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United StatesDepartment of

Agriculture

CLEARWATER NATIONAL FOREST

LEWIS & CLARK

Panoramic views and primitive conditionsawait Lolo Trail travelers.

ON THE LOLO TRAIL

ForestService

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Layers of HistoryThe edges of time blur when

you follow the Lolo Trail, a routetraveled by the Lewis and Clarkexpedition in 1805 and 1806; theNez Perce, Salish and otherIndian tribes for centuries beforethe explorers arrived; miners,trappers and settlers for a centuryafter their arrival. Most of theroute is primitive, the landscapemuch the same as it was whenLewis and Clark traveled it.

Lewis and Clark reached theBitterroot Valley in Montanamid-September 1805. Theweather was beginning to change,with frost at night and snow onthe surrounding mountains. Tothe west lay the mountains theyknew they had to cross. They left

Trails Across TimeTraveller’sRest nearpresent-dayLolo,Montana,September11.

FromTraveller’sRest theytraveledwesterly,

crossing theBitterroot Divide and climbing tofollow ridge tops, descending totraverse saddles. Clark and sixhunters broke out of themountains September 20 andfound themselves at the edge of aprairie near what is now the smalltown of Weippe, Idaho.

Buffalo Road

For the Nimiipuu (the NezPerce) the Lolo Trail was the“Road to Buffalo Country,” aroute families traveled eachsummer to hunt buffalo and tradewith Plains tribes to the east.

For the Salish it was the “Trailto the Nimiipuu,” a route tosalmon fishing and trading withPlateau and Coastal tribes.

The Nimiipuu hunted andgathered food across their Plateau

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homeland, from the Bitterroots tothe Blue Mountains in present-day Oregon.

In the early 1700s horsesspread north from Spanish colo-nies in New Mexico, eventuallyreaching the Nimiipuu homeland,becoming part of the Nimiipuuway of life and providing a meansto travel the Lolo Trail and beyondfaster and farther than ever before.

Nearly two centuries later, in1877, five bands of Nimiipuufollowed the Lolo Trail in theirattempt to elude General O. O.Howard and the U.S. Armycharged with moving them ontoa reservation.

The journey across the 1170-mile route lasted nearly fourmonths. It began near Wallowa,Oregon (the homeland of ChiefJoseph’s band), and ended at theBear Paw Mountains nearChinook, Montana.

The route was designated theNez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) NationalHistoric Trail in 1986.

Wagon Road

In May 1866, sixty years afterLewis and Clark journeyed eastacross the Lolo Trail,

an engineer by the name ofWellington Bird left Lewiston,Idaho, with constructionworkers, cooks, teamsters,blacksmiths, the surveyor SewellTruax and others. The Secretaryof the Interior had hired Bird tobuild a wagon road fromMissoula, Montana, to Lewiston.

The road was to be acommerce route for miningtraffic from Bannack andVirginia City, Montana, toLewiston and beyond.

After scouting the area, Birdrealized he could not build theroad on the budget allowed him.Instead, he and his crew relocatedand improved the most difficultsections of the Lolo Trail. Theywidened the trail into a road onthe west end, from Weippe to anarea called Musselshell. By theend of September 1866 they hadfinished their work.

For decades, the trailremained basically the way theyleft it, used by the Nimiipuu,prospectors, trappers and settlers.In 1893 the infamous Carlinhunting party ventured onto thetrail. Deep snow nearly trappedthe men. They got out alive but

left their ill cook GeorgeColgate behind to die. But

that's another story.

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Forest Service Road

In 1897 President Clevelandproclaimed the establishment of theBitter Root Reserve, and the LoloTrail fell within its boundaries.

The Bitter Root Reservebecame the Clearwater and LoloNational Forests, and in 1907crews cleared decades of brush andfallen trees from the Lolo Trail.

In 1909 Forest Service rangersset up stations at Powell and ElkSummit and began the business ofoverseeing the vast country for theUnited States government.

The Forest Service managingthe Lolo Trail on the Idaho side ofthe Bitterroot Divide was head-quartered at Kooskia.

Over the years crews builttrails, constructed fire lookouts,

strung phone lines across theforest to join headquarters withlookouts and remote rangerstations. And, of course, theyfought fires started from summerlightning storms.

Model Ts to SUVs

In 1925 road constructionbegan near the Lolo Trail at LoloHot Springs in Montana. Con-struction was completed threeyears later in Idaho at Powell.

In 1930 the Forest Serviceappealed to Congress for moneyto build roads for fire fighting.They needed low standard“motor ways” or “truck trails.”They received permission andmoney to proceed.

The Civilian ConservationCorps worked in conjunctionwith the Forest Service.Construction was finished in1934. The Lolo Motorwaybecame a reality, following thegeneral route of the Lolo Trail.

No one anticipated that thepublic would use the road much,but that’s exactly what happened.

In the ’30s it was Model Ts.Today it’s SUVs.

The Motorway Today

The Lolo Motorway, ForestRoad 500, winds along ridgesabove the Lochsa River. Don't let

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the term "motorway" fool you.It’s an old-fashioned term fromthe early days of automobiletravel when people didn’t takedrives; they “motored.”

You will find no gasstations, stores, developedwater sources or other servicesalong this high elevation,precipitous dirt road. Youwill find 100 miles ofbreathtaking scenery, setin a sea of mountains.

Mountain lakes andridge-top vistas beckontravelers. Trails meanderalongside and away from themotorway, offering paths for hikerexplorers. Near Weitas Meadows,you can cross a rustic boardwalkconstructed by volunteersdedicating their labor and time toprotect the fragile meadow.

In the summer, wildflowersblaze in glorious colors acrosshillsides andmeadows. In theautumn, foliage andunderbrush put ontheir color, andberries hang onbushes, ripe forpicking.

A few lookouttowers loom above

tree tops on remote ridges. Onceused for fire detection, these days

they’re used for gettingaway from it all, rentedby people seeking aquiet experiencewith inspiringviews. (See page 19for informationabout rentinglookouts.)

Thehistory of the

motorway isrich. Many sites

along the routeare revered by

American Indians. Others arevalued for their primitive state.All sites deserve our respect andprotection. Enjoy them, buttake only photographs andmemories with you. Only takephotographs of the AmericanIndians with their permission.

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Historic CrossingThe Lewis and Clark Expedition traveled acrossthe Lolo Trail in 1805 and 1806.

The following sites are listed and numbered east to west as you willfind them on your travels across the Lolo Trail and the Lewis and Clarkroute along the Lolo Motorway. (Sites are numbered on the map on pages10-11.)

On their westward journey in 1805 members of the expeditionstruggled to survive, often starving, cold and ill. They made the trip innine days.

On their eastward journey in 1806 they made the trip in five dayswith the help of Nimiipuu guides.They started their journey oncewithout guides but turnedback because of deepsnow.

1 • 13 Mile Camp – June 28, 1806Lewis wrote, “we continued our rout along the dividing ridge

passing one very deep hollow and at the distance of six miles passedour encampment of the [15th] of September [1805]. . . . about elevenO’clock we arrived at an untimbered side of a mountain with a

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Southern aspect just above the fishery here we found an abundanceof grass for our horses as the Indians had informed us. as our horseswere very hungaryand much fatieguedand from informationno other place wherewe could obtain grassfor them within thereach of this evening’stravel we determinedto remain at this placeall night having come13 miles only.”

“““““I observed a range ofhigh mountainsCovered with Snow . . . Their top bald or void of timber. . . . From thismountain I could observe high ruged mountains in every direction as far asI could See.”

— Captain William Clark

Lewis and Clark and members of theCorps of Discovery made their way upWendover Ridge on their 1805 trip.They saw the wide panoramas of theLochsa River canyon you see today.

For information on current trailconditions and traveling the routecontact any Clearwater National Forestoffice listed on the back of this brochure.

Please keep in mind that motorized andmechanized vehicles (including pedalbicycles) are not allowed on the trail.

2 • Wendover Ridge Rest Site – September 15, 1805Stopping to wait two hours for those at the rear to catch up, Clark

wrote in his journal:“about 2 hours the rear ofthe party came up muchfatigued & horses moreSo, Several horses Slipedand roled down Steep hillswhich hurt them verrymuch The one whichCarried my desk & Smalltrunk Turned over & roleddown a mountain for 40yards & lodged against atree, broke the Desk thehorse escaped andappeared but little hurt.”

