Lolo Pass (Idaho–Montana)

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Lolo Pass
Lolo Summit Sign.jpg
Lolo Pass Summit Sign
Elevation 5,233 ft (1,595 m)
Traversed by US-12
Location Idaho Co., Idaho, &
Missoula Co., Montana,
 United States
Range Rocky Mountains
Coordinates 46°38′07″N 114°34′47″W / 46.6352°N 114.5798°W / 46.6352; -114.5798
Lolo Trail
Lolo Pass (Idaho–Montana) is located in Idaho
Location: Bitterroot Mountains,
Idaho-Montana
Coordinates: 46°38′7″N 114°34′47″W / 46.63528°N 114.57972°W / 46.63528; -114.57972Coordinates: 46°38′7″N 114°34′47″W / 46.63528°N 114.57972°W / 46.63528; -114.57972
Built: 1805
Governing body: U.S. Forest Service
NRHP Reference#: 66000309[1]
Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966

Lolo Pass, elevation 5,233 feet (1,595 m), is a mountain pass in the United States, in the Bitterroot Range of the northern Rocky Mountains. It is on the border between the states of Montana and Idaho, approximately 40 miles (64 km) west-southwest of Missoula, Montana.

The pass is the highest point of the historic Lolo Trail, between the Bitterroot Valley in Montana and the Weippe Prairie in Idaho. The trail, known as naptnišaqs, or "Nez Perce Trail" in Salish,[2] was used by Nez Perce Indians in the 18th century, and by the Lewis and Clark Expedition, guided by Old Toby of the Shoshone, on their westward snowbound journey in September 1805. After a winter at Fort Clatsop in present-day Oregon, the Corps of Discovery returned the following June.

The pass was also used in 1877 during the Nez Perce War as some of the Nez Perce under Chief Joseph tried to escape the U.S. Army. Shortly after crossing the pass the two sides clashed at the Battle of the Big Hole.[3]

U.S. Highway 12, belatedly completed in August 1962, crosses the pass.[4]

Lolo Hot Springs is 7 miles (11 km) east of the pass in Montana.

The first limited services in Idaho are in Powell, 13 miles (21 km) to the west of the pass, then another 65 miles (105 km) to Lowell, at the confluence of the Lochsa and Selway Rivers.

The Lolo Trail is a National Historic Landmark.

  • Lolo Pass, Montana side, approaching summit, westbound.

  • Entering Montana from Lolo Pass

  • Lolo Pass Visitor's Center

  • Lolo Pass Visitor's Center

  • Lolo Pass Visitor's Center sign

  • Forest fire near Lolo Pass, 2003

  • Idaho's Lochsa River, west of Lolo Pass

  • Camas blooming at Packer Meadows, near Lolo Pass, Idaho.

References [edit]

  1. ^ "National Park Service Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 11, 2010. 
  2. ^ Tachini, Pete (2010). Seliš nyoʻnuntn, Medicine for the Salish language : English to Salish translation dictionary (2nd ed.). Pablo, MT: Salish Kootenai College Press. p. 374. ISBN 9781934594063. 
  3. ^ "Lolo Trail and Pass". Lewiston Morning Tribune. National Park Service. Retrieved 8 October 2011. 
  4. ^ Campbell, Thomas W. (August 20, 1962). "Thousands witness L-C Highway dedication". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 1. 

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