PILOT & INDEX PEAKS ~ ABSAROKA RANGE, WYOMING As we came down from Beartooth Pass going toward Yellowstone we were confronted by this view. Pilot Peak dominates the scenery on this section of the road so we stopped a number of times to capture some images. This view is from a fairly high vantage point. Again, mid-day light wasn't ideal but the view was spectacular so here it is. :) Pilot Peak, the glacier carved horn peak, is 11,708 feet in elevation and was first climbed in 1928. Prior to the turn of the last century Index Peak, on the right, was known as Dog Turd Peak, a name bestowed by the local miners. :) The U.S. Geological Survey refused to use that name and changed it when the first maps of the area were published. Government censorship at it's finest! :^)
