Journal entry · June 26, 1806
Patrick Gass: June 26, 1806
Patrick Gass · Lolo Trail / Bitterroot Mountains, ID (near Lolo Pass area) · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Lolo Trail / Bitterroot Mountains, ID (near Lolo Pass area)
early; and found the banks of snow much decreased; at noon
we arrived at the place where we had left our baggage and
stores. The snow here had sunk twenty inches. We took
some dinner, but there was nothing for our horses to eat.
We measured the depth of the snow here and found it ten
feet ten inches. We proceeded over some very steep tops of
the mountains and deep snow; but the snow was not so deep
in the drafts between them; and fortunately we got in the
evening to the side of a hill where the snow was gone; and
there was very good grass for our horses. So we encamped
there all night. Some heavy showers of rain had fallen in the
afternoon.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Bald Mtn area, ID
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
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