Bitterroot Big Hole (FR 106) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Sula Ranger District

32 mi from Hamilton

Maps 4,587 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.4–1.8 and 4.7–5 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

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Difficult

6.2 of this road’s 15.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 11.2 miles of it dirt.
Estimated climb: 3,300 ft over 15.3 miles through 15 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 26%.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~150 ft on the downhill side.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road at mile 11.3: .

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Andrews Creek runs 0.2 mi off.
Barley Ridge stands 1,276 ft above the map pin, 2.2 miles east.
Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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

October normals 29–58°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Bitterroot Big Hole (FR 106) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access