page_title: Continental Divide Trail
section_title: Idaho
hierarchical_section_title: Continental Divide Trail / Idaho
caption_attribution_description: English: hiking trail over the Continental Divide at Lemhi Pass
context_page_description: The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail is a United States National Scenic Trail running 3,100 miles between Chihuahua and Alberta. It follows the Continental Divide of the Americas along the Rocky Mountains and traverses five U.S. states — Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. In Montana it crosses Triple Divide Pass The trail is a combination of dedicated trails and small roads and considered 70% complete. Portions designated as uncompleted must be traveled by roadwalking on dirt or paved roads. This trail can be continued north into Alberta and B.C., to Kawkawa Lake, B.C., north of Jasper National Park by the Great Divide Trail.
  The Continental Divide Trail, the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail, form what is known as the Triple Crown of Hiking in the United States.
context_section_description: Northbounders leaving Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming enter the Centennial Mountains of Idaho. For the next couple of hundred miles, the CDT follows the Continental Divide, which is also the boundary between Idaho and Montana. Next the Trail diverts east through the Anaconda Mountain Range toward Butte, Montana.
  Notable points on the CDT in Idaho include:
  The alternate route to Macks Inn in Island Park, Idaho.
  Henrys Lake Section
  Resupply in Lima, Montana
  Lemhi Pass
  Chief Joseph Pass
caption: Crossing the Continental Divide at Lemhi Pass; the same view that the Lewis & Clark Expedition experienced on August 12, 1805
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