Welcome Creek Trail

NATIONAL FOREST TRAIL, WILDERNESS AREA | Missoula

Distance: 7.5 miles

Trailhead: Trailhead on Rock Creek Road 102 at the footbridge

Trail Ends: Bitterroot Divide near Cleveland Mountain

Welcome Creek Trail (225) is a long flat trail for about 5 miles into the Welcome Creek Wilderness. The neat feature is the swinging bridge access across the Creek. The trail follows the creek the whole way up until it climbs up the steep rocky divide. There's an old miner's cabin and old growth forest along the creek.

Area Map: Lolo Forest Visitors Map

USGS Map1: Cleveland Mountain 15'

USGS Map2: Ravenna 15'

Township 10N; Range 17W; Section 2

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  • BIRD WATCHING
  • FISHING
  • HIKING
  • HORSEBACK RIDING
  • HUNTING
  • WALKING
  • WILDLIFE VIEWING
  • PARKING
  • TOILETS
  • TRAIL
  • Take the Rock Creek Exit from I-90, east of Missoula. Go up the creek 13.5 miles to the Dalles Campground. The swinging bridge just before the campground is the trailhead for Welcome Creek.

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