Off-Road Trails Near Darby, Montana

This trail is an easy, grated gravel and dirt run. You wouldn't ever think this neat area was here. The turn for the trail is right in the cute town of Darby. It begins running through private property and signs, asking everyone to please travel slowly. Once the trail is out of private property, an ...
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Tin Cup trail is a trail that shoots off of the Tin Cup Creek trail. Although the beginning of this trail looks nice, smooth, and wide, you will quickly find out that this is not the condition of the entire trail. As you make your way towards the winter gate, the trail will start to narrow and quick...
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This is a shorter, very rutted dirt trail running along Tin Cup Creek with lots of dispersed camping access. Some sites are close to the stream with water access; some are just nestled in the trees. Lots of the sites are large enough to accommodate campers and trailers. It is slow going with all the...
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If you are in the Como area and have a little extra time to kill, it would be worth doing this trail. The first half of the trail is nice and wide so passing other vehicles won't be an issue. Once you pass the winter gate which is a few miles up the trail, the trail does start to slowly narrow until...
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This route starts as an easy dirt trail, accessible to 2WD and low clearance vehicles, with sweeping views over Lake Como. The higher the elevation, the better it gets. About halfway up, the trail turns from easy dirt to rocky and uneven. Higher clearance would be recommended. The trail also begins ...
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Spoon Creek is a neat little trail just south of Darby, Montana. It starts just off West Fork Road, barely off of Highway 93. The trail starts out in a residential area and the trail is very wide with smooth gravel. After about a mile, you will get out of private land and into Bitterroot National Fo...
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Shannon Bunkhouse trail is accessed from Lake Como Road and follows the first 3 miles of the Up and Up trail. After 3 miles of the Up and Up trail, there is an open area that is fairly flat. On the right side is a great view of Lake Como, and on the left is the beginning of the Shannon Bunkhouse tra...
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Upper Spoon Creek is a good little trail to do while you are riding or driving Spoon Creek. It splits off of Spoon Creek in a very obvious spot right near a switchback. This trail starts narrow and remains narrow the whole way. Passing another full-size vehicle, in a full-size vehicle, may be very d...
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Trapper-Chaffin trail is a pretty easy trail to drive with any 4x4 vehicle. On the north end of the trail, it starts with a little patch of lightly aggressive potholes. Those are short-lived, however, and you will cross a bridge and then a cattle guard shortly after. After that cattle guard, the tra...
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Huckleberry Sale is a short trail that jumps off of Trapper Chaffin Trail. Like other trails in this area, it starts wide enough for a full-size vehicle and has spots wide enough to pass other vehicles. However, by the end of the trail, it is pretty much too narrow for a full-size vehicle. If you do...
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Chaffin Creek Hart Gulch is another trail in the Trapper Chaffin area, and it is unclear what vehicles are allowed on it. At the beginning of the trail, a sign says the trail is open to all vehicles from June to October. OnX will also show that this trail is open to high clearance 4x4s, ATVs, and di...
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Hart Bench Loop Connector is a nice trail that connects Trapper Chaffin to Hart Bench Loop. The trail is one full-size vehicle wide the entire way with room to pass in a reasonable amount of spots. The beginning and the end of this trail are gradual but there are steady inclines/declines for nearly ...
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Timber trail is an easy trail with sections of small ruts and some rocks that are pretty small. Other than that, the surface is mostly a fine gravel/sandy surface. The beginning of the trail is one full-size vehicle wide and if you met another vehicle on this section, you shouldn't have too much tro...
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The Cold Spring Hill ATV trail, identified as Trail # 259 by the Bitterroot National Forest, ascends the Northeast slope of Cold Spring Hill. Cold Spring Hill is one of two prominent peaks in the North Fork Rye area of the Forest (the other being Deer Mountain). The trail was constructed partly fr...
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Fish Hook is a fun and fairly short trail with some great views. This trail is mostly dirt but it does start as gravel. From the start, you will head up in elevation at a good rate for half of the trail. After that, you will head directly west and follow a mountain ridge. You will still be going up ...
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Beautiful ridgeline trail running up along the side of the mountain. This is a well-maintained dirt and gravel road that is wide enough in most places for two vehicles to pass. There are a few areas in the curves of the switchbacks that would have small waterfalls or running creeks in spring. All...
Learn more about Lost Horse Ridgeline Lower

Short, quick, and scenic trail in the Bitterroot mountains that starts/ends at Lake Como. The dirt road is maintained in the summer months but not likely in the winter months. A gate at the beginning of the side offshoot trail is likely closed in the winter months. Was hoping that offshoot would lea...
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This can be used as an out and back trail ending at a nice little campsite with a view, or this trail can be connected up to Hays Creek Moose Creek Trail and Lost Horse Ridgeline to create a nice large loop. This trail has been rerouted due to the Forest Service rebuilding one of the creeks. The ro...
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This is a short offshoot of the North Fork Rye Road that almost takes you to the Deer Mountain lookout tower. Unfortunately, there is a gate about a half mile from the lookout tower, so you can't drive all the way to the lookout. The Deer Mountain lookout tower is an active tower. Before fire season...
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Burnt Ridge Trail is a short trail that can confuse what vehicles are allowed on it. OnX shows this trail is open to high clearance 4x4, ATV, and Dirtbike. However, when you reach the beginning of the trail splitting off Hart Bench Loop Connector Trail, you will find dirt piled up on both edges of t...
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This trail is an easy, grated gravel and dirt run. You wouldn't ever think this neat area was here. The turn for the trail is right in the cute town of Darby. It begins running through private property and signs, asking everyone to please travel slowly. Once the trail is out of private property, an ...
Learn more about Tin Cup Creek

Tin Cup trail is a trail that shoots off of the Tin Cup Creek trail. Although the beginning of this trail looks nice, smooth, and wide, you will quickly find out that this is not the condition of the entire trail. As you make your way towards the winter gate, the trail will start to narrow and quick...
Learn more about Tin Cup

This is a shorter, very rutted dirt trail running along Tin Cup Creek with lots of dispersed camping access. Some sites are close to the stream with water access; some are just nestled in the trees. Lots of the sites are large enough to accommodate campers and trailers. It is slow going with all the...
Learn more about Tin Cup Dispersed

If you are in the Como area and have a little extra time to kill, it would be worth doing this trail. The first half of the trail is nice and wide so passing other vehicles won't be an issue. Once you pass the winter gate which is a few miles up the trail, the trail does start to slowly narrow until...
Learn more about Waddell

This trail is an easy, grated gravel and dirt run. You wouldn't ever think this neat area was here. The turn for the trail is right in the cute town of Darby. It begins running through private property and signs, asking everyone to please travel slowly. Once the trail is out of private property, an ...
Learn more about Tin Cup Creek

Tin Cup trail is a trail that shoots off of the Tin Cup Creek trail. Although the beginning of this trail looks nice, smooth, and wide, you will quickly find out that this is not the condition of the entire trail. As you make your way towards the winter gate, the trail will start to narrow and quick...
Learn more about Tin Cup

This is a shorter, very rutted dirt trail running along Tin Cup Creek with lots of dispersed camping access. Some sites are close to the stream with water access; some are just nestled in the trees. Lots of the sites are large enough to accommodate campers and trailers. It is slow going with all the...
Learn more about Tin Cup Dispersed

If you are in the Como area and have a little extra time to kill, it would be worth doing this trail. The first half of the trail is nice and wide so passing other vehicles won't be an issue. Once you pass the winter gate which is a few miles up the trail, the trail does start to slowly narrow until...
Learn more about Waddell