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3 • Snowbank Camp – September 15, 1805Expedition members completed the difficult climb up Wendover

Ridge and finally arrived back on the Lolo Trail. Clark described theirsituation: “[W]hen we arrived at the top As we Conceved, we couldfind no water and Concluded to Camp and make use of the Snow wefound on the top to cook the remn. of our Colt & make our Supe,evening verry cold and cloudy." They awoke to four inches of newsnow the next morning.

4 • Bears Oil and Roots – June 27, 1806Lewis wrote, “[We] arrived at our encampment of September [16,

1805]. . . and again ascended to the dividing ridge on which wecontinued nine miles when the ridge became lower and we arrived at asituation very similar to our encampment of the last evening tho’ theridge was somewhat higher and the snow had not been so longdesolved of course there was but little grass. here we encamped for thenight having traveled 28 miles over these mountains without releivingthe horses from their packs or their having any food. . . . our meatbeing exhausted we issued a pint of bears oil to a mess which with theirboiled roots made an agreeable dish.”

5 • Lonesome Cove Camp – September 16, 1805Private Whitehouse described this campsite: “towards evening we

descended the mountain down in a lonesome cove on a creek where weCamped in a thicket of Spruce pine & bolsom fir timber. all beingtired & hungry, obledged us to kill another colt and eat the half of itthis evening. it has quit Snowing this evening, but continues chilleyand cold.” Clark wrote, “I have been wet andas cold in every part as I ever was in my life,indeed I was at one time fearfull my feetwould freeze in the thin mockersonswhich I wore. . . .”

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6 • The Sinque Hole – September 17, 1805Private Whitehouse noted: “Camped at a Small branch on the

mountain near a round deep Sinque hole full of water. we beinghungry obledged us to kill the other Sucking colt to eat.”

Please respect The Smoking Place, a site sacred to the Nimiipuu.

7 • The Smoking Place – June 27, 1806Lewis wrote, “the road still continued on the

heights of the same dividing ridge. . . to ourencampment of the 17th of September last.about one mile short of this encampment on anelivated point we halted by the request of theIndians a few minutes and smoked the pipe.”

8 • Greensward Camp – June 26, 1806Lewis wrote, “we ascended and decended severall lofty and steep

hights. . . . late in the evening much to the satisfaction of ourselves andthe comfort of our horses we arrived at the desired spot and encampedon the steep side of a mountain convenient to a good spring. here wefound an abundance of fine grass for our horses. this situation wasthe side of an untimbered mountain with a fair southern aspect wherethe snows from appearance had been desolved about 10 days. thegrass was young and tender of course and had much the appearance ofthe greenswoard.”

9 • Dry Camp – September 18,1805The expedition split this morning, Clark moving ahead with six

hunters to look for game, Lewis following with the main party, equip-ment and supplies. Lewis wrote in his journal that evening, “[W]emarched 18 miles this day and encamped on the side of a steep moun-tain; we suffered for water this day passing one rivulet only; we werfortunate in finding water in a steep raviene about ½ maile from ourcamp. this morning we finished the remainder of our last coult. wedined & suped on a skant proportion of portable soupe, a fewcanesters of which, a little bears oil and about 20 lbs. of candles formour stock of provision.”

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The Lolo Trail area is a National Historic Landmark and on theNational Register of Historic Places. It includes the Lolo TrailCorridor, the *Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) and *Lewis and ClarkNational Historic Trails and the Lolo Motorway.

Archaeological and historic sites hold clues to America's past. Ifdisturbed, a part of our heritage will be lost forever.

Sites and artifacts on public lands are protected by Federal law.If you discover such remains, please leave them undisturbed.Report discoveries or violations of the law to Forest Servicepersonnel. At a minimum, violators will be fined an amountranging from $200 to $5000 for disturbing sites or artifacts.

*Motorized and mechanized vehicles (including pedal bicycles)are not allowed on the historic trails.

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This map is a simplification of theClearwater National Forest map.Not all road junctions or landmarksare shown here.If you plan to travel the LoloMotorway, purchase the Forest mapand refer to it as you travel.

