Pipe Bull Connection (FR 4696) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Pipe Bull Connection (FR 4696) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Libby Ranger District

7.4 mi from Libby

Maps 3,086 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 7.9–8.6 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

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
  • 7.8 of this road’s 20.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 15.3 miles of it dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 3,200 ft over 20.2 miles through 12 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 24%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
  • Blue Mountain stands 2,964 ft above the map pin, 5.3 miles east.

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 30–54°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.