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St Joe River Road - Idaho & Montana

AKA: National Forest Road 50

St. Maries - St. Regis, MT

Distance/Driving time: 103 miles/3h, 4m

County(ies): Benewah, Shoshone

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Rider Comments:

• Took this road in August of 2011. We had a HD Roadglide and a Honda ST1300. Wonderful road with very little traffic, we wound up passing only 3 cars from St Maries to St Regis. Very scenic with some deer seen closer to St Maries. Avery, ID was a nice little stop with a great little coffee shop/fly fishing store located right along the river. The gravel starts at the Montana state line, it was hard packed but very dusty. - Anonymous (8/23/11)
• We rode this in August, 2009 on a Road King. Very nice road, beautiful scenery. From the Montana State line, which is the summit, the road was loose gravel. We didn't have any trouble, but we weren't out of first gear either. Be sure and have a full tank before you leave the road along the river, the last fuel was in Avery. - Scott Koopman (2/23/10)
• This route is every bit as good as Lolo Pass. Better in my opinion as sharper curves, steeper embankments, no traffic, and makes a great Lolo loop. 10 miles or so hardpack gravel heading west from St Regis on I 90, but had no problem at all riding our sportbikes. Decent pavement the rest of the way to St Maries. Great connections from there heading N or S to good routes. - 'BCsnocat' (6/12/09)
  Photos - courtesy of 'BCsnocat'

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• Marc's Motorcycle Page - My Favorite Motorcycle Roads

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