Big Baldy (FR 3300) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Big Baldy (FR 3300) in MT

Road corridorHelena-Lewis and Clark NF, Judith-Musselshell Ranger District

30 mi from White Sulphur Springs

Maps 8,015 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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
  • All 4 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Tepee Butte.
  • Estimated climb: 610 ft over 4 miles, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 23%.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
  • Yogo Peak stands 798 ft above the map pin, 2.0 miles northeast.

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 22–43°F, 2.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.