Warm Springs-Laird (FR 370) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Sula Ranger District

27 mi from Hamilton

Maps 5,501 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 12.4–13.4 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

3.5 of this road’s 22.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 13.3 miles of it dirt.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~150 ft on the downhill side.
Winds through 32 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 0.1 miles off.
Shook Mountain stands 2,058 ft above the map pin, 1.3 miles west.
Gilbert Creek runs 1.2 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

October normals 34–52°F, 2.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Warm Springs-Laird (FR 370) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access