Indian Meadows Guard Station in MT -- Campground & RV Camping

Indian Meadows Guard Station is a remote, two-story log cabin built in the 1990s at 5,500 feet elevation, sitting within view of Red Mountain near the Scapegoat Wilderness. Available from December through March, the winter outpost requires an 8-mile snow trip to reach. The cabin sleeps six with loft bunkbeds and provides a wood stove, propane lights and stove, kitchen gear, and an outdoor hand pump. Groomed trails out the door lead to the Copper Bowls snowmobile area, while non-motorized wilderness routes suit cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.

Getting there: From Lincoln Mt., visitors will travel approximately 5 miles East on Hwy 200 to the Copper Creek Road #330. The snowmobile Trailhead is located approximately 2 miles North on Copper Creek Road #330 and is located on the west (left) side of the road. There is ample parking here for trailers and vehicles. The trailhead is plowed and maintained by the local snowmobile club. Most visitors will park here and proceed over snow for the remaining 8 miles to the cabin. In early December it may be possible to drive further in on Copper Cr. Road towards the cabin. Visitors can follow the below directions in their vehicle in the event that the area is accessible due to lack of snow, but visitors should obey posted closures and pay close attention to weather forecasts to avoid becoming snowed in at the cabin with their vehicle. From the Copper Creek TH visitors can snowmobile, ski, or snowshoe to the cabin. The majority of the route is on marked, groomed snowmobile trails. From the TH visitors will head North East on the Copper Creek Rd #330, known as Snowmobile Trail #4 in the winter months. Proceed on Trail #4 for approximately 6 miles to the jct. with the Indian Meadows Road #1882. This is the end of the regularly groomed snowmobile trail and visitors should expect powder and wind drifts for the remaining 2 miles. At this signed intersection visitors will turn North (right) onto Road #1882 and proceed about 1 ½ miles to the entrance of the Indian Meadows Trailhead. The road forks right before the trailhead. Visitors should follow the signs for the Guard Station on the right hand fork, proceed past the outfitter corrals, through an open gate signed Indian Meadow Guard Station, and travel approximately ½ mile on the access road to the cabin.

• Moderately separated here.
• Lone Mountain stands 1,205 ft above the map pin, 1.9 miles north.
• Cabins and shelters rather than pads, with 1 hike-in site and most of them shaded.
• Snowbank Lake lies 1.2 mi off.

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