Hoodoos & Cap Rocks around Cut Bank, Montana

July 17 to 19, 2007.

We are staying in the Riverview RV Park in Cut Bank, Montana. We are in a water & electric site $24.08 with 10% Good Sam discount. It is nothing but an OK RV-Park in a small town. The park only has a few small trees but the park does have location ------- in the city.

Hoodoo in campground at Cut Bank, Montana

Our motorhome is located in Riverview RV Park in the small prairie town of Cut Bank, Montana. Cut Bank is the hub for agricultural activity in this area. The campground is located where you can walk to the bluff (Bank) and see the small river below us. Erosion in and around the campground has created a variety of interesting hoodoos.

Hoodoos like this one form when a harder layer of sediment protects softer sediments located below it.

Caprock & Hoodoos

Here you can see several hoodoos that have formed on the bank.

On these "hoodoos" it is easy to see the harder caprock.

Hoodoo & cap rock

Only a small fragment of harder "cap rock" remains on the hoodoo on the left while the cap rock appears to be all but gone from the hoodoo on the right. Once the cap rock is gone the top of the hoodoo will become pointed.

Exposed cap rock

Looking across the river to the bank on the opposite side one can clearly see three different layers of harder rock all protecting the softer sedimentary layers underneath.

Cap Rocks and hoodoos

Hoodoos and cap rocks near Cut Bank, Montana.

Isn't it interesting how this hoodoo developed. In this picture it is fairly easy to see how the harder "cap rock" protects the softer material underneath from water born erosion.

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Until next time remember how good life is.