BLM 14

Total Miles
4.5

Elevation

1,670.12 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

4

Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Trail Overview

BLM Trail 14 is a 4.5-mile-long ATV trail designated for vehicles 50" or less. It's marked as Most Difficult on the trail sign, but it seems more like an easy/moderate trail. Most of it is a wide pea-gravel two-track that is really windy, and it has some whoops. It has lots of tight corners, and some flat embedded rocks on the surface of the trail. Huge boulders line the trail, sometimes making it narrow in spots when the boulders are encroaching into the edge of the trail. There is one spot that had a large round boulder in the center of the trail that creates a couple-foot ledge you'd have to go down, but there is a wide dirt turn around it, so it can be bypassed. Maybe the trail has become wider in recent years, so whatever made it Most Difficult is now not as hard. Follow signs for Trail 14 throughout the route, and it does cross Delmoe Lake Road near the west end. Watch out for oncoming traffic as this trail accesses a lot of other trails, and is probably often taken as part of a loop to view the Ringing Rocks.

Photos of BLM 14

BLM 14
BLM 14

Difficulty

This is a moderate ATV trail. The hardest part is the windiness and narrowness, as it has lots of tight corners and boulders lining the trail. There is one boulder obstacle that can be ridden around.

Technical Rating

4

Access Description

The Pipestone OHV area is a popular riding area for dirt bikes, ATVs, and UTVs near Butte, Montana. It's a low alpine, high desert terrain that can be hot in summer, and crowded on weekends. There is intermittent cell service throughout the trails, and trails are marked with trail ratings and designations. There is a large dirt parking area for trailers on Delmoe Lake Road off of Highway 90 exit 241, north of the highway, that accesses the east end of the trail system. There are also dispersed campsites and a large dirt parking lot off of Highway 90 exit 233, which accesses the west end of the OHV area from the Homestake Trailhead.

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