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1970 Map of Yellow Mountain

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Yellow Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Yellow Mountain stands as a central landmark in this high-altitude wilderness, captured during a 1970 field check of Park County. The landscape is defined by the convergence of the North Fork Yellowstone River and the braided channels of Thorofare Creek. This area represents a massive protected corridor where the Teton National Forest and Shoshone National Forest meet, creating a contiguous expanse of roadless territory.

Access to this backcountry is marked by traditional travel routes, including the Thorofare Trail (Pack) and various unnamed Pack Trails that follow the drainage of Butte Creek and Woody Creek. The map documents a primitive drainage network comprising Valley Fork, Bruin Creek, and Dell Creek, illustrating the hydrologic headwaters that feed into the Yellowstone system. This survey reflects the era when photogrammetric methods from 1969 aerial photography were first being refined to chart these high-elevation basins.