


A towering 585-foot brick smokestack and surrounding smelter ruins provide dramatic industrial silhouettes against Montana skies. Photograph the vertical texture, rusted ruins and wide Big Sky vistas—best at golden hour for warm side-light and at blue hour for moody silhouettes. Easily reached by car with roadside parking on Anaconda Smelter Rd; short walk on uneven ground (watch for signage and avoid fenced areas). No fee to view; weekends see more visitors. Winter snow and storm fronts add mō



A towering 585-foot brick smokestack and surrounding smelter ruins provide dramatic industrial silhouettes against Montana skies. Photograph the vertical texture, rusted ruins and wide Big Sky vistas—best at golden hour for warm side-light and at blue hour for moody silhouettes. Easily reached by car with roadside parking on Anaconda Smelter Rd; short walk on uneven ground (watch for signage and avoid fenced areas). No fee to view; weekends see more visitors. Winter snow and storm fronts add mō