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Bear Creek Trail
Montana
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Blocked today
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7.4 mi
Distance
4,536 ft
Gain
3h 52m
Time
Conditions: Blocked
for hike, todayAn agency closure order is in effect for this area; weather is good
2 factors · 2 sources
Newest 13 h ago · oldest 13 h
problem: Agency alerts
9 active alerts in Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest; most severe: Pallet Prohibition Order Butte Ranger District
USFSPosted Jan 31, 2025 · checked 13 h ago
clear: Weather
Clouds, high 75°F / low 39°F, 0% precip — 97/100 for hike
OpenWeather13 h ago
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Through-trail
Big climb
Out & back
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Bear Creek Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 7.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,536 ft
- Elevation loss
- 4,536 ft
- Highest point
- 8,393 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,340 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Bear Creek Trail is a 14.72-mile out-and-back hike in Montana with 4,536 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 8,393 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 6,340 ft
- High point
- 8,393 ft
- Total climbing
- 4,536 ft
- Total descent
- 4,536 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 33% grade around mile 1.9 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 15 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
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