| B |
-
PAVED - Beartooth Pass
- (10940ft) - Much of the road is in
Montana, but the summit just happens to be
over the border in Wyoming |
|
-
PAVED - Big Hole
Pass - (7360ft) - a ride
through wide open southern Montana
rangeland |
|
-
UNP - Big
Hole Pass - (7040ft) - CD
crossing in a low part of the Beaverhead
Range, parallel to Chief Joseph Pass |
|
-
UNP - Big Sheep
Creek Divide - new name for
historical Medicine
Lodge Pass |
| C |
-
PAVED - Chief
Joseph Pass - (7251ft) -
relatively recently constructed road
through the forest |
|
-
PAVED - Colter Pass
(8066ft) - road through Absaroka mtns
between Beartooth Pass (Wy) and Cooke City
|
|
-
UNP - Flathead
Pass - (6920ft) - pass in
Bridger Range near Bozeman, with two very
different approaches |
|
-
PAVED - Flesher Pass
- 6129ft - great climb to a summit
with a view towards a huge roadless area |
| F |
-
UNP - FR290
shoulder summit: Broomtail Ridge -
(8759ft) - more ways to get above treeline
in the Gravelly Range |
|
-
UNP - FR290
summit(u): Monument Ridge -
(9587ft) - a long ridge ride in the
Gravelly Range, my favorite ride in
Montana. |
|
-
UNP - FR485
Marsh Creek Rd s(u) - 7020ft -
GDMBR summit near the famed Lucky Llama
Ranch |
|
-
UNP - FR606
summit(u) French Creek - Thief Creek
Rd - 8840ft - a high road in
the Pioneer Mountains |
|
-
UNP - FR5621
Como Lake Rd - (4760ft) -
small summit in the nearly roadless
Bitterroot Range with a pretty lake at its
foot |
| G |
-
UNP - Gibbons
Pass - 6945ft - This peacefull
dirt road is one one of the most
historically interesting passes in
Montana. |
|
-
UNP - Hyalite
Canyon(ow) - (7150ft) -
partially paved, shallow climb to several
Gallatin Range trailheads |
| L |
-
UNP - Lemhi Pass
- (7378ft) - where Lewis and Clarke
crossed the continental divide is a
popular mountain bike touring area today.
|
|
-
PAVED - Logan Pass
- (6646ft) - better known as "going
to the sun road"; probably America's best
internationally known pass for cycling
tourists. In spite of this, cyclists are
heavily restricted during what time of day
they can cross. |
|
- PAVED -
Lolo
Pass - (5233ft) - long forest
hills route across the CD between Montana
and Idaho canyons with a long history |
|
-
UNP - Lone Tree
Pass - (7650ft) - route
finding problems are rewarded with superb
views onto the Centennial Range. |
|
-
UNP - Lost
Trail Rd s(u) - (7330ft) -
forested road connecting Gibbons Pass and
Lost Trail Pass |
| M |
-
PAVED - Mac
Donald Pass - (6320ft) - four
lane highway west of Helena, good shoulder
on 2 lanes on the other side |
|
-
PAVED - Marias
Pass - (5213ft) - perfect
pandemic Montana road ride conditions
- much traffic at other times |
|
-
UNP - Medicine
Lodge Pass - (7841ft ) -
historical crossing of the Bannock Rd -
spectacular, high, open mountain park |
|
-
UNP - Medicine
Lodge Pass Rd via Cabin Creek Rd(sh)
- (7700ft) - high point on a loop on east
side of Medicine Lodge Pass |
|
-
PAVED - Monida
Pass - (6890ft) - extremely
shallow gap on I15 on the Idaho boundary |
|
-
PAVED - Mt287
summit(u) Ennis - Virginia City
- (6920ft) - it's a mystery to me why
nobody ever bothered to name this mountain
pass. |
|
-
UNP - Mullan Pass
- (5920ft) - historical road and railroad
pass parallel to Mac Donald Pass, part of
the GDMBR |
| N |
-
UNP - Nez Perce
Pass - 6587ft - touring route
leading into the endless forests of
northern Idaho and untamable Salmon River
Canyon area. |
| O |
-
UNP - Ottawa
Gulch Rd via Lost Horse Creek Rd(sh)
- 6840ft - access to the highest one way
bikable summit in this particular area
north of Helena |
| P |
-
UNP - Priest
Pass - 6050ft - pleasant
forested road on the GDMBR, that has a
history going back to Mac Donald Pass |
| R |
- PAVED -
Raynolds
Pass - 6824ft - low pass in
Yellowstone area with rumble strips on the
sides |
| S |
-
UNP - Skalkaho
Pass - 7250ft - long, wide
dirt road through the Sapphire Mountains
east of Hamilton |
|
-
UNP - Stemple
Pass - 6400ft - smooth
forested road over gentle part of the DC |
| T |
-
PAVED - Targhee
Pass - 7072ft - heavy
Yellowstone tourist traffic over a low
pass without scenery |
| W |
-
UNP - Whitefish
Divide - apr5600ft - northernmost
pass on the Great Divide Bicycle Trail.
From West: Eureka (2577ft). From East:
Trail Creek (3800ft). |
