Bears Tooth () is a mountain spire in the

Beartooth Mountains The Beartooth Mountains are located in south central Montana and northwest Wyoming, U.S. and are part of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, within Custer, Gallatin and Shoshone National Forests. The Beartooths are the location of Granite Peak, ...

in the U.S. state of

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

. The peak is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in

Custer National Forest Custer National Forest is located primarily in the south central part of the U.S. state of Montana but also has separate sections in northwestern South Dakota. With a total area of , the forest comprises over 10 separate sections. While in the wes ...

, and is adjacent to

Beartooth Mountain Beartooth Mountain () is in the Beartooth Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana. The peak is one of the tallest in the Beartooth Mountains, the 11th tallest in Montana (tied with Bowback Mountain) and is in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in C ...

. Bears Tooth is the namesake for numerous other points in the region and the

themselves. Known by the Native American Crow as "Na Piet Say", translated as ''bears tooth'', the spire can be seen from the Beartooth Highway.

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Bears Tooth Beartooth Mountains Mountains of Carbon County, Montana {{CarbonCountyMT-geo-stub