Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
North Absaroka Wilderness Area, WY

The North Absaroka Wilderness is an integral part of the Greater Yellowstone Area and is situated along the northeastern boundary of Yellowstone National Park, just north of the North Fork Shoshone River. There are 350,488 acres of remote, rugged country in the North Absaroka Wilderness, accessible by 217 miles of trail.

The true character of the North Absaroka may best be described as a vast area of relatively inaccessible terrain, the nature of which may have been experienced by the early mountain men and explorers of the western frontier. Home of the grizzly bear, bighorn sheep, and elk, the Absarokas provide one of the last refuges from man's thirst for development.

As one travels the back country of the North Absaroka, historic fire scars, evidence of flash floods and other more subtle vagaries of Mother Nature are evidence of an ecosystem mostly untouched by man. This setting provides one of the few remaining opportunities for a true wilderness experience in the lower forty-eight states.