Snow Creek (FR 3117) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Snow Creek (FR 3117) in MT

Road corridorCuster NF, Sioux Ranger District

45 mi from Baker

Maps 3,598 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 6.6–9.6, 11.2–11.9 and 25.5–27.4 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Custer Gallatin National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 7.3 of this road’s 27.5 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 15.8 miles of it dirt.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 6 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
  • Jack Spring lies 0.7 mi off.

Rules

  • Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year.…Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 32 cumulative days within a calendar year.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 33–58°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.