Lost Trail Pass Rest Area

Nestled between US Highway 93 and the Lost Trail Ski Area is a welcoming rest area. There are covered picnic tables and interpretive signs explaining how the Lewis and Clark Expedition went against their Shoshone guide Toby’s advice and attempted to cross the divide near here. They encountered freezing temperatures and white-out conditions and wandered along the divide before finding a suitable way down.

For the intrepid traveler, Forest Service Road 081 will take you along the ridge with excellent views of the North Fork Salmon River valley to the south and Ross’ Hole to the north.

Despite what you see on interpretive signs and Lewis and Clark literature, the journalist called him Toby, but never Old Toby. Learn more at our educational website: Toby, Indispensable Guide.