Fortine CR Wolf CR (FR 36) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Fortine Ranger District

16 mi from Libby

Maps 2,547 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–16.7, 17–22.5, 23.3–24.8, 25.1–28.3 and 33.4–35 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 12/1–6/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

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Difficult

3.1 of this road’s 12.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly paved with 3.1 miles of dirt.
Near Lightning Peak.
Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Winds through 3 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Lightning Peak stands 1,580 ft above the map pin, 1.5 miles southeast.
Wolf Creek runs 0.1 mi off.

National Forests in Montana:…Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(a). (see appendix A).…Camping or otherwise occupying any number of sites over 32 cumulative days within a calendar year.
Camping rules

October normals 31–56°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Fortine CR Wolf CR (FR 36) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access