The Great Scenic Loop Of Idaho And Montana.
2021 ж. 6 Шіл.
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A four day motorcycle ride following many of the Idaho and Montana rivers. This is a bucket list ride for any motorcyclist.
Motorcycle: 2020 Africa Twin CRF 1100L Adventure Sports
I grew up in Idaho and Montana. All familar scenes. Thank You..for the Nostalgic Ride! 😊❤
Glad you enjoyed it! I need to get back up there and make a better video. I missed quite a few sights. Thanks for watching!
@@troutdogadventures7751 That was a Lot of country you traveled! 😊❤️
My great grandfather homesteaded on Iron Creek 19 miles south of Salmon. He built a barn that is still standing along Hwy 93 just south of Salmon close to the Salmon Airport in 1916 , shortly before he died. He is buried at the Lambeth- Hussey Cemetery At Iron Creek, just south of Elk Bend, Idaho
Thanks for watching! The early pioneers of this state were some tough folks. Love hearing history.
Lochsa is always a good drive.
I did most of these roads on a bicycle in 1981. It was truly remarkable scenery.
with those narrow shoulders?
1981! That's awesome. Are you still getting out? I was 8 yrs old in 1981. My sister, 59, is one day away from completing a coast to coast bicycle ride. I did it in 2016 on my bike. I hope you're still active
I've ridden US-93 from Missoula into Idaho and US12 ( Lolo Pass) several times as well as having driven US 95 from Lewiston to I-84 in a semi truck several times. Absolutely beautiful part of the country and well worth the drive/ride regardless of your mode of transportation.
Lolo Pass is at the top of my favorite rides. You know it's gonna be good when you see the sign at the top of the pass notifying you of a twisty road for the next 99 miles. Been on all these roads (except for the dirt) and this is a great ride. Thanks for sharing.
That is a great ride. Glad to see you jumped off the slab a bit.
Beautiful!
Thank you for taking us along on your awesome adventure. It was very motivational. Idaho and Montana are on my list!
My body is here but my heart and mind are with you. Idaho & Montana. Couldn’t ask for more. TY.
Thank you for watching! I wish I could have done more justice to the scenery. It's an amazing place to live.
Gotta add this to my bucket list…Thanks!
Beautiful blue skies . Love that area. Cannot wait to get back.
Lolo Pass is one of my favorite drives, but I haven't been in every state yet, love this video, thank you for sharing.
I have spent time in most of these areas, but not nearly enough. Great video, thanks!
Awesome stuff. Some spectacular scenery down there for sure. I hope to visit the area either this summer or the next.....
Beautiful scenery.
Beautiful scenery with the canyons and rushing streams. My daughter used to live in Great Falls, Montana, which I had the opportunity to visit. Loved the "big sky" country. Very enjoyable video, thanks!
Thanks for the ride a long. Very nice scenery.
I've ridden northern Idaho several times and was surprised at the great motorcycle roads there as I rode through Kamloops BC on the way down from Alaska into Idaho. Nice video and some new roads to ride hopefully one day soon.
Great ride. Thanks for sharing.
Breathtaking scenery and adorable cute towns
Great job on this video, enjoyed the tour. I've done a bunch of these roads touring out of Oregon over the last 45 years but I've never done the Salmon to Lolo bit. Guess I need to head that way again. Thanks!
Looks very nice .
Very good video! Thank you very much.. I love my Africa Twin.... just wish I could ride out there with you.
thank you so much for this Im heading that way this summer
Very cool. Thanks
I like your style. To the point.
Nicely put together video, and narration. Thanks for sharing
You are living right buddy ! Thank you !!!!
Wait, what? Someone watched one of my videos? Appreciate it!
Excellent video! I appreciate your time and effort in this production. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Nice ride thank you.
The KZhead algorithm read my mind cause I was looking at this route about a month ago on the map. Thanks for the video and pointing out the places of interest.
great job!!!!
Excellent! 👍👍👍👊😎
Love the views
this was beautiful thanks for sharing your road trip with us
Thank you for watching!
