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Bannock Pass should not be confused with the similarly named Bannack Pass, about 33 miles (53 km) to the southeast, which is also in the Beaverhead Mountains, on the Montana-Idaho border, and on the Continental Divide, and which has virtually the same elevation (7,679 feet ).
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was constructed through the area. In order to keep the grades manageable, the railroad used a switchback on each side of the ridge and bored a tunnel under the summit somewhat east of the current highway crossing. The railroad was abandoned in 1939.
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Postcard photo of a Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad train ascending the west side of Bannock Pass, Lemhi County, Idaho.
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bannack Pass
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bannock Pass
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Bannock Pass, Montana

Elevation

SH-29
S-324
Lemhi County, Idaho
Beaverhead County, Montana
Range
Rocky Mountains
Coordinates
44°48′52″N 113°16′19″W / 44.81444°N 113.27194°W / 44.81444; -113.27194
mountain pass
Beaverhead Mountains
Bitterroot Range
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Idaho
Continental Divide
elevation
above sea level
Idaho State Highway 29
Montana Secondary Highway 324
Leadore, Idaho
Dillon, Montana
Bannock
Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad
Mountain passes in Montana
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bannock Pass
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bannack Pass

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