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10 • Spirit Revival Ridge – September 19, 1805Clark and his party saw the Camas Prairie (north of present-day

Grangeville, Idaho) for the first time from Sherman Peak. Lewisdescribed their reactions: “[T]he ridge terminated and we to ourinexpressible joy discovered a large tract of Prairie country lying tothe S. W. and widening as it appeared to extend to the W. throughthat plain the Indian informed us that the Columbia river, in whichwe were in surch run. this plain appeared to be about 60 Milesdistant, but our guide assured us that we should reach it’s borderstomorrow the appearance of this country, our only hope for subsis-tence greately revived the sperits of the party already reduced andmuch weakened for the want of food.”

11 • Sherman Saddle – September 19, 1805They left Sherman Peak and traveled through a pass now known as

Sherman Saddle. Private Whitehouse described it: “[We] descendeddown the mountn, which was verry Steep descent, for about threemiles. then assended another as bad as any we have ever been upbefore. it made the Sweat run off the horses & ourselves.”

12 • Cache Mountain – June 17, 1806When the expedition reached Cache Mountain, they had to turn

back. The snow was deep, and they feared they would not find enoughfood for themselves or their horses. They cached their equipment andreturned to the Weippe Prairie. Clark wrote, “having come to thisresolution, we ordered the party to make a deposit of all the baggagewhich we had not immediate use for, and also all the roots and breadof Cows which they had except an allowance for a fiew days to enablethem to return to Some place at which we could Subsist by huntinguntill we precured a guide.”

★ Note: The following seven sites lie along a section of trail hazardous totravel, thick with brush, with no visible trail tread and no signs posted.

★★★★★ 13 • Hungery Creek – September 18, 1805Clark wrote, “I proceded on in advance with Six hunters to try

and find deer or Something to kill. . . . and Encamped on a bold

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running Creek passing to the left which I call Hungery Creek as at thatplace we had nothing to eate.”

★★★★★ 14 • Retreat Camp – June 17, 1806After they cached their supplies and

turned back to the Weippe Prairie, Lewiswrote, “the party were a good deeldejected. . . . this is the first time since wehave been on this long tour that we haveever been compelled to retreat or make aretrograde march.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 15 • Portable Soup Camp – September 19, 1805Even though revived by the sight of the Camas Prairie, Lewis and

his party were weak from hunger. He wrote, “having traveled 18 milesover a very bad road. we took a small quantity of portable soup, andretired to rest much fatiegued. Several of the men are unwell of thedisentary. brakings out, or irruptions of the Skin, have also beencommon with us for some time.”

★★★★★ 16 • Jerusalem Artichoke Camp – June 25, 1806After several hours of travel, the expedition stopped for the day. At

their campsite Lewis came upon “a parcel of roots of which theShoshones Eat. it is a Small knob root a good deel in flavour andConsistency like the Jerusolem artichoke. . . . after dinner wecontinued our rout to hungary creek and encamped about one and ahalf miles below our Encampment of the 16th [of September 1805].”

★★★★★ 17 • Horse Steak Meadow – June 16, 1806The expedition set out early this morning, retracing their route of

September 1805. Clark wrote, “We found much dificulty in findingthe road, as it was So frequently covered with Snow. we arived earlyin the evening at the place I had killed and left the flesh of a horse forthe party in my rear last Septr. here is a Small glade in which there isSome grass, not a Sufficency of our horses, but we thought itadviseable to remain here all night as we apprehended if we proceededfurther we should find less grass.”

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★★★★★ 18 • Hearty Meal Stop – September 20, 1805Lewis and his party stopped here to eat their midday meal. Clark

and his hunting party had gone ahead of the others and had left themmeat for their sustenance. Lewis wrote, “at one oclock we halted andmade a hearty meal on our horse beef much to the comfort of ourhungry stomachs.”

★★★★★ 19 • Gass Creek – September 1805 & June 1806Gass Creek (named decades later for Sergeant Patrick Gass) is a

tributary of Hungery Creek. Twelve miles of the expedition's routepassed through the drainage in 1805. They returned to the area in June1806. From the Gass Creek interpretive sign along the Lolo Motorway,you can look down into the Hungery Creek drainage.

