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I had read about Lolo being such a good ride and decided to look into it myself. When I did I really wasn't that impressed. But I knew I had to see for myself and when i rode it I wasn't expecting much. I was really surprised by what I found. Lolo does not have spectacular views, there are no sections of road that are particularly memorable to me, it just isn't that kind of ride. What it is is 100 miles of Zen, just one beautiful slow corner after another for nearly it's entire length. I came away from it very impressed in a very quiet way.
Did this ride back in 2000. Road construction all along the way. Back then they used tar & chip for road surface. All paved now, nice. Rest stop, Wow.. Thanks for the memories....
I like to think I usually am right! However, as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what one person enjoys another may not. I have mentioned before that I really did not have great expectations for Lolo, I look for "spectacular", and as I expected, Lolo did not offer that. Instead it offered a quiet, peaceful beauty, something we all need to make more time for!
I’m with you. Often I find big peace and enjoyment on long stretches that just wind around, thru ranch land, along a river, past a lake, quiet remote highways where you might not see another car for 10, 20 minutes or longer. I enjoyed that stretch from Rifle, CO north to Craig, CO off I-70 riding to the northwest corner of the state before we rode east to Steamboat for lunch. At one point riding towards Craig, mountain ranges way off in the distance, we pulled over to stop, nearly thru kickstands down on the highway, shut our bikes off to swig some water and asked each other...”when’s the last time we saw another car??? 20 minutes ago?” Love a remote stretch like that.
Another stretch like that was riding thru Monument Valley, ID on Wednesday afternoon. Kickstands down taking pictures, sipping water, walking around on the highway in no-mans land. It’s the epitome of quiet. Leaving Durango a different way, Riding south thru Farmington, NM and beyond, the map shows a straight as an arrow old two lanes that connects with I-40. This stretch is like riding across the moon. Grass or weeds growing across the highway in places, for having little traffic. Not a place to run out of gas, but it’s so remote, it can lull u to sleep in broad daylight. Lol. No change of scenery, just an hour and a half of straight line, 75 mph, with remote to both sides of you. Every 40 minutes or so you may pass a 18 wheeler, fuel truck going the other way, so you know there is life out there! I’m with you, I’m always looking for jaw dropping spectacular, but I’m just as satisfied enjoying quiet country stretches.
Each highway offers an insight into the land, the twists and turns with the ever changing landscape easily holds our attention, but those long straight stretches through the remote desert, hardly ever any other traffic, it's hard not to be in awe of how vast this land is at those times.
Yeah it’s staggering. You can’t wrap your brain around how much is out there until you dig out an old school McNally map, find all your remote routes, then go ride them out. Each time I do that, I retrace my path with a sharpie just so I can look back and see where I traveled, and trails I still haven’t covered. The desert is something else! Hydrate the night before, get out 5-6am each morning then shut it down early. The heat will sneak up on you. Lol
We have really enjoyed that highway, though not all the way from Boise, we picked it up at new meadows after coming out of Hells Canyon. The section from New Meadows north through Grangeville is a great ride with beautiful scenery, and we will have to go back soon and film it!
I live right in Missoula......I need to do this ride this summer, I've taken 12 as far as the lochsa lodge for lunch but a little further this year I think
Okay, no excuses, as you said, you live right there! Typically I look at elevation gains, highest elevation, how tight and deep the canyons are, the big open vistas for views, when deciding on a potential ride. Lolo Pass didn't wow me on paper in the least, just looked like it would be a "bush ride". But I kept hearing about it and how good it was. Being that we often travel right by it on the way to something else, we had to try it. I was wowed. Is it spectacular, no, not in my books, but it wowed us in it being such a pleasant, peaceful ride with non stop corners, that just seemed to lull us into a bit of a Zen like experience, just pleasantly rolling out of one corner into another, with nothing to interrupt the experience for 99 miles! We both would, and will do it again, next chance we get! You also have some other local great rides that I am aware of. Directly south to Salmon and beyond to Stanley is really top notch in our books. Also, from Butte, Pipestone Pass and through Virginia City as far as Ennis is a really nice ride. I do have videos of the latter on my channel. As I said, no excuses, as soon as that snow is gone get out there and ride the rest of Lolo Pass, and beyond!
