The Bitterroot Range is a mountain range and a subrange of the Rocky Mountains that runs along the border of Montana and Idaho in the northwestern United States. The range spans an area of 24,223 square miles (62,740 km 2) and is named after the bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva), a small pink flower that is the state flower of Montana. [1] [2]

The Northern and Central Bitterroot Range, collectively the Bitterroot Mountains (Salish: čkʷlkʷqin [1]), is the largest portion of the Bitterroot Range, part of the Rocky Mountains and Idaho Batholith, located in the panhandle of Idaho and westernmost Montana in …

Bitterroot Range, segment of the northern Rocky Mountains, U.S., extending southward for 300 mi (480 km) along the Idaho–Montana border. Peaks average about 9,000 ft (2,700 m), with Scott Peak, in Idaho, the highest (11,394 ft).

The Bitterroot National Forest offers many activities such as hiking, biking, skiing, camping, birding, cabin rentals, firewood gathering, berry picking, mushroom harvesting, and river rafting to name a few.

Jan 14, 2023 · The Bitterroot Mountains are one of five mountain ranges that comprise the much larger Bitterroot Range. In addition to the Bitterroot Mountains, the Bitterroot Range consists of the Coeur d’Alene Mountains, the Saint Joe Mountains, the Beaverhead Mountains, and the Centennial Mountains.

The Bitterroot Range forms part of the Northern Rocky Mountain section along Montana’s border with Idaho. The range stretches for 300 miles and contains peaks with average heights of around 9,000 feet.

In truth, the Bitterroot Range includes mountain ranges along the Montana-Idaho border from Cabinet Gorge on the north end to Red Rock Pass at the south end. The included ranges are (north to south) The Bitterroot Mountains, The Beaverhead …

The Bitterroot Range is Montana’s largest mountain range, forming almost the entire Montana-Idaho border. The northern end of the range begins at the Cabinet Gorge and sweeps south then east for a total of about 450 miles before ending at Red Rock Pass.

National Forest land begins above the foothills of the Bitterroot River Valley in two mountain ranges--the Bitterroot Mountains on the west and the Sapphire Mountains on the east side of the valley. The nearest urban area is Missoula, Montana, located 40 miles north of …

The Bitterroot Range, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains, spans 24,223 square miles along the border of Montana and Idaho in the northwestern United States. Montana’s largest mountain range, the Bitterroot Range begins at the Cabinet Gorge and travels for nearly 450 miles before reaching Red Rock Pass.