Scenic Drive in Big Horn Mountains on US-16 out of Buffalo, Wyoming

Wildflowers along scenic US-16 in the Big Horn Mountains west of Buffalo, Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

Driving though the Big Horn Mountains in mid August we saw so many beautiful wildflowers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting Geology off scenic US-16 in the Big Horn Mountains west of Buffalo, Wyoming

 

 

This view was actually taken along one of the Big Horn National Forest Roads. We drove forest roads 20,23,22,31 and 33. They are all good gravel roads. We checked with the National Forest Service off in Buffalo, Wyoming and got one of their free NFS maps of the area before driving these roads.

 

Spruce Grouse in conifer forest off scenic US-16 in the Big Horn Mountains west of Buffalo, Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a grouse, probably a spruce grouse considering where we spotted it, deep in the Big Horn Mountains. If indeed this is NOT a spruce grouse please let us know and we will correct things.

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Talus slope on side road off scenic US-16 in the Big Horn Mountains west of Buffalo, Wyoming

 

 

 

 

I stopped so Joyce could get this picture of a talus slope on one of the scenic side roads we were taking off US-16 between Buffalo, Wyoming and Powder River Pass.

Talus is a term given to an accumulation of broken rock fragments at the base of cliffs and canyons.

 

 

 

 

 

Aspen Grove on forest service road off scenic US-16 in the Big Horn Mountains west of Buffalo, Wyoming

 

 

 

Beautiful quaking aspen grove along this FS Road (Forest Service Road) off US-16 between Buffalo, Wyoming and Powder River Pass. We were taking a scenic drive on US-16 and in the process turning and heading down each FS road we came to. We find some of the best scenery on these side roads. You can see the narrow gravel FS road we were on in this picture.

Unique geology viewed from forest service road off scenic US-16 in the Big Horn Mountains

 

 

Interesting geology is found throughout the Bighorn Mountains

 

 

 

 

 

 

View from deep in the Big Horn Mountains near Powder River Pass west of Buffalo, Wyoming

 

 

 

 

This was a view from one of our scenic drives on those Forest Service Roads that are accessible from Scenic US-16. We were deep in the Big Horn Mountains and not far from Powder River Pass.

 

 

 

 

 

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