Very well done video and commentary. I just got back from a planned motorcycle trip through these areas, but unfortunately we had to return back to Cd'A and take the car. Still made the trip going the same motorcycle route and now I will be making a detailed itinerary through this area again. So many times you come around the curve and just say, WOW, look at that. It has to be experienced on two wheels. Thanks for the video!
Thank you so much for watching! It's a great route. Going to repeat it this summer, but via the backcountry route. If this spring will ever quit..
This looks like an Epic Ride I just recently moved to Montana. Hopping to get this ride in before the weather.
Do it! You won't be disappointed. Thanks for watching.
Awesome trip. Love how you identify the towns you encounter! Thanks!
Thank you so much for watching!
Wow. Nice thanks
Thanks for this Awsome Ride
Thank you for watching!
Living in Indiana and retired I try to get out west on my big rides. Beautiful well done video. This summer 2022 looking at US 89 most or all of it. Been on some of 89 but not much north of Utah. Subscribed.
Thanks for watching! I guess I better make some videos again. This summer will be mostly dirt I suspect.
What a great trip/ride, can't wait to take that trip myself. Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks for watching! Take that trip (car or motorcycle), you won't regret it.
What kind of bike ?
I've pedal biked highway 12 twice in 2 years. What a ride!
Me too. Love that stretch of absolute beauty.
@@davidle7807 way to go! You know I moved back to the northwest just because of the epic rides.
We did part of that route. 2009 ride meant 2400 miles for 9 nights and 8 days. 11 brave men and 1 incredibly courteous woman. ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS i have done
Nice! All road, or dirt too?
@@troutdogadventures7751 Nevada to Colorado. 8 states we were on a fire road in California. The ranger asked us if we did the entire trail. He said he wasn't on that road in 5 years
Thank you for making that! I've always wondered what it looked like in those places.
You bet!
What an amazing ride. And that's the best way to see it... rain and all. We are riding most of that in July from western Colorado. Heading to Elk City for some R&R. Then headed east towards Red Logde, Montana. Thanks for sharing. Ready for a long ride now!!
Wow, that's going to be a great ride! Thanks for watching.
Beautiful ride! Im definitely gona look at redoing my Idaho vacation for 2024 & add this to the trip. What a beautiful state.
There's so much riding in the area - can't go wrong!
Great video.Mant thanks.
Thank you for watching!
What a fantastic video!!! Well done!!! 😍😍😍
Thank you so much!! Appreciate you watching.
Thankful I got to see a lot of these areas in my life. Need to do it again. Little road through Murray..
Murry is awesome!
I cruised along the Salmon River myself a couple of years ago. I loved that short detour to Ramheads by Nothfork. It took me a couple of weeks to drive because I kept stopping at all the free camp spots along the river from Missoula to Sun Valley. Thanks for the video and a reminder of my own roadtrip. DO MORE VIDS !!!
Sounds like that was a fun trip. Yep, more stuff in the works.
great video/ride...it's one of my favs as i've done it many times and plan to return in Sept.
Thank you for watching! I need to do it again... there's so much to see.
Very nice. I did that route starting the opposite way. Overnighted in Lolo (same 1/2 star hotel). Planned to go back via Salmon, Stanley, etc. but 12 is SO spectacular I just retraced the route back, Late spring for me so still snow at top of Lolo pass. 2018 BMW R1200RT.
I really need to do this route again, so much to see. Thanks for watching!
Love those roads, have ridden all many times
Thank you for watching!
This video is amazing! So many beautiful places! Thank you for sharing! I just subscribed!
Thank you for watching! Working on some new stuff, coming out soon :)
Enjoyed the video, looks like a nice ride for the bucket list.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!
Another bucket is added to the bucket list !
Bucket lists are good. Thanks for watching!
Enjoyed the video. Would appreciate more stats of each town u pass through. Thanks.
What a beautiful part of the USA! I’ve been to Boise a few times and I always wondered what a good motorcycle ride would be in the area and now I know. I’m retiring in a couple of years and this ride is on my list (minus the dirt roads). Thanks for taking us along. New subscriber here. Ride safe.
