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Nez Perce Pass

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30: 1212: 37: 245:, turn south on the West Fork Road and proceed for approximately 14.3 miles. Turn west (right) on Forest Road 468, Nez Perce Road and travel for approximately 16.1 miles" to Nez Perce Pass trailhead." The paved parking area at the pass has a 206:
To the north is the 1.2-million-acre Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness and to the south the 2.2-million-acre Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. These areas comprise over 11% of the Congressionally established
230:(CCC) during the 1930s. It has been known by several names, such as The Southern Nez Perce Trail, The Elk City to Darby Road, The Montana Road, and The Parker Trail." "The landscape is much the same as when the 226:
Forest Road 468, Nez Perce Road, also known as Magruder Corridor Road, crosses the pass. It is unpaved, and has no services for 117 miles. "The road has changed little since its construction by the
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identifies the Idaho side ... Both Milner and Church helped add thousands of square miles of Montana and Idaho forest to the nation's wilderness system."
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Preliminary Geologic Map of the Nez Perce Pass 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Southwestern Montana, 1996
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Nez Perce Pass is located in Idaho
Elevation
Idaho County, Idaho
Ravalli County, Montana
United States
Range
Bitterroot Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Coordinates
45°43.0′N 114°30.2′W / 45.7167°N 114.5033°W / 45.7167; -114.5033
Topo map
Bitterroot Mountains
Idaho
Montana
elevation
above sea level
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness
Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness
Wildernesses
Delaware
Rhode Island
Wilderness area
Hamilton, Montana
Frank Church
Civilian Conservation Corps
Nez Perce
Darby, Montana
Highway 93
helicopter pad
time zone

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