peak found in the range, Beartooth Peak, that has the appearance of a bear's tooth. Originally, the Beartooth Mountains were named after Beartooth Butte, a large block of paleozoic sedimentary rock on the Beartooth Plateau, and Beartooth Butte was named for a tooth-like structure that projects from the front of the butte.

The Beartooth Mountains sit upon the larger Beartooth Plateau.

History

The remoteness of the region contributed to its obscurity until the 1870s. The Crow tribe

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