Thanks for watching! I'm very lucky to have this in my backyard.
I have been down the dirt/gravel road to Shoup a few times and its smoother and safer than some of the asphalt roads here in Pennsylvania !
@@elkaholic338 LOL.
Most of the scenery isn't anywhere close to Boise.
planning my road trip this season. Thanks so much I'm gonna take that ride, camp, fish, golf ? explore. Jolly good show !!
I highly recommend it!
Troutdog. Just discovered this video and your channel. Now subscribed. I love this route and have made the trip in both directions several times. In fact I have a bunch of video from the Boise to Salmon section sitting in the can waiting to be edited. Did a big trip up through Montana then traveled east and down through Yellowstone and back into Montana over the Beartooth pass. Wonderful trip. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! I've watched a bunch of your routes. Can't wait to see the new stuff! Beartooth is definitely on the to-do list.
Thanks for sharing. Me and buddy are planning a trip to Idaho this summer. This will help our planning process. We have never been to Idaho, we are looking forward to our moto-adventure trip
Thanks for watching! Idaho has some epic riding. Are you doing road, dirt, or both?
@@troutdogadventures7751 we will mostly be riding road. However we are open to paved gravel roads. I'll be on a Suzuki DL1000
Hi Friend..I'm a 68 year old American man. Ridden bikes all my life. Three years ago I rode out of Iowa to a family reunion in Central Washington. I rode from Missoula over Lolo Pass. Spectacular! Thanks for sharing your ride. Peace. Out.
Love it. It's all about the experiences. Stuff like that you won't ever forget.
You have got it made all those rivers would be fantastic fly fishing
Oh, it is!
Awesome
Great review.😍
Thanks for watching!
superb youtube channel !!
Thank you!
I've had US 12 west of Lolo on my bucket list for some time now, hope I can make it up there from Texas. It's a long way! Thanks for the great report.
What a trip that would be though... do it!
Great video! I enjoy living in Kamiah with all the scenic beauty right at my back door. Magruder Trail to Darby is on this summer's list and hopefully down to Salmon and Stanley then back north through McCall.... hoping gas prices go down though.
Thanks for watching! Ditto on the Magruder.
How is Magruder on a big bike like a KTM 990 or 1000 Vstrom?
I almost bought a place in Kamiah, since it's on the way to the Lochsa, from downriver. I don't think fuel prices are going to come down with the people currently in charge. Besides, a guy just flew into town in his private jet to tell me that your trips are just causing too much harm to the environment and you're just being selfish. You need to own nothing and be happy.
We did that raft trip from Salmon to Riggins on the Main Salmon a couple of years ago. Beautiful and wild country.
I agree. I've been fortunate enough to do a lot of rafting in Idaho. That motorcycle ride gave me an appreciation of just how remote the Main Salmon is as it cuts across the state. Thanks for watching!
Quite spectacular scenery in that neck of the woods. Watch out for those potholes
Falling/fallen rock is a bigger hazard. Don't take your eyes off the road for too much rubbernecking.
The BEST Montana/Idaho ride, is to start in Ennis MT., ask any local how to get to the Gravelly (spelling correct) Range, follow it to the Centenial Valley in Idaho, hang a right, and have lunch at Dell MT.
I'll add it to the list!
Great video!!
Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks for the tour. New sub here, and will check out some more of your stuff. Nice job!
THIS is now on my list for summer '23. Retirement is March, so time to plan before I leave out of NC for an epic summer of riding!
NC to ID would be an epic ride!
Moved to Missoula Mt.after high school in Sycamore Il.. I love it here and would be happy to tell you the things to go to and the things to avoid and of course a list of great friends to assist you on your adventure, and I predict your move out this way!! Montana/Idaho is spectacular!! Peace be with you my brother!! Montana Rick.
