Spread Creek/Deer Creek (FR 435) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Spread Creek/Deer Creek (FR 435) in MT

Road corridorKootenai NF, Three Rivers Ranger District

16 mi from Moyie Springs

Maps 6,075 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
  • 7.1 of this road’s 13.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 7.1 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Canuck Peak.
  • Estimated climb: 120 ft over 13.1 miles through 7 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 20%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~110 ft on the downhill side.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • Canuck Peak stands 856 ft above the map pin, 0.6 miles north.

Rules

  • Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year… 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 26–43°F, 3.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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