The Idaho Transportation Department provides a pair of traffic websites, a
Low Bandwidth Site and a
High Bandwidth Site which, as expected, provides more features and better interactivity. The High Bandwidth website contains six separate pages from which one may learn of
Traffic Speeds,
Weather Stations,
Electronic Signs,
Transit Routes,
Mountain Passes, or
Traffic Cameras. On the latter page one may click on the cameras shown on the map to view current road conditions throughout the state. The majority of the rural web cameras have associated weather stations allowing viewers to ascertain local weather conditions and tendencies. Many cameras transmit several different views, from as few as two to as many as eight. These views, instead of being allotted separate pages, are cycled on a single page, changing views every couple of seconds.
About 35 miles north of the Priest River area, this set of cameras is mounted on a wood post beside a weather station across Highway 5 from the Priest Lake Ranger Station. On the side of a grass strip airport, the cameras supply about eight views of the road and the terrain around the station, cycling through the photos, about one every couple of minutes. The views in the gallery north and south, looking toward the north and south entrances to the Ranger Station, respectively. Coordinates given are for the south looking image, at the south entrance.