Pinkham Ck - West Pinkham Ck (FR 856) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Pinkham Ck - West Pinkham Ck (FR 856) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Rexford Ranger District

14 mi from Eureka

Maps 4,626 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

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
  • 8.5 of this road’s 16 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 8.5 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Lydia Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 3,400 ft over 16 miles through 5 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 27%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.6 miles off.
  • Lydia Mountain stands 2,072 ft above the map pin, 2.1 miles northwest.
  • Skid Creek runs 0.4 mi off.

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 30–49°F, 2.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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