The result sprawls across much of western Montana. Arguably, only a fraction of this forestlands complex is contained within Greater Yellowstone. Also included are the lovely Tobacco Root mountains near Ennis, Montana. Low areas are covered in sage and bunch grasses. Moderate elevations are heavily forested in lodgepole pine with a bit of Englemann spruce and Douglas fir.
High elevations are glacier-carved studies in rock and ice.
Gallatin National Forest Gallatin is the most popular national forest in Montana. It wears the Madison and Gallatin ranges on its western side, the remote and rugged Absarokas and Beartooths to the east and the Bridger range to the north. An isolated chunk of this forest encompasses Montana's Crazy Mountains. The forest sits like a hat atop Yellowstone National Park. It absorbs 2.5 million visitor days annually, more than Wyoming's massive Bridger-Teton National Forest.