BLM 9 (Dry Creek Single Track)

Total Miles
1.5

Technical Rating

Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Trail Type

Single Track

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Trail Overview

This is a short dirt bike trail in the Pipestone OHV area. The north end starts off of Ringing Rocks Road and comes to a gate. It starts as a bumpy wide track below pine trees, but has embedded boulders and roots. It's goes through a high desert/low alpine terrain that is a wide open forest with scattered pine trees. There are off-camber shelfier sections of trail and it narrows up a bit, then comes up to some rockier climbs. There are a couple short steep climbs that are looser and rockier, but they are still pretty easy. The trail comes to a new kind of terrain full of giant boulders. There is a moderate rock obstacle where you have to go up and between a couple boulders that are a pinch point and grab your pegs. It goes over some flat boulders and down another 1 foot ledge. It's cool riding next to huge granite boulders. The rest of the trail has lots of curves through the pines and sage brush on a whooped trail.

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Difficulty

Most of this trail is pretty wide, with a few rockier, looser climbs, plus 2 easy/moderate rock ledges.

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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 camp sites 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.