Crossing the Big Belt Range
The road across the Big Belt Range between White Sulphur Springs and Helena is definately a road across the top. It starts as a nice wide gravel road, which narrows as it goes up, until it becomes a single lane trail that clings to the edges as you near the summit.
While techncally NOT a four wheel drive road, good ground clearance makes it easier as you near the summit. After passing the summit, where you can see the entire valley with its large reservoir and Helena in the distance, the road widens quickly as it descends through the forest to the other side.
Wild flowers were everywhere all along the route in early July.
A few pickups, a couple of 4-wheelers, and some forest service personel in large pickups were our only company during the drive.
Oh, and it seems that no matter how rough the road, or how far off the beaten path you go in the west, there's always at least one Texan in a Cadillac sedan there when you get there.
This was a great 4 hour drive for us. Jo took dozens of wild flower pictures and we had some really fantastic views of what Louie L'Amour's describes as "The Shining Mountains".
We also had a pleasant picnic lunch at a sparsly populated rustic campground near a pretty lake.
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