We did part of your route this past September, we started Highway 12 from Kooskia heading east and camped at several campgrounds along the highway. We then explored the Elk Meadows Road loop from Highway 12 back to Highway 12. From 12, we drive south along 93 until North Fork when we went west along the Salmon River. We turned south on the Panther River Road. At the summit, it became the Morgan Creek Road. Just stunning scenery and there was little traffic. This was my favorite loop of our 35 day camping trip. Thanks for sharing so I could relive that part.
I've received so many suggestions from folks of things I missed and other routes like yours. I need to go back and do it again so I can explore more. Thanks for watching!
@@troutdogadventures7751 A motorcycle could do our loop, iirc. The USFS roads were gravel but in decent shape. I am checking out your videos for more ideas to travel in your state. My favorite small towns were Darby and Challis. There is supposed to be a great pizza at an RV park along 93 before North Fork but they were closed on the Monday or Sunday we were there. Thanks again. My advice is to not drive the ARCO to Minidoka Road. It was one of the roughest roads we have ever traveled. 7 hours to drive 62 miles. I need to start my own channel as we have been on some gnarly roads.
NICE!
Very nice fentastic
Thanks for watching!
I remember going down the Whitebird pass when I was a kid.......at the bottom was a sign that read ," Were you scared, clean restrooms ahead".
Ok, that's funny.
Nice trip
Loved your video. I drove that same route last year but started out in Hailey, Idaho. Drove to Stanley to Banks, to McCall, to Lolo Pass, to Darby. Took 93S from Darby to Chilly and took a "shortcut" back to Hailey called Trail Creek Rd. If you've driven the Hogsback in Utah, you'll love this road!! It was the most amazing trip! Camped in McCall and in the Bitterroot Mountains. Highly recommend!!
Nice! Is Trail Creek the one that goes from Challis to the Yankee Fork Dredge?
@@troutdogadventures7751 No. You take 93south from Challis to Chilly. Trail Creek Rd goes from 93 to Sun Valley/Ketchum and then 75south to Hailey.
What is trail creek rd like ? Non paved ?
@@stevegoetz5577 This road is gravel and some parts are just dirt. Make sure to check your tires before getting on this road! One of my tires was going flat and there was no place to pull off to fix it so we had to keep going! We made it but swore we would never go that way again!! Let me know if you are brave enough to try it.
A buetifull ride I done it myself a few times ,just came back from a 3000 mi run-through Montana and Idaho, Washington ,81 and will ride till I die
I love hearing that - you're only as old as you want to be.
@@troutdogadventures7751 amen to that 🙏
Great video! Me and a group of six friends rode most all of these roads a few years back. That Hwy 12 from Kooskia ID to Lolo MT is absolutely amazing with is big sweepers and great pavement alongside rivers. Be sure to get gas because there's only one opportunity to get it (@Lochsa Lodge) in that 130 miles stretch.
this seems like a dream. my dad did a two week trip when he was young with buddies. feel like now none of my friends would be able to get time off/ even want to do something like this
@@drewtakesprofit8897 Get new friends! :)
I gas up in kamiah
@@NrthrnKnght I think Lowell is or was the last place to get gas on the way up the river. As such, they make a killing off rafters, kayakers and fishermen! Kamiah's a good place to fill up, too. Probably cheaper than 3 Rivers.
Great video. subscribed
Thank you so much for watching!
Was that direction last year, but didn’t know those twisted roads. I guess a return visit is due then. Coming from KS.
Thanks for watching! Oh... I only scratched the surface. So much good riding out here.
I must ride this route
Troutdog, you’ll have to do it again. You missed the Old Whitebird Grade! It’s super twisty. You’ll meet yourself coming back around about 15 times. 👍🏻
These folks sound like foreigners. Lolo is my turf. Another of my favorites is the White Pine Scenic Drive from Potlatch/Harvard up to St. Maries and Coeur d'Alene. You used to have a full canopy of trees over your head on the highway. Like driving through a tunnel of foliage.
I'll have to add that to my todo list!
I did some of this. I loved the two guys with purple mohawks each with two hand guns, one on each hip in Helena, Montana I assumed they were loaded. They got into an argument with a barrista on the sidewalk outside of the cafe. I didn't stick around.
showing a bit of each small town would have really made it interesting , I will be riding through that area soon.
