Bunkhouse Trail
Montana
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2.1 mi
Distance
1,288 ft
Gain
55 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Bitterroot National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Bunkhouse Trail
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Meals
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,288 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,288 ft
- Highest point
- 4,965 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,501 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Bunkhouse Trail is a 4.24-mile out-and-back hike in Montana with 1,288 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 4,965 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 4,965 ft
- High point
- 4,965 ft
- Total climbing
- 1,288 ft
- Total descent
- 1,288 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 13% grade around mile 1.5 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 4.2 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
The climb is steady from start to finish.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Darby Ranger District · Ranger district
- Bitterroot National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Bitterroot National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:
Two Prescribed Burns Planned for the week of Oct. 5 - Piquett Creek & Cameron Gap
fire-restriction · posted Oct 2, 2026
OPEN: FS Road 720 open as of Sept. 28; Lost Horse, Lick Creek, 711 Rd, and 75 Roads are open
information · posted Sep 28, 2026
Bitterroot National Forest Food Storage Order
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- ChuteMountain biking0.4 mi
- Tin Cup OverlookHiking0.7 mi
- Como Ridge TrailHiking0.8 mi
- Como-Three Sisters Group SiteCamping1.9 mi
- Woods CabinCamping1.9 mi
- Three Frogs CampgroundCamping2 mi
- Mother Lode BouldersRock climbing4.1 mi
- Hardvark BoulderRock climbing4.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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