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The Gallatin National Forest (now known as the Custer-Gallatin National Forest) is a United States National Forest located in South-West Montana. Most of the Custer-Gallatin goes along the state's southern border, with some of it a part of North-West Wyoming .
Sheep Mountain is located 39 miles (63 km) south of Bozeman in the Gallatin Range, which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. [1] It is set on the common boundary shared by Yellowstone National Park and the Gallatin National Forest.
The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail and the Nez Perce National Historical Trail both pass through sections of the forest. In total, there are over 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of hiking trails , 50 campgrounds , dozens of lake and river boating access points and even 250 miles (400 km) of groomed snowmobile trails.
It is set in the Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness on land managed by Gallatin National Forest. [1] Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Yellowstone River . Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) above Bassett Creek in one mile (1.6 km) and over 5,400 feet (1,646 meters ...
Winter Trails Montana: The Best Cross-Country Ski & Snowshoe Trails. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot. ISBN 0-7627-0730-5. Spring, Ira (1974). Wilderness trails Northwest;: A hiker's and climber's overview-guide to national parks and wilderness areas in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Northern California, . British Columbia, Canadian Rockies. Touchstone Press.
Sheep Mountain is located 3.75 miles (6.04 km) north of Cooke City, Montana, in the Beartooth Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. [1] It is set within the New World Mining District and the Custer-Gallatin National Forest.
The name of the mountain range has been attributed by the U.S. Forest Service to a rugged peak found in the range, Beartooth Peak, that has the appearance of a bear's tooth. Originally, the Beartooth Mountains were named after Beartooth Butte, a large block of paleozoic sediments on the Beartooth Plateau, and Beartooth Butte was named for a ...
Since 2014, the Custer and Gallatin National Forests are managed together as the Custer-Gallatin National Forest with headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. [3] There are local ranger district offices located in Ashland and Red Lodge in Montana, and in Camp Crook in South Dakota for Custer, and West Yellowstone, Livingston, Gardiner, and Bozeman in Montana for Gallatin.