Bighorn Scenic Byway Gallery
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Traveling on US 14 going east into the Bighorn Mountains. The road runs alongside Shell Creek which keep things green in the valley.

Shell Canyon is much different that Tensleep Canyon. Elephant Head Rock is at the very top of the picture. It looks like the profile of an elephant with its trunk curled in front of its face.

Shell Canyon and a look at Pyramid Peak.

Looking up Shell Canyon.

Sunshine Mesa

Pyramid Peak.

Sunshine Mesa and Pyramid Peak, Shell Canyon. Cattle used to be trailed along the bottom of Sunshine Mesa.

The south wall of Shell Canyon.

Shell Creek near Shell Falls.

Shell Creek and a mountain called Copman's Tomb.

A fine example of rock layers being sharply folded.

A fine example of rock layers being sharply folded.

Across the valley another waterfall is tucked away.

Shell Creek above the falls.

Shell Falls.

Below Shell Falls.

Copman's Tomb.

The treeless spot on the hill to the right was where a rare tornado went through in 1959 resulting in the death of one person. This is at Granite Pass on US 14.

A pretty hillside at Granite Pass.

Moose!

The entrance to an amazing garden.

Prairie Smoke.

Monument Plant.

Monument Plant.

Alpine Phlox.

Just a nice view.

So many flowers!!

And more flowers!

This was such an amazing field of flowers. Eleven species were blooming and there were probably many more that weren't. I wonder if all fields and forests used to look this way long ago.

"Forever West".

This is the east side of the Bighorn Mountains. The plains of eastern Wyoming and South Dakota can be seen in the distance.

Masses of yellow flowers.

Yellow flowers on the hillside.

On the eastern side of the Bighorn Mountains looking across the prairie toward Sheridan.

A view of Montana, about 30 miles away.

This type of cliffs are common throughout the eastern side of the Bighorn Mountains.

A look at the Bighorn Mountains from south of Sheridan. The craggy mountain on the left is Black Tooth Mountain.

Here we say so long to the Bighorns and start the trip back to Casper about two hours away.