Wam Lookout
Montana
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0.2 mi
Distance
151 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Kootenai 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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Wam Lookout
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 151 ft
- Elevation loss
- 146 ft
- Highest point
- 7,228 ft
- Lowest point
- 7,057 ft
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Directions & GPX
About this trail
Wam Lookout is a 0.20-mile trail at Clarence Creek Trailhead in Montana with 277 feet of elevation gain. The trail is managed by the Forest