Guide-Rye (FR 311) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Sula Ranger District

22 mi from Hamilton

Maps 4,751 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.4–9.4 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 12/2–10/14Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

VerizonWEAK

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkGOOD

Difficult

8.3 of this road’s 23.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 19.6 miles of it dirt.
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 55 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
Doran Point stands 1,508 ft above the map pin, 2.9 miles west.

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 32–57°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Guide-Rye (FR 311) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access