Lolo Pass was a ride I did not have high expectations for but knew I had to check it out. I was right in that it did not have spectacular views, but it was endlessly pretty, and a ride that just kept delivering a really enjoyable experience! I will do it again, whenever I go that way.
September 18th isn't too far away anymore. Good luck on the new machine, it's going to be so much fun, and that much more when your wife enjoys the same things!
Lolo Pass is, I think, an often overlooked route. It is not spectacular, but it might just be the most peaceful, relaxing motorcycle road I have ridden. As far as must do's along the way I would suggest making a loop out of your journey. Incorporating The Salmon River, The Sawtooths, and Hells Canyon. Here is how I would do it: Your plan is to do Lolo Pass which will put your final destination as Lolo, MT, just south of Missoula. From Lolo head south on Hwy 93 through Salmon and on to Challis, ID. At Challis head west on Hwy 75 to Stanley. The Salmon to Stanley route is the Salmon River Scenic Byway. It may be my favorite motorcycle road, it is quiet, very scenic, and around every corner is a change of scenery. Bring a swimsuit and take a dip at the wild Sunbeam Hotsprings just north of Stanley. From Stanley a choice needs to be made. Either way is good. South on 75 is the Sawtooth Scenic Byway, it is well worth the ride. It is going to put you out at Stanton Crossing. From there you could continue down to Twin Falls if you want before heading west again, or you could head west, your choice. Your next jumping off point is going to be Cambridge, Idaho. Back at Stanley, your other option is to take Hwy 21 west. At Lowman you will want to take route 17, or further south at Idaho City take route 307, your destination being Hwy 55. Once on Hwy 55 I would suggest north to New Meadows, then south to Cambridge on Hwy 95. From Cambridge head west again on Hwy 71, this route is locally called the Ogre, a really nice ride down to the Snake River and the top end of Hells Canyon at Oxbow, Oregon. At Oxbow head north on Forest Service Road 454, the Devil's Tail. This road is 22 miles of twists and turns and terminates at Hells Canyon Creek. Returning to Oxbow head west again on Hwy 86. Before reaching Halfway, Oregon turn north on North Pine Road (Forest Service 39). Your destination is Enterprise, Oregon. Part of this road is a very good dirt road, I had no trouble in dry conditions, but you may choose to skip it and go around. If you do you will be going out to Baker City and around to Enterprise. From Enterprise head north on Hwy 3 to Lewiston Idaho. This route is called Rattlesnake Pass, and is very quiet and full of great scenery and several very twisty sections. I hope this is some help on your trip planning. Have a great ride!
Thank you. Lolo Pass was one of those rides I had heard about but was not really very excited about, until I did it. After doing it, I confirmed to myself that although it doesn't have spectacular views and it isn't particularly challenging, it is possibly the nicest ride we have ever done. I would do it again anytime. Just a really nice ride, you will have fun! As to my audio, well, it is far from perfect! How do I do it? I strip all the original audio from the video, and then dub in new sound that I have recorded especially for this purpose. It is a lot of time consuming work, but I have not been satisfied by any other means.
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had to watch it again so I could breathe.paul black is awesome.
Yep he is. Really happy he agreed to let me use his music on my videos, and I am really happy to hear that you enjoy his music as well!
Checkout his Facebook page, where you will find more of his music, to listen to, and purchase if you wish.
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Great 3 videos thanks
Can’t wait to ride this Robert, great job.
I had read about Lolo being such a good ride and decided to look into it myself. When I did I really wasn't that impressed. But I knew I had to see for myself and when i rode it I wasn't expecting much. I was really surprised by what I found. Lolo does not have spectacular views, there are no sections of road that are particularly memorable to me, it just isn't that kind of ride. What it is is 100 miles of Zen, just one beautiful slow corner after another for nearly it's entire length. I came away from it very impressed in a very quiet way.
