Trenk Pass (FR 3816) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Trenk Pass (FR 3816) in MT

Road corridorCuster NF, Sioux Ranger District

50 mi from Baker

Maps 3,744 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 6.3–8 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
  • 5.8 of this road’s 8.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 5.8 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Chalk Buttes.
  • Estimated climb: 1,200 ft over 8.2 miles through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 18%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with no through road within 3.7 miles.
  • Birch Spring lies 0.2 mi off.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.

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 34–58°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.