I agree. Trying to get more comfortable talking to a camera :) It's a great area to ride. Stay safe!
I hang my hat in Boise, and will ride this summer. Thank you!
You'll like it - plenty of options to make it shorter or longer. Here's a link to the actual route. tdnotion.com/links/
Been the ride from Salmon to Missoula several times ...Love staying at a little RVpark/pizza place in North Fork called Waters Edge....Father used to live in Salmon when i was a young man so its why i am familiar with the area...Love the ride up from Ketchum/Sun Valley to Stanley along the Saw Tooth mountains also....Very scenic....Wanted to retire in Salmon or Darby but stuff changed LOL....Darn women
It's such a pretty area. Waters Edge was where I met my friends who were camping during this trip. I nice park.
I'm reading about that Selkirk Loop these days. From Priest Lake up into Canada and around.
Backpacked up in there, but haven't ridden up there yet.
This was a very interesting video although it could have been more so how do you stopped in a few of the towns like Darby that you thought would be a great place to stop and also Hamilton was an interesting place with lots of history. Lolo does also have some history and a really nice information center that describes where Lewis and Clark stayed when they were coming through. Lots of the same scenery, but really good.
Thanks for watching! I agree, I should have showed more of the towns/sights. I'm not good with talking into the camera real-time. Working on it!
Nothing beats my home state
I agree! Thanks for watching.
I did a similar ride. My wife wanted to visit her sister in Boise. We live in NE MN so my wife flew to Boise and I rode. It was all freeways and high speed as I earned and Iron Butt Bun Burner, Silver. 1500+ miles in less than 30 hours. We spent four fun days in the Boise area and when my wife flew home, I slowed the pace and rode up to Kooskia, then to Lolo and Kalispell for the night. This was at a much nicer pace. From Kalispell the next day it was the Going to the Sun Road through Great Falls and on to Glendive. The next day I returned home. US 12 was the the best. The Going to the Sun was fun, but I enjoyed the near solitude of 12 more. Great video, I enjoyed it thoroughly! Here's my video, but if I had it to do over, I'd narrate it rather than songs. (and I don't feel like re-doing it) kzhead.info/sun/p6iim7etn4SFoY0/bejne.html
Good story and nice video! Thanks for watching.
Just south of Darby, you rode right past Chief Joseph Ranch where they film the Dutton Ranch portion of Yellowstone.
Oh, neat. If I ever do the ride again, I'll change my route so that I spend the night in Darby so I can explore. It looked like a cool little town.
Leaving PA for some of that ride in 48 hours.👍👍
You're going to love it! Keep an eye on the weather this time of year. Ride safe.
This isn't the first video I watched in the last three months of a motorcycle going through the Idaho Mountain Highways. I don't know what peace it is supposed to bring me to follow a motorcycle down that road. Three months ago today, my sister died on that highway on her motorbike. She and her husband were on their motorbikes on US12. It was their second time driving their bikes in Idaho. They were just there last year. Last year she hit a deer and sustained road rash, this year, she hit a semi truck and died immediately... the accident report says it was about 38 miles east of Kamiah. You mentioned it being a bucket list item. Well maybe it was for her. I guess the only way I can understand her passion is to watch these videos and see her passion through someone else's experience. I don't know if I will ever get to Idaho to see the place where my sister died... but through videos like this I can see the last moments of her life through your eyes. So thank you. Ruby from Alberta Canada
I'm so sorry. That's awful. It's hard to describe the motorcycle experience. I think about the danger every time, yet I'm still drawn to it. Thank you for watching.
@@troutdogadventures7751 I guess she was too. I could never understand it and never appreciated it... (even through she took me on rides when we were younger.) I don't want to sour anyone's experience if they still love their two wheeled aventures. I realize the same could happen to me in my four wheels. We can't stop living because of the things that can kill us. Some people die in their sleep... and we need to do that every day. We just need to keep living and appreciate every moment .