Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Wisdom, Montana

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Big Hole - Road 181

This easy track is bookended by the Shoshone Ridge Interpretive Site to the south, and Highway 278 near Jackson MT to the north - it partially follows both the Big Hole River and the Nez…
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Total Miles
39.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Bitterroot-Big Hole

This alternate route takes you to Gibbons Pass bypassing Lost Trail Pass. The section north of Gibbons Pass is a steep one-lane road with limited areas to pass and you should be prepared to back…
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Total Miles
16.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Johnson Peak Trailhead

This trail is a well-maintained grated dirt trail up to the Johnson Peak Trailhead and McCart Lookout Tower. The trail ends at a large pullout for parking or dispersed camping. There are stock ties, and…
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Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Little East Fork

Your average Civic or Prius could easily make it all the way to the end. The first third of the trail runs through private properties with many cabins. Some of them look pretty old. Just…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Moose Lake Road

Moose Lake Road travels along the Middle Fork of Rock Creek and ends at a trailhead that provides access to the Anaconda Pintler Wilderness. Remains of the Old Dominion Mine are visible at the southern…
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Total Miles
14.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

McCart Tower to Swift Creek the Cutover

This run is an excellent easy cutover trail that links the Johnson Peak Trailhead and McCart Lookout Tower Trail to the Swift Creek Hiking Trailhead. It's a twisty windy dirt trail along the ridge with…
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Total Miles
5.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

4th of July Trail

This is a 2 lane, maintained forest service road that leads to the long-standing fire tower for the Northfork, ID area with a 360-degree view of the surrounding mountain ranges. The knowledgeable and friendly watchman…
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Total Miles
8.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Moose Creek & Trail 40

This trail is generally easy and wide enough to pass oncoming traffic. The trail seems to follow the path of the creek. However, there are not a lot of places to access it or see…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Swift Creek Trailhead

This is a well-maintained dirt trail that almost any 2WD passenger car could make. The trail runs along a river, then Forks away, and continues along a smaller creek. There is a large dispersed campsite…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Martin Creek to Chain of Lakes Trail

This is a lovely wide, well-maintained dirt trail with room for two cars to pass the whole way easily. A few more minor ruts and potholes closer to the trail's end. The trail runs up…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Teepee Point Vehicle Access

Nice, well-maintained dirt trail. It is by no means super narrow however it is mostly one vehicle width most of the way with pullouts. It is a Cliffside Trail and has some pretty decent drop-offs.…
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Total Miles
4.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Meadow Creek

The route takes you from the East Fork Reservoir to Moose Lake Road. It travels through the gorgeous Lodge Pole Forest and also has many scenic meadows. The route travels near Dexter and Meadow Creek.…
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Total Miles
15.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su

Guide Saddle

This trail is more of an access trail to other networks of trails than an exciting trail to a saddle. The trail starts as gravel and gradually transitions to dirt as it slowly gains some…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

East Fork Reservoir

This is a scenic route from Georgetown Lake to the East Fork Reservoir. The route starts on Old Lake Road along the west side of Georgetown Lake. After turning on Georgetown Lake Road you will…
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Total Miles
15.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Canyon Creek - Quartz Hill

This route will take you through Vipond Park, a subalpine meadow. The southern approach to the meadow is a very steep single-lane road with limited turnouts, do not bring a trailer on this side. This…
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Total Miles
22.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Riemel Trail/ Hiking Trailhead

The trail begins through private property but leads to a beautiful valley with dispersed camping and a hiking trail. The section of the trail that passes the private property going down into the valley is…
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Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Porcupine Saddle

This is a narrow switchback trail up to the Porcupine Saddle. The trail surface is mostly well maintained, with a few potholes. The beginning of the trail is wider and runs through pine trees before…
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Total Miles
7.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Blue Mountain Connection

This run is a quick and easy connection between the Guild Saddle Trail, which has no offshoots with open gates, and a network of open 4X4 trails. This is a well-maintained easy dirt trail that…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Waugh Gulch

This is a narrow switchback trail with views of the valley below. It ends at a tiny dispersed campsite. A few side trails at the beginning of the trail could lead to dispersed camping--no winter…
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Total Miles
4.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Bannock Pass and Bannack Ghost Town

NOTE spelling differences when doing your research: Bannock with an O for route information, Bannack with an A for state park, ghost town, and campground information.Nestled in the Beaverhead Mountains, part of the Bitterroot Range…
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Total Miles
46.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Warm Springs Creek Rd 170

Follow Warm Springs Creek to find some beautiful remote campsites with the sounds of the rushing creek or night time critters. This road starts out as a well maintained gravel road for the first 3.5…
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Total Miles
7.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Crazy Creek Warm Springs

This trail leads from the private Medicine Hot Springs and the NFS Warm Springs Campground back to the Crazy Creek Campground and Warm Springs Trail, then head up the mountain toward the Bear Creek Saddle,…
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Total Miles
7.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Lairds Epic View Draw

This narrow two-track is only for ATV and Moto. It begins off highway 93 and heads past some houses into the hills. Be sure to take the middle two-track at the beginning, or you will…
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Total Miles
5.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Northern Skalkaho -Rye

This is the northern access section from the pavement of Skalkaho Highway back and up into the mountains. There is a sizeable dispersed camping area right at the beginning near the pavement with large level…
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Total Miles
9.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Skalkaho Highway / MT 38

This is far from your average Highway with its staggering views and rough dirt road. Reminiscent of the Going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park but without the stop and go traffic, pavement,…
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Total Miles
19.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Gilbert No Creek

This trail starts with loose gravel and then transitions to some rutted hard pack. Gilbert creek does run along the bottom, at least to the first big turn with a grassy open camping spot. Then…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Rock Creek

This dirt road follows Rock Creek and connects I-90 near Clinton, MT, to Highway 1, leading to Philipsburg. This area is busy with anglers and rafters in the Spring, Summer, and Fall but experiences less…
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Total Miles
28.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Gird Point Lookout

This is a short gravel trail that leads up to the Gird Point fire tower. The trail is gravel, and easily navigated by most vehicles. It also has several offshoots leading to hiking and other…
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Total Miles
14.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Into The Salmon Forest

Beautiful and scenic, this easy dirt road winds its way up into the Salmon National Forest. Once you begin gaining elevation, the road is generously one vehicle wide with plenty of pull-out places to pass.…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Lake Mountain

The road to Lake Mountain in Idaho is well traveled and in good condition. It can be accessed by any 4WD vehicle. It starts on Williams Creek Road, a few miles south of Salmon, ID.…
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Total Miles
15.4
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp