Ranch Creek Trail

NATIONAL FOREST TRAIL |

Distance: 10.0 miles

Trailhead: Trailhead on Ranch Creek Road 4296, 1 mile east of Rock Creek Road 102

Trail Ends: Trail 268

Ranch Creek Trail (65) is a long trail, flat for a long ways, along Ranch Creek. It takes you to the top of the divide between the Lolo and Deerlodge Forests. This trail is not maintained in the winter.

Area Map: Lolo Forest Visitors Map

USGS Map1: Ravenna and Alder Gulch

  • BACKCOUNTRY CAMPING
  • BIRD WATCHING
  • FISHING
  • HIKING
  • HORSEBACK RIDING
  • HUNTING
  • WALKING
  • WILDLIFE VIEWING
  • TRAIL
  • Take the Rock Creek Exit on I-90 east of Missoula. Go south on Rock Creek following signs to the Grizzly Campground. The turn off for the trailhead is just beyond the campground. See forest map.Take the Rock Creek Exit on I-90 east of Missoula. Go south on Rock Creek following signs to the Grizzly Campground. The turn off for the trailhead is just beyond the campground. See forest map.

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