After Leaving Lolo Hot Springs, It Is ~7 Miles To Lolo Pass, The Highest Point Along US-12, Where Is Located The Montana-Idaho Border.
…In June 2002, As Shown In /\Above/\ Panorama Photo, Here Was Seen Newly Cleared Land, A Preparation To Construct A Lolo Pass Visitor Information Center, By The National Park Service, And States of Idaho & Montana.
….Upper Right Of Center, You See A White Rectangular Sign, Which The NEXT Photo Shows A Closer View, With Discussion.

Lolo Pass, MT & ID Border.

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…DATE-LINE: June 13, 2021: by Henry Gurr.
ChangesSinceRobertPirsig1968Trip. As Seen By HSG in 2002.
…My /\ Above/\ June 29, 2002 Photos (combined into a panorama) shows the then current construction to make a new Idaho-Montana Tourist Visitor Information Center at Lolo Pass, Which Is Here At The Montana – Idaho Border.
….Since the work area of the construction covers all of the relatively flat area at the pass, the construction of the Visitor’s Center, possibly removed evidence of where there may have been any former building, such as a restaurant. However, close inspection reveals that all evidence of any previous buildings, such as a Previous Restaurant, or previous Visitor Center, at the top of the pass (if any) has been removed by the construction.

….PLEASE READ Visitor Center INFORMATION BELOW AND ALSO SEE ADDITIONAL Old Mud Creek Ranger Station TEXT IN NEXT PHOTO.
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Excerpt From National Park Service Page.
…. The Lolo Pass Visitor Center is a historical landmark site on the Lewis and Clark Highway, bordering Montana and Idaho. It is located near the area where Meriwether Lewis and William Clark took eleven days in September of 1805 to traverse the grueling Lolo Pass through the Bitterroot Mountains. The dangerous terrain, harsh weather conditions, and near-starvation resulted in the most arduous portion of the entire expedition in which the men resorted to eating some of their own horses to survive. The visitor center is also located on the Nez Perce National Historic Trail, a path followed by a band of Nez Perce Indians while fleeing from the U.S. Calvary in 1877 to avoid being forced onto a reservation.
….At the visitor center, visitors will find information detailing Lewis and Clark's journey across the Bitterroot Mountains and the flight of the Nez Perce Indians, along with other historical, natural, and general information. As a major trailhead for cross-country skiing and snowmobiling, the center also has a warming hut for skiers and recreationists, a 24-hour restroom, a snowmobile parking lot, and maps and information pertinent to winter visitors.
…. [[NOTE This Page (Blue Link Above) also shows a Map of => Lewis and Clark National Historic Trails (NHT) Visitor Centers and Museums. ]]
…. Although there is no doubt that The Bitterroot Mountains are “grueling .. dangerous terrain, with harsh winter weather conditions”,
…by total contrast, the summer traveler, in a modern automobile on the current day smooth paved highway, has absolutely no sense of any arduous! At least this was my Henry Gurr’s experience in 2002!
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The ZMM Narrator Says =>
… “At Lolo Pass we see a restaurant, and pull up in front of it… “

BUT …. At Lolo Pass …. Where Is the ZMM Narrator’s Restaurant?
…….Although Ii Is Typical & Popular For A Restaurant to Be At A Leveled-Off Place, At The Maximum Of A Mountain Pass, I Could Find No Evidence Of Such.
….So … Contrary to The ZMM Narrator’s “At Lolo Pass” , The ZMM Restaurant, MUST Have Been At Lolo Hot Springs, Which is NOT STRICTLY SPEAKING, AT LOLO PASS, But Seven Miles PRIOR To “Lolo Pass”, At The MT-ID Border.
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….As seen in Previous Photo => There IS a nice Lodge and Restaurant at Lolo Hot Springs. This is in Montana, on US-12, about 7 miles prior to the MT--ID-border.
…All things considered, this almost certainly must have been the location of the 1968 ZMM Restaurant
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(Photo = 110-1040 PoSetHgUpldSept11.2025 2002LoloPassConstructionVisitorCenterRedo Rz1764 ...... ZMM Page = 243 ...... WayPt = 262w 5257ft)