Cripple-Canyon (FR 4925) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Cripple-Canyon (FR 4925) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Libby Ranger District

15 mi from Libby

Maps 2,671 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 1.8–4.4 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Kootenai 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
  • 1.6 of this road’s 7.6 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 7.2 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Gopher Hill.
  • Estimated climb: 560 ft over 7.6 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 19%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.7 miles off.
  • Cripple Horse Mountain stands 2,748 ft above the map pin, 4.5 miles southeast.
  • The Lake Koocanusa shoreline is 0.6 mi off.

Rules

  • you are not allowed to stay for a period longer than 16 consecutive days and no more than 32 cumulative days within a calendar year on National Forests in Montana
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 30–55°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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