Bare Cone (FR 1303) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Bare Cone (FR 1303) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, West Fork Ranger District

39 mi from Hamilton

Maps 6,667 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Bitterroot National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 6/16–10/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 2.6 of this road’s 13.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~140 ft on the downhill side.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Winds through 14 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.7 miles off.
  • Bare Cone stands 1,149 ft above the map pin, 1.0 miles west.

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 26–48°F, 2.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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