A beautiful scenic drive through Chief Joseph Scenic Byway. Dec.12, 2022. North from Hwy 120. (Ep1)

51:42Fasten your seatbelt for a real time ride north on Wyoming highway 296. The amazing Chief Joseph Scenic Byway. Taken on December 12, 2022. The vast scenery and curvy roads are amazing even in the winter. The video is shown in real time. (I was trying out my new Bullet point mounting solutions GoPro dash mount on this drive., it works really well) The Chief Joseph Scenic Byway, Wyoming 296, links the town of Cody with the Beartooth Highway and the Northeast Gate of Yellowstone National Park. The route crosses the Shoshone National Forest through the Absaroka Mountains to the Clarks Fork Valley. The 47 paved miles of the Scenic Byway run from the junction with U.S. 120, 17 miles north of Cody, northwest to their connection with U.S. 212, the Beartooth Highway. The Beartooth Mountains and the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River lie to the north of the road, and the Absaroka Mountains and North Absaroka Wilderness are to the south. The Chief Joseph Scenic Byway is named after the Native American chief of the Nez Perce Tribe. Following the Battle of the Big Hole in Idaho in 1877, Chief Joseph fled east through Yellowstone. He and 1,000 members of his tribe ran from the US Cavalry, who were trying to force the tribe onto a reservation so that white ranchers could have their lands. While crossing Yellowstone, the Nez Perce briefly captured several tourists before going north up the Clarks Fork River. The Nez Perce were trying to flee to Canada (an 1,800 mile trek), but surrendered after the six-day Battle of the Bear Paw in northeastern Montana. The tribe was stopped only 30 miles from their destination, the Canadian border. In his speech of surrender, Chief Joseph expressed dignity and defeat with his famous words, 'Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.' The Nez Perce tribe was forced onto reservations in Oklahoma and Washington despite promises to allow them back on their lands. Yellowstone's Nez Perce Creek is named for this valiant attempt at freedom. https://travelwyoming.com/listings/ch... Drone in D by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Almost in F - Tranquillity by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Geology of Sunlight Basin https://www.geowyo.com/sunlight-basin.... Story of Chief Joseph https://www.historylink.org/File/8975 Chief Joseph Highway https://www.yellowstoneparknet.com/sc.... Enjoy your parks Blog https://enjoyyourparks.com/wyoming/to... Bullet point mounting solutions https://www.bulletpointmountingsoluti... 0:00 Start 2:39 Chief Joseph Info sign 4:20 Heading north Hwy 296 8:42 Triassic Chugwater formation 12:30 Mule Deer & Heart Mountain 21:30 Chief Joseph Summit 29:51 Great Scenic Mountain View 32:22 Mule Deer 39:27 Sunlight Bridge & mule Deer 1:00:40 Cathedral Cliffs Pullout 1:09:01 Pilot Peak Views 1:13:23 Hwy 212 intersection 1:16:44 Clarks Fork River Pullout Pilot Peak