20 • Full Stomach Camp – September 20, 1805Lewis and his men bedded down this night with full stomachs

following days of difficult travel with little food. Lewis wrote, “weencamped on a ridge where ther was but little grass for our horses, andat a distance from water. however we obtained as much as served ourculinary purposes and suped on our beef.”

21 • *Salmon Trout Camp – June 18, 1806The expedition camped and rested here for three days. Lewis

wrote, “we proceeded on to Collin’s Creek [today called EldoradoCreek] and encamped in a pleasant situation at the upper part of themeadows about 2 ms. above our encampment of the 15th [ofSeptember 1805]. we sent out several hunters but they returnedwithout having killed anything. they saw a number of salmon in thecreek and shot at them several times without success. we directedColter and Gibson to fix each of them a gigg in the morning andindevour to take some of the salmon.” (*Salmon trout are steelhead.)

22 • Small Prairie Camp – June 15, 1806The expedition set out from Weippe in a hard rain. Lewis wrote,

“the road which was very Sliprey, and it was with great dificulty thatthe loaded horses Could assend the hills and Mountains. . . . incampednear a small prarie in the bottom land. the fallen timber in addition

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to the slippry roads made our march slow and extreemly laborious onour horses. the country is exceedingly thickly timbered with longleafed pine, some pitch pine, larch, white pine, white cedar or arborvitaof large size, and a variety of firs.”

23 • Lewis and Clark Grove – September 19, 1805Clark and six men camped after 22 miles of travel. He wrote,

“passed over a mountain, and the heads of branch of hungary Creek,two high mountains, ridges and through much falling timber (whichcaused our road of to day to be double the derect distance on theCourse) Struck a large Creek passing to our left which I Kept down for4 miles and left it to our left & passed [down the] mountain badfalling timber to a Small Crek passing to our left and Encamped.”

24 • Pheasant Camp – September 21, 1805Lewis and his men made their way west to Lolo Creek. Lewis

wrote, “encamped in a small open bottom where there was tolerablefood for our horses. I directed the horses to be hubbled to preventdelay in the morning being determined to make a forced marchtomorrow in order to reach if possible the open country. we killed afew Pheasants, and I killd a prarie woolf which together with thebalance of our horse beef and some crawfish which we obtained inthe creek enabled us to make one more hearty meal, not knowingwhere the next was to be found.”

25 • Weippe Prairie – September 20, 1805Clark wrote, “Set out early

and proceeded on through aCountrey as ruged as usial. . . andat 12 miles decended the moun-tain to a leavel pine proceeded onthrough a butifull Countrey forthree miles to a Small Plain inwhich I found maney Indian

lodges. . . a man Came out to meed me with great Caution. . . .proceeded on with a Chief to his Village 2 miles in the Same Plain,where we were treated kindly in their way and continued with them allnight” Lewis and his men joined them two days later.

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Roads to Reach the Lolo Trail SystemSeveral roads lead to the Lolo Motorway. You’re a long way fromanywhere, so check with local Forest Service offices for currentroad conditions. Pack provisions, including a Clearwater NationalForest map, spare tire, food, water and gas.

Your sight distance and opportunities to pass or pull over are oftenlimited, and you need to travel slowly.

East to west, from U.S. Highway 12:

• Parachute Hill Road 569 – 11½ miles west of Lolo Pass, ½ mile eastof turnoff to Powell. Gravel surface.

• Doe Creek Road 566 – 8 miles west of Powell to Fishing Creek Road108 turnoff; ½ mile to Road 566. Narrow one-lane dirt road.

• Saddle Camp Road 107 – 22 miles west of Powell at milepost 140.Gravel surface.

• Smith Creek Road 101 – 1 mile west of Syringa. Gravel surface.

West to east:

• Beaver Dam Saddle – Follow Road 100 east out of Kamiah, turnnorth onto Road 103, turn south at the junction with Road 104 atBeaver Dam Saddle. Or follow Road 100 east out of Weippe to Road103, then turn south at the junction with Road 104.

• Canyon Junction – Follow Road 100 east out of Kamiah to Road500, or follow Road 100 east out of Weippe then south to connectwith Road 500.

