Off-Road Trails in Montana

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Learn more about Gloria Mine Trail
Gloria Mine Trail

Gloria Mine Trail

This trail starts out as an easy Forest Service road but gradually gets narrower and steeper the further you go. The last couple of miles are very steep, with extremely tight switchbacks with loose rocks…
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Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Gold Creek
Gold Creek

Gold Creek

Beautiful road with views to enjoy, some points you can see the town below. There isn't much for camping, maybe a spot or two. Dirt or rocky road, typically unmaintained after rain or snow. You…
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Total Miles
7.2
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Gold Creek to 7 Mile Bridge
Gold Creek to 7 Mile Bridge

Gold Creek to 7 Mile Bridge

This is an easy dirt trail out to the 7 Mile Bridge. There is a locked gate at the bridge, but one can continue on foot across, and there is a nice dispersed campsite on…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Gold Creek Trail
Gold Creek Trail

Gold Creek Trail

Easy dirt trail safe for most 4WD and 2WD vehicles all the way to the Gold Creek Campground. The trail continues past the Gold Creek campground but turns into 4WD high clearance only. The trail…
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Total Miles
6.5
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Gold Creek Trail 126 (Seasonal Access)
Gold Creek Trail 126 (Seasonal Access)

Gold Creek Trail 126 (Seasonal Access)

At mile 7 of Gold Creek, you reach a bridge with a BLM gate. (This gate is closed during certain times of the year by the BLM for the bear population to breed.) It's open…
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Total Miles
4.2
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Golden Trout Lakes #83
Golden Trout Lakes #83

Golden Trout Lakes #83

The Golden Trout Lakes is a short trail that starts at the Upper Portal Trailhead at a big dirt parking lot. It goes south through the dense forest on a wide dirt path with lots…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Goose Creek Trailhead
Goose Creek Trailhead

Goose Creek Trailhead

This route is a standard gravel road that is similar to many roads that take you to remote trailheads in Montana and across the mountain west. There are plenty of potholes and washboard sections of…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Summer, Spring, Fall
Learn more about Goose Lake
Goose Lake

Goose Lake

A scenic, pleasant trail that takes you to the edge of the Absaroka-Beartooth wilderness. This trail has snow late into the summer, and it may be impassable due to snow into late July, or you…
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Total Miles
7.9
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Granite Creek Road (161/49)
Granite Creek Road (161/49)

Granite Creek Road (161/49)

This is a regularly maintained Forest Service Road that takes you from the Tobacco Mountains down to Highway 287, approximately 3 miles southwest of Nevada City, Montana. The route takes you to some very interesting…
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Total Miles
11.0
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Granite Lake
Granite Lake

Granite Lake

Fairly easy trail with some great views. Trail got narrow in some spots from freshly cut trees. Some quick switchbacks could be challenging in a longer wheelbase. Not a lot of traffic on the trail…
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Total Miles
5.1
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Granite Mine Ghost Town
Granite Mine Ghost Town

Granite Mine Ghost Town

This unimproved and fairly steep dirt road leads from Phillipsburg, MT, east into the mountains to the Granite ghost town and mine, and the Bimetalllic mine complex, now a state park property. Roads require high…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Granite Ridge Trail 239
Granite Ridge Trail 239

Granite Ridge Trail 239

Granite Ridge is mostly a single track trail connecting FS 4200 (Granite Ridge) to FS 595 near Lolo Pass. The single track starts about 2.8 miles from the junction of FS 4200 (Granite Ridge) and…
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Total Miles
6.5
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Grave Range Jeep Road - Blue Mountain
Grave Range Jeep Road - Blue Mountain

Grave Range Jeep Road - Blue Mountain

Great trail on a dirt bike. Good fast fun. There are a lot of steep, loose, rocky hill climbs and descents. There are a few off-camber sections, and it could get narrow for trucks or…
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Total Miles
13.5
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Gravelly Lake
Gravelly Lake

Gravelly Lake

This trail remains open through a block management agreement with the State of Montana and the Grady Livestock Company. Please be respectful, obey all posted signs and tread lightly. In the fall, this trail is…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Gravelly Range Road (FS290) (Partial)
Gravelly Range Road (FS290) (Partial)

Gravelly Range Road (FS290) (Partial)

