Boulder CR - Basin CR (FR 337) — Rexford in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Boulder CR - Basin CR (FR 337) — Rexford in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Rexford Ranger District

18 mi from Eureka

Maps 5,910 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Kootenai National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 7/1–10/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 7.7 of this road’s 19.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 7.7 miles of dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 5,600 ft over 19.9 miles through 11 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 33%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~130 ft on the downhill side.

Known camping along this road at mile 30.9: .

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 2.0 miles off.
  • Boulder Mountain stands 1,144 ft above the map pin, 2.4 miles south.

Rules

  • National Forests in Montana: … 1.1. Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year. 1.2. 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 29–45°F, 3.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.