Mink Creek (FR 5753) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Mink Creek (FR 5753) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Sula Ranger District

30 mi from Hamilton

Maps 4,721 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0.3–0.6 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Bitterroot National Forest ↗

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

Difficult
  • 0.9 of this road’s 10.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 9.7 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Hilltop.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~170 ft on the downhill side.
  • Winds through 11 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • Shirley Mountain stands 1,604 ft above the map pin, 1.4 miles northwest.
  • East Fork Bitterroot River runs 0.1 mi off.

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 34–57°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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