Tin Cup (FR 639) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Tin Cup (FR 639) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Darby Ranger District

17 mi from Hamilton

Maps 5,017 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 7.9–9.8 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

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
  • 8.1 of this road’s 10.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 8.1 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Tin Cup Trailhead.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~140 ft on the downhill side.
  • Winds through 18 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road at mile 5.3: .

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Como Peaks stands 4,556 ft above the map pin, 5.4 miles west.
  • A canal runs 0.9 mi off.

Rules

  • National Forests in Montana:…Camping or otherwise occupying a single site for over 16 consecutive days within a calendar year. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(a). (see appendix A).
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 28–55°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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