(fdr) Nez Perce Trail (FR 468) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, West Fork Ranger District

55 mi from Hamilton

Maps 7,702 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Motor-vehicle season 4/1–11/30Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

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Difficult

34.8 of this road’s 70.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 44 miles of it dirt.
Near Base Camp Trailhead.
Estimated climb: 11,100 ft over 70.2 miles through 45 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 31%.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~210 ft on the downhill side.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

4 known camp spots along this road, between mile 10.4 and mile 44.2: reported by travellers.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Salmon Mountain stands 1,230 ft above the map pin, 0.6 miles southeast.
A lake lies 0.7 mi off.

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

September normals 30–60°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

(fdr) Nez Perce Trail (FR 468) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access in Montana