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1986 Map of Bare Mountain

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Bare Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The high-elevation landscape of the Beartooth Range is preserved here during the mid-1980s, dominated by the sweeping expanse of the Silver Run Plateau and the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. This terrain is defined by extreme verticality, where the tree line gives way to alpine tundra and rocky summits like Bare Mountain and Sheep Mountain. The map detail reveals a hydrological network feeding into West Red Lodge Creek and Rock Creek, with high-altitude basins sheltering Lake Gertrude and the Silver Run Lakes.

Evidence of recreational use and forest management is seen in the placement of Camp Senia and various Campground sites within the Custer National Forest. A network of Pack Trails provides the primary means of traversal through the wilderness, connecting remote drainages such as Basin Creek and Burnt Fork Creek. The presence of established wilderness boundaries reflects the 20th-century movement to protect this environment from commercial development.