Lookout Pass

Come with the Trucker and I as we follow the swan down Lookout Pass on Route 90, starting at the top of the mountain just after entering Idaho from Montana. I clocked on the video at Exit 0. We are in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains, which are part of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains.

This is the highest point on Interstate 90 between Missoula, Montana and Seattle, Washington. It is also a time zone border, with Montana on Mountain Time and Idaho on Pacific Time.

Apologies for the motion of the camera. Given the jolting of the truck, keeping it still was not an option. Please do not get motion sickness! And the bug splats on the windshield, well, they you always have with you, despite the Trucker’s best efforts.

Note the construction, two escape ramps, and the beautiful scenery! And the sound of the jake brake, holding us back to approximately 40 mph.

The pass was formerly used by the Northern Pacific Railway; the right of way is still intact and used as a rail trail. The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ran nearby, using the St. Paul Pass Tunnel south of Lookout Pass. This tunnel was completed in 1908, and is now part of the Route of the Hiawatha rail trail. At the nearby Mullen Pass, the historic Mullan Road of 1860 is still in use.

(information from Wikipedia)

...and then Blogger told me that my video as too large to upload.  Being technologically ignorant of how to fix such things, this Passenger was able to learn how to pull off some scenes of the video as still photos.  Here they are, and now you don't have to deal with motion sickness or the roar of the jake brake!   (And yep, still got those bugs...)