Snowbank Camp, Lolo Trail, ID The corps travels four miles down the Lochsa, and then takes a steep trail to return to the main Northern Nez Perce Trail. Several horses injure themselves slipping and rolling. They camp in an area with banks of snow that are used for water.
The Lochsa Mistake[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading
Down the Lochsa
Lochsa River
© 5 October 2016 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Above: a Forest Service trail clings to the steep hill between the Lochsa River and US Highway 12 between Powell Ranger Station and Whitehouse Pond.
proceeded on Down the right Side of [Lochsa] River over Steep points rockey & buschey as usial for 4 miles to an old Indian fishing place
—William Clark
Wendover Ridge
© 13 September 2010 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
The nature of Wendover Ridge is difficult to communicate in a photograph or painting. As shown above, the ridge climbs from the Lochsa River to a relatively level portion in the upper center of the photograph. Shortly after this more level area, the ridge returns to a steep incline for several miles until reaching the Northern Nez Perce Trail.
Up Wendover Ridge
the road leaves the river to the left and assends a mountain winding in every direction to get up the Steep assents & to pass the emence quantity of falling timber which had falling from dift. causes i e. fire & wind
—William Clark
Slipping and Rolling
Several horses Sliped and roled down Steep hills which hurt them verry much The one which Carried my desk & Small trunk Turned over & roled down a mountain for 40 yards & lodged against a tree, broke the Desk the horse escaped and appeared but little hurt Some others verry much hurt
—William Clark
Snowbank Camp
Painting created by Split Rock Studios, Sioux City, Iowa. Original in the collection of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and photographed by Kristopher K. Townsend.
we found Some Spots of Snow so we Camped on the top of the Mountain and melted Some Snow. this Snow appears to lay all the year on this Mount we drank a little portable Soup and lay down without any thing else to Satisfy our hunger.
—John Ordway
Weather Diary
Weather at rise
Wind at Weather at 4 P.M. Wind at 4 P.M. cloudy after lightning & snow S W snow S W no water we are obliged to Substitute the coald Snow to boil our Colt.
—Meriwether Lewis and William Clark[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column and spelled out some abbreviations.
Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
