Garnet Mountain Range in Montana

The Garnet Range of mountains in Montana is some of the highest in the United States. Activities in the area are numerous, and places to visit too many to mention. However, whether planning a quick holiday or just going for a daytime drive, the scenery there has much to offer.

Driving along the byways that lead through the Garnet Range, the high mountains of Montana, rewards visitors with much more than just spectacular scenery. There are so many special attractions as well as a slew of activities that have something to please everyone.

The range's highest mountains are amongst some of the highest in the country. The tallest is Old Baldy, which rises some 7511 feet above sea level and towers above everything that surrounds it. Not far off looms Devil Mountain, at 7438 feet, which got its name through its treacherous terrain and the hardships that have been suffered in not only climbing it, but trying to reach its snow covered peak. Finally, a fare distance away, the 7210 foot Hoodoo Mountain, so named because of its hoodoo type appearance from distant viewing points, and now just merely the central core of an extinct volcano.

The Garnet Range attracts a fair crowd of tourists, who come to enjoy both winter and summer activities, including the usual winter sports, and also the camping, fishing and picnicking. Hikers also adore the area, which boasts some of the area's best trails.

The biggest drawing attraction is by far the ghost town of Garnet, which sits at the foot of these ominous mountains, once the home of many pioneering settlers. Now it stands as a testament to the courage of people who had to brave heavy winters and remain virtually cut off from the outside world due to the treacherous terrain.