North Fork Road

Total Miles 15.6
Technical Rating
2 Easy
Best Time Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Trail Type Full-Width Road
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Trail Overview

This road takes you from Columbia Falls to the Canadian Border! Fun drive with lots of great stops, and two entrances to Glacier National Park. The most popular stop is Polebridge, MT, where you can try a huckleberry bear claw from the world famous Polebridge Mercantile. You can also enter Glacier National Park here and access both Kintla Lake and Bowman Lake. The road itself is usually well maintained, but due to the amount of traffic it receives during the summer, it can become a bit rough with potholes and washboard. From Trail Creek Rd. to the border, the road narrows and become muddy, rutted, and potholed. Even so, most passenger cars should be able to make it to the border.

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Difficulty

Washboard and potholes should be expected, but watch for ruts and slick mud in early spring or after a good rain.

Technical Rating

2

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Austin A
Jul 15, 2024
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Road construction going on about 20 miles from the border to the border. Also road construction going on from Polebridge to GNP
Melissa Reudelhuber
Jun 23, 2024
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The road to Polebridge is open all the way to Canada (you can’t cross the boarder there) with good road conditions. Since they have freshly scraped and prepped the roads for the season they are not as bumpy as they will get as the season goes on.
Emily Bratton
Jul 18, 2023
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North Fork Road Trail can be accessed by the following ride types:

  • Single Track
  • 50 Inch
  • 60 Inch
  • High Clearance
  • Full Width

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