Getting ThereFrom the east, take Parachute Hill Road 569. It leaves U.S. Highway12 just east of the turnoff to Powell Ranger Station. Or take SaddleCamp Road 107, which leaves Highway 12 twenty-two miles west ofPowell Ranger Station. (Caution! You may encounter logging trafficon these roads.)

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Drive with Care!The Lolo Motorway is narrow, a one-lane road with nothing more thanwhat nature supplies as a surface. Some stretches hold big rocks that canscrape the underside of a low-clearance vehicle. It’s best to drive a toughvehicle with high clearance and good tires. Towing trailers or driving RVsor motor homeson many stretchesof the Motorwayis not advised.

The high eleva-tion route is openand free of snowgenerally fromJuly throughSeptember,sometimes longer.Lightning stormsare common inJuly and August,and snow cancome early.

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From the west, follow the national forest access sign posted along-side Highway 12 by the bridge that crosses the Clearwater River atKamiah. Turn onto Kamiah-Pierce Road 100. Follow Road 100 toLolo Forks Campground.

You’ll cross a bridge and turn right onto Forest Road 500. Fourteenmiles and 45 minutes later, you'll come to Canyon Junction, a five-point intersection. Road 500 turns into a narrow, unsurfaced travel wayat this junction and remains that way as you continue eastward alongthe route. It's 73 miles from Canyon Junction to Powell Junctionwhere Road 569 meets Road 500. This segment is the historic LoloMotorway. From Kamiah to Powell, you'll travel 119 miles.

Or, from the west, get to Road 100 by driving east from Weippe, offIdaho State Highway 11, which leaves Highway 12 at Greer.

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Places to Camp or Stop

29 • Rocky Ridge Lake – 12 miles eastof Canyon Junction along Road 500.Clearwater National Forest. 5 campsites,restroom, no drinking water.

23 • Lewis and Clark Grove – 20 mileseast of Kamiah via Roads 100 and 500.Clearwater National Forest. No camp-ing. Restroom, no drinking water. ½mile hike.

31 • Lolo Campground – 23 miles eastof Kamiah along Road 100. ClearwaterNational Forest. 5 campsites,restrooms, no drinking water.

There are a few retired fire lookouts and one historic cabinyou can rent along the route across the Clearwater NationalForest. You need to contact the Kooskia Ranger Station to bookyour stay.

26 • Castle Butte Lookout – 85 miles east of Kooskia via U.S.Highway 12, Roads 107 and 500.

27 • Liz Butte Cabin – 26 miles east of Canyon Junction viaRoad 500.

28 • Weitas Butte Lookout – 52 miles east of Kamiah via U.S.Highway 12, Roads 100, 103, 104, 500 and 557.

30 • Austin Ridge Lookout – 32 miles east of Kamiah via Roads 100,500, 520 and 523.

You'll find scattered campsites along the route and places tostop to stretch your legs or enjoy a picnic.

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Selecting a Campsite

• Look for established sites where others havealready camped rather than start new sites.

• Please use a stove, or limit campfires to occasionalsmall fires on pans that you can clean up completely.

• If you have a campfire, avoid building new rockrings, and collect only small deadwood from theground. (Large logs and standing dead trees pro-vide homes for wildlife like the pileated wood-pecker.) Make sure to put out your fire completely,scatter charcoal, restore the site and pack out unburned items.

• High mountain lakes and surrounding areas are especiallysusceptible to damage, so avoid soft, wet soil, and camp a gooddistance from water sources.

• Keep all soap and food particles out of creeks, lakes and springs.

• Summer storms can bring lightning to high ridges. If you see stormclouds coming in, move to a lower elevation until the storm passes.

• Pack out all garbage. You’ll find no garbage receptacles along theLolo Motorway.

• Toilets are few and far between. Where bathroom facilities aren'tprovided, use a trowel or shovel and bury human waste at least 200feet away from water, in a common latrine (for groups) or inindividual "cat holes" 6-8 inches deep.

• Make sure pets are under your control at all times.

Leave No Trace!The high elevation ground of the Lolo Trail Corridor is easily

damaged by people, stock animals and vehicles. Respect road andtrail restrictions. Travel and camp only where permitted. Make nonew trails or campsites. Leave no trace of your visit, and take nomementos. Instead, take photographs, and recall your memories oftime spent along the route.

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