U.S. Route 12, SH-13 Bus to MT State Line

 

AMP: 75

Location: US-12 and SH-13 Bus, Idaho Cty

Reassurance shield after the 13 Business junction. It’s a long, 99 mile trek up to the top of Lolo Pass and Montana from here.

AMP: 82

Location: US-12 and Stuttler Creek Rd, Idaho Cty

Reassurance shield as we head off the Nez Perce rez

AMP: 87

Location: US-12 and Swan Creek Rd, Idaho Cty

Reassurance shield after the Swan Creek turnoff

AMP: 89

Location: US-12 and Little Smith Creek Rd, Syringa, Idaho Cty

A few miles later, we’ll enter the village of Syringa

AMP: 90

Location: US-12 and Little Smith Creek Rd, Idaho Cty

Reassurance shield as we head out of Syringa

AMP: 94

Location: US-12 and Three Devils Creek Turnoff, Idaho Cty

Reassurance shield after a fishing access as we cross Three Devils Creek

AMP: 96

Location: US-12 and Selway River Rd, Lowell, Idaho Cty

Reassurance shield as we approach the turnoff to the Selway River. Follow that for real Idaho. Lowell is where the Lochsa and Selway meet to form the Clearwater.

AMP: 96

Location: US-12 and Selway River Rd, Idaho Cty

Reassurance shield as we start paralleling the Lochsa and head out of Lowell. It’s speed limit 50 from here all the way to Montana.

AMP: 111

Location: US-12 and Fenn Campground Rd, Idaho Cty

Reassurance shield about fifteen miles later. There’s no real turnoffs on this road, as we’ve got protected wilderness to the south and bigass mountains to the north.

AMP: 120

Location: US-12 and NF-462, Idaho Cty

Reassurance shield a few miles later after a rare turnoff.

AMP: 144

Location: US-12 and Trail 204, Idaho Cty

Walk left to head up a trail.

AMP: 161

Location: US-12 and Parachute Hill Rd, Idaho Cty

Reassurance shield about twenty miles later as we begin our ascent up to Lolo Pass.

AMP: 174

Location: US-12 at the Montana Line, Idaho Cty

12 miles later, we’ll enter Big Sky Country. Welcome to Montana! US-12 heads all the way across the state to North Dakota.

 E to US-93, W to SH-13

 N to SH-13