Yellowstone River Montana's Yellowstone River Join us on the longest free-flowing river in the lower 48. We scheduled this stretch of the Yellowstone to give paddlers a chance to see the glories of the Yellowstone River without the more difficult paddling above Billings. The BLM maintains a visitors' center at this National Historic Site, and plans to build a museum in time for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial.
Guests have a chance to explore the site as the guides rig canoes for the first day on the river.
Travelers get to experience a western riparian zone unaffected by control dams, that is, in excellent health. Consequently, this river has some of the best birdwatching in the state. Participants considering this trip should be able to manouver a canoe. On this trip we start at Sheep Mountain, just below Livingston, and paddle 105 miles to Laurel City Park, just at the start of the urban influence on the river associated with Billings. This is the Big Valley stretch of the Yellowstone, and paddlers sense the grand sweep of Big Sky Country as the the valley progressively opens up, and the rimrocks grow in height to their most dramatic.