Really enjoyed this series of videos, has some great roads and beautiful scenery.
great ride and nice soundtrack...two thumbs up!
Did this ride back in 2000. Road construction all along the way. Back then they used tar & chip for road surface. All paved now, nice. Rest stop, Wow.. Thanks for the memories....
Hey you are very welcome!
Thank you for the comment and for coming along on our ride!
You were right, what a beautiful stretch to ride!
I like to think I usually am right! However, as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what one person enjoys another may not.
I have mentioned before that I really did not have great expectations for Lolo, I look for "spectacular", and as I expected, Lolo did not offer that. Instead it offered a quiet, peaceful beauty, something we all need to make more time for!
I’m with you. Often I find big peace and enjoyment on long stretches that just wind around, thru ranch land, along a river, past a lake, quiet remote highways where you might not see another car for 10, 20 minutes or longer. I enjoyed that stretch from Rifle, CO north to Craig, CO off I-70 riding to the northwest corner of the state before we rode east to Steamboat for lunch. At one point riding towards Craig, mountain ranges way off in the distance, we pulled over to stop, nearly thru kickstands down on the highway, shut our bikes off to swig some water and asked each other...”when’s the last time we saw another car??? 20 minutes ago?” Love a remote stretch like that.
Another stretch like that was riding thru Monument Valley, ID on Wednesday afternoon. Kickstands down taking pictures, sipping water, walking around on the highway in no-mans land. It’s the epitome of quiet. Leaving Durango a different way, Riding south thru Farmington, NM and beyond, the map shows a straight as an arrow old two lanes that connects with I-40. This stretch is like riding across the moon. Grass or weeds growing across the highway in places, for having little traffic. Not a place to run out of gas, but it’s so remote, it can lull u to sleep in broad daylight. Lol. No change of scenery, just an hour and a half of straight line, 75 mph, with remote to both sides of you. Every 40 minutes or so you may pass a 18 wheeler, fuel truck going the other way, so you know there is life out there!
I’m with you, I’m always looking for jaw dropping spectacular, but I’m just as satisfied enjoying quiet country stretches.
Each highway offers an insight into the land, the twists and turns with the ever changing landscape easily holds our attention, but those long straight stretches through the remote desert, hardly ever any other traffic, it's hard not to be in awe of how vast this land is at those times.
Yeah it’s staggering. You can’t wrap your brain around how much is out there until you dig out an old school McNally map, find all your remote routes, then go ride them out. Each time I do that, I retrace my path with a sharpie just so I can look back and see where I traveled, and trails I still haven’t covered. The desert is something else! Hydrate the night before, get out 5-6am each morning then shut it down early. The heat will sneak up on you. Lol
beautiful country loved it out there.
been across 98 Boise Idaho to Missoula Montana. when I drove for north American Van lines.
We have really enjoyed that highway, though not all the way from Boise, we picked it up at new meadows after coming out of Hells Canyon. The section from New Meadows north through Grangeville is a great ride with beautiful scenery, and we will have to go back soon and film it!
brilliant video , just follow your shadow.. thanks for sharing
Thanks, Bob. Nice ride.
thanks for the ride.
Thanks for coming along!
I live right in Missoula......I need to do this ride this summer, I've taken 12 as far as the lochsa lodge for lunch but a little further this year I think
Okay, no excuses, as you said, you live right there!
Typically I look at elevation gains, highest elevation, how tight and deep the canyons are, the big open vistas for views, when deciding on a potential ride. Lolo Pass didn't wow me on paper in the least, just looked like it would be a "bush ride". But I kept hearing about it and how good it was. Being that we often travel right by it on the way to something else, we had to try it. I was wowed. Is it spectacular, no, not in my books, but it wowed us in it being such a pleasant, peaceful ride with non stop corners, that just seemed to lull us into a bit of a Zen like experience, just pleasantly rolling out of one corner into another, with nothing to interrupt the experience for 99 miles! We both would, and will do it again, next chance we get!
