This time the road was is better shape than the first time we drove it several years ago but it is still challenging. It was the 2nd & 3rd time we had driven the route. My husband and I drove to and from our backcountry ranch in Idaho to Darby MT via the Magruder Corridor. We finished the trail so fast (six hours instead of the expected 8 as other reviews stated) we were able to make it all the way to Idaho Falls before dinner on our way to Yellowstone. We stayed in a hotel in Grangeville the night before the trail which is about an hour away from the start, then went across towards Darby. It's a gorgeous day drive worth doing once. Most were ravaged by a fire so it's almost got a creepy vibe but still amazing.
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That said there are a couple places on the trail that could be nerve wracking for novice drivers because of a steep drop on one side and narrow roadway making passing of another vehicle came from the other direction challenging, however there are plenty of pull out spots if you're used to off-roading this will not bother you in the least. I repeat: the trail itself should not give you any car problems. So even if you had car problems you'd eventually run into human contact it's not the most remote place I've ever been. There were also people camping in some of the camp sites along the way. It would be a bad place to break down however we did the trail in Aug and did pass about seven or eight trucks total, several motor cycles and a group of side by sides. I highly recommend filling the gas tank before you get out there. We had heard rumors about the difficulty level of this trail and were surprised to find those rumors false. This was somewhat disappointing as we were expecting some challenges. We did not have to put our VERY capable lifted jeep wrangler into 4 wheel drive even once. It is basically like a forest trail for most of it and 30 miles of it is even paved. If you have any off roading experience this trail will be cake. It took us a total of 6 hours to complete from start to finish with a couple potty breaks and lunch worked in. Fly-fishing the Bitterroot River and many tributaries, hiking the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, cycling the paved trail along Hwy 93 and many mountain biking trails, ATV riding, horseback riding, rock climbing, photography, birding, snowmobiling, nordic and downhill skiing, museums, and farmer’s markets.This trail I would rate as EASY despite some reviews. The entire Bitterroot Valley is truly a mecca for the outdoors. The communities which are along Highway 93 south of Missoula are: Florence, Stevensville, Victor, Corvallis, Hamilton and Darby. Today, you will find the lovely flower in abundance. The sun, hearing the mother’s sorrow, sent a bird as a messenger to turn her tears into a plant whose roots were nutritious (albeit as bitter as the mother’s sorrow) but whose beauty would reflect the devotion of the grieving woman. Thus the 1895 legislature designated the Bitterroot the offical state flower of Montana.Īs the legend goes: The Bitterroot Lily sprang from the tears of a Flathead mother whose family was starving. and the leaves and flower grow out of the top of a thick, fleshy, spindle-shaped root.” The editors further argued that it’s qualities made the flower difficult to pick and it couldn’t be made into a bouquet or be used as a boutonniere.ģ,621 Montanans disagreed and voted in favor of the Bitterroot with the evening primrose and the wild rose taking a distant second and third. An editorial in the Helena Independent stated that the Bitterroot “has one quality which should be fatal to it as a state emblem.
When it came time to choose a state flower the lovely Bitterroot met with opposition. It was known as Spetlum to the Native American peoples and had been an important part of their diet for unknown generations. Lewis and Clark are credited with the “discovery” of the Bitterroot plant (Lewisia Rediviva) in the Montana valley which was eventually named after it.
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