Desolation

Now knowing that major fractures in the Beartooths are capable of providing easy route travel, we finally enter one of the three largest fractures in the Range: "The Great Fissure". Running at an elevation of 9,500 to 11,000 feet, the Great Fissure runs from Castle Lake in the East to Rough Lake in the West - a distance of nearly 12 miles. Unfortunately, we wouldn't find the fissure until this point - Desolation Lake - and so would only enjoy travel along it for a day.