Travel Guide to Bannock Pass

Bannock Pass is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 2.342m (7,684ft) above the sea level located on the Montana-Idaho border, in the USA.

How to drive through Bannock Pass?

Nestled in the Beaverhead Mountains, part of the Bitterroot Range in the Rocky Mountains, the road to the summit is called Idaho State Highway 29-ID-29 on the southern side and Montana Secondary Highway 324 (MT-324) on the northern side.

Is Bannock Pass paved?

The road is mostly paved and typically quite wide. It has a maximum gradient of 7.0%. There's about 10 miles of gravel interspersed between the paved sections. This route has long facilitated travel between the Lemhi River Valley and Horse Prairie.

How long is Bannock Pass?

Positioned atop the Continental Divide, the pass spans 76.92km (47.8 miles) running west-east from Leadore (in Lemhi County, Idaho) to the I-15 road, north of Red Rock (in Beaverhead County, Montana). Bannock Pass derives its name from the Bannock Native American tribe. This traditional Indian route once provided access from Montana's buffalo territories to the fishing streams of the Snake and Salmon Rivers.

 

 

• Driving the steep unpaved road to Hull Mountain in California
• What you need to know about driving the Stampede Trail in Alaska