified as tropical, suggesting that in the age of dinosaurs, this region was vastly differ-
ent. If you fancy taking a specimen with you, pick up a permit in Livingston or Gardiner
before you take the gravel road west from Tom Miner bridge to the petrified forest.
Devil's Slide is layers of rock that have been raised and tilted by faulting in the Earth's surface. The Yellowstone River
is in the foreground.
14.
Northern Yellowstone Winter Range
FarthersouthonRte.89,thegranitewallsofYankeeJimCanyonclosein,formingagorge.
The Yellowstone tumbles through it, slamming against boulders and debris. During spring
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