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Bear Creek Pass Campground

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Bitterroot National Forest

The Bear Creek Pass Trailhead has numerous trails to access that all lead into the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. The most heavily used is the #613 trail which leads to the bear lakes and accesses trail #128 to Fish Lake. Facilities include a vault toilet, hitching rails, and dispersed camping.

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Location

Bear Creek Pass Campground is located in Montana

Directions

From Darby travel 7 miles north on Highway 93. Turn west (left) on Lost Horse Road/FS 429 and travel approximately 19 miles. The road will dead end at the trailhead. Forest Service Road #429 can be extremely rough due to many potholes and rocks. Recommend high clearance vehicles.

Coordinates

46.11624901 N
114.49372228 W

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Tom U.

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Reviewed Aug. 9, 2020

Semi-official dispersed camping at Bear Creek Pass

Bear Creek Pass Campground is semi-official dispersed camping at Bear Creek Pass, the location of two trail heads. I surveyed the site during a hike but did not stay over night.

There are two trail heads, about 1/2 mile apart. Between is a turn off for the“campground” which is little more than a pull out and a turn around. I didn’t see tent sites off the road. A little further on is a large parking area with vault toilet. A little beyond that a small parking area near the second trail head. Between these two is the one place that did look like a camp site. There was one fire ring and vegetation had been pressed down.

There are facilities for horses: several hitching posts and a loading ramp. These don’t look like they have been used for a while. We did see signs that horses were up here recently but the area is little impacted by horse use.

The area is in open pine forest with meadows. There is a stream flowing near by.

I would certainly sleep in my vehicle over night here or set up a tent. You can overnight here before starting on a hike from one of the trail heads. However, this site has little to recommend itself as a destination for an extended stay or overflow if nearby Schumaker is full.

Month of VisitAugust