Gravelly Range Road is a very long road that runs from Red Rock Lakes Road west of the Island Park, ID to a point just east of Virginia City, MT. The section of road included…
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Total Miles
14.2
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Gravelly Range South (FS290)
Gravelly Range South (FS290)

Gravelly Range South (FS290)

This is the southeastern portion of this long Forest Service Road through the upper plateau area of the Gravelly Range. On the northern end of this section, you will be mesmerized by the beauty of…
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Total Miles
21.8
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Graves Creek Falls/Vermilion
Graves Creek Falls/Vermilion

Graves Creek Falls/Vermilion

This 12-mile RT trail goes into the Lolo National Forest, rising from the valley floor at 2400 feet to over 4300 feet. A fire in the high country cut our trip short, so if there's…
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Total Miles
5.8
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about GSVA Route
GSVA Route

GSVA Route

Pipestone has about 75 miles of developed ORV riding trails and is open year around. There are 5 major parking areas Pipestone Trailhead, Four Corners Staging Area, Ringing Rocks Staging Area, Whiskey Gulch Trailhead and…
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Total Miles
31.8
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Guide Finger Open
Guide Finger Open

Guide Finger Open

Finally, a trail with an open gate! This dirt trail is rutted in places, narrow, and shows signs of less vehicle traffic. There is a nice dispersed campsite off to the right in the trees…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Fall, Summer, Spring
Learn more about Guide Rye
Guide Rye

Guide Rye

Guide Rye Trail is a trail that runs from Rye Creek Road, just south of Darby, Montana, to East Fork Road, just east of Sula, MT. This is an easy trail that is about 15…
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Total Miles
15.3
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall

ATV trails in Montana

Learn more about $50,000 Silver Dollar Inn - FSR 288
$50,000 Silver Dollar Inn - FSR 288

$50,000 Silver Dollar Inn - FSR 288

This trail starts just to the North of the Old Montana Club on Timber Creek Road. The route is very wide and made up of gravel and some small areas of pavement. Gentle curves and…
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Total Miles
7.5
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about 2103 West Fork Gold Creek
2103 West Fork Gold Creek

2103 West Fork Gold Creek

This trail starts as a spur off of Gold Creek road just before the locked gate at mile 7 bridge. The trail is a fairly high use road that was built for logging trucks so…
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Total Miles
5.7
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about 4W-7736 - Big Flat Trail
4W-7736 - Big Flat Trail

4W-7736 - Big Flat Trail

Big Flat (4W-7736) travels northwest from FSR 320 - Cedar Creek and parallels Oregon Gulch. It dips into deeper gulches than the surrounding area. Along this route, you will see large cedars, an old historic…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about 4W-7829 - Mink Peak Jeep Trail
4W-7829 - Mink Peak Jeep Trail

4W-7829 - Mink Peak Jeep Trail

Seasonal - Mink Peak Jeep Trail (4W-7829) West from Big Flat (4W-7736), just under 5 miles, and nears Mink Peak. This trail is a combination of dirt and loose rock with some off-camber out sloped…
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Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall

UTV/side-by-side trails in Montana

Learn more about $50,000 Silver Dollar Inn - FSR 288
$50,000 Silver Dollar Inn - FSR 288

$50,000 Silver Dollar Inn - FSR 288

This trail starts just to the North of the Old Montana Club on Timber Creek Road. The route is very wide and made up of gravel and some small areas of pavement. Gentle curves and…
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Total Miles
7.5
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about 2103 West Fork Gold Creek
2103 West Fork Gold Creek

2103 West Fork Gold Creek

This trail starts as a spur off of Gold Creek road just before the locked gate at mile 7 bridge. The trail is a fairly high use road that was built for logging trucks so…
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Total Miles
5.7
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about 4W-7736 - Big Flat Trail
4W-7736 - Big Flat Trail

4W-7736 - Big Flat Trail

Big Flat (4W-7736) travels northwest from FSR 320 - Cedar Creek and parallels Oregon Gulch. It dips into deeper gulches than the surrounding area. Along this route, you will see large cedars, an old historic…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about 4W-7829 - Mink Peak Jeep Trail
4W-7829 - Mink Peak Jeep Trail

4W-7829 - Mink Peak Jeep Trail

Seasonal - Mink Peak Jeep Trail (4W-7829) West from Big Flat (4W-7736), just under 5 miles, and nears Mink Peak. This trail is a combination of dirt and loose rock with some off-camber out sloped…
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Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall

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