You also have some other local great rides that I am aware of. Directly south to Salmon and beyond to Stanley is really top notch in our books. Also, from Butte, Pipestone Pass and through Virginia City as far as Ennis is a really nice ride. I do have videos of the latter on my channel.
As I said, no excuses, as soon as that snow is gone get out there and ride the rest of Lolo Pass, and beyond!
Part 2 is the best part of that ride either way. I live in Lewiston and travel to the lodge at least once a year...LOVE THE RIDE
All three rocked I may follow your trail up to WA then into BC for our run to Alaska
Lolo Pass was a ride I did not have high expectations for but knew I had to check it out. I was right in that it did not have spectacular views, but it was endlessly pretty, and a ride that just kept delivering a really enjoyable experience! I will do it again, whenever I go that way.
Awesome I have followed your adventure and the wife and I are going to Alaska plus more on the new trike
September 18th isn't too far away anymore. Good luck on the new machine, it's going to be so much fun, and that much more when your wife enjoys the same things!
Man your vids are killing me Robert
But it's the next best thing to being there
Can't wait to get on the bike
Thanks
Thanks for the awesome video series. We're looking at doing the Lolo pass from Vancouver BC and back any must do's on the way?
Lolo Pass is, I think, an often overlooked route. It is not spectacular, but it might just be the most peaceful, relaxing motorcycle road I have ridden. As far as must do's along the way I would suggest making a loop out of your journey. Incorporating The Salmon River, The Sawtooths, and Hells Canyon. Here is how I would do it:
Your plan is to do Lolo Pass which will put your final destination as Lolo, MT, just south of Missoula. From Lolo head south on Hwy 93 through Salmon and on to Challis, ID. At Challis head west on Hwy 75 to Stanley. The Salmon to Stanley route is the Salmon River Scenic Byway. It may be my favorite motorcycle road, it is quiet, very scenic, and around every corner is a change of scenery. Bring a swimsuit and take a dip at the wild Sunbeam Hotsprings just north of Stanley. From Stanley a choice needs to be made. Either way is good. South on 75 is the Sawtooth Scenic Byway, it is well worth the ride. It is going to put you out at Stanton Crossing. From there you could continue down to Twin Falls if you want before heading west again, or you could head west, your choice. Your next jumping off point is going to be Cambridge, Idaho. Back at Stanley, your other option is to take Hwy 21 west. At Lowman you will want to take route 17, or further south at Idaho City take route 307, your destination being Hwy 55. Once on Hwy 55 I would suggest north to New Meadows, then south to Cambridge on Hwy 95.
From Cambridge head west again on Hwy 71, this route is locally called the Ogre, a really nice ride down to the Snake River and the top end of Hells Canyon at Oxbow, Oregon. At Oxbow head north on Forest Service Road 454, the Devil's Tail. This road is 22 miles of twists and turns and terminates at Hells Canyon Creek. Returning to Oxbow head west again on Hwy 86. Before reaching Halfway, Oregon turn north on North Pine Road (Forest Service 39). Your destination is Enterprise, Oregon. Part of this road is a very good dirt road, I had no trouble in dry conditions, but you may choose to skip it and go around. If you do you will be going out to Baker City and around to Enterprise.
From Enterprise head north on Hwy 3 to Lewiston Idaho. This route is called Rattlesnake Pass, and is very quiet and full of great scenery and several very twisty sections.
I hope this is some help on your trip planning. Have a great ride!
Great footage. Planning on doing the Lolo Pass in the next few months. BTW, how do you get the audio so perfect?
Thank you. Lolo Pass was one of those rides I had heard about but was not really very excited about, until I did it. After doing it, I confirmed to myself that although it doesn't have spectacular views and it isn't particularly challenging, it is possibly the nicest ride we have ever done. I would do it again anytime. Just a really nice ride, you will have fun!
As to my audio, well, it is far from perfect! How do I do it? I strip all the original audio from the video, and then dub in new sound that I have recorded especially for this purpose. It is a lot of time consuming work, but I have not been satisfied by any other means.