Spring Ridge (FR 9457) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Spring Ridge (FR 9457) in MT

Road corridorBeaverhead-Deerlodge NF

13 mi from Whitehall

Maps 6,486 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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
  • All 1.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near East Butte.
  • Estimated climb: 0 ft over 1.6 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 14%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.9 miles off.
  • Brownback Mountain stands 2,749 ft above the map pin, 5.4 miles west.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–50°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.