Pend Oreille Scenic Byway

National Scenic Byway • Idaho

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Glimpses of open water, islands, and the distant cliffy faces of the Green Monarchs are seen to the south near Hope.

© June 1999 Midas Management.
Winter sunsets often explode in color. This view is seen from the Pend Oreille Geologic Site (POI), immediately adjacent to the Pend Oreille Scenic Byway, and shows the open expanse of the lake, rimmed by its many mountains.

© February 2000 Midas Management.
The varietal forests along the Clark Fork River are an eye's delight in all seasons, but especially in fall and spring.

© October 1999 Midas Management.
A Ski Patrol member pauses to take in the view of Lake Pend Oreille and Sandpoint, Idaho, from a steep mountainside at Schweitzer Ski Resort.

© February 28, 2009 TheKarenD.

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Several marinas in Hope or Sandpoint offer seasonal, monthly, or weekly moorage packages for boaters wishing to pursue the large rainbow and mackinaw trout or explore the recreational attributes of Lake Pend Oreille.

© October 1999 Midas Management.
The Clark Fork Driftyards sit in an elbow of the lake offering miles of scenery. This southwesterly view offers the impressive Green Monarchs with a late winter's snow.

© April 1999 Midas Management.