Waugh Gulch (FR 5733) in MT

Road corridorBitterroot NF, Sula Ranger District

35 mi from Hamilton

Maps 5,356 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Stay limit: 16 consecutive days · 32 days total per calendar year · then move 0.5 mi

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Difficult

3.5 of this road’s 8.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 8.1 miles of it dirt.
Near Nee Mee Poo Trailhead.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~130 ft on the downhill side.
Winds through 11 switchbacks.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road at mile 3.3: .

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
A pond lies 0.3 mi off.
Saddle Mountain stands 3,120 ft above the map pin, 4.0 miles south.

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 29–54°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Waugh Gulch (FR 5733) in MT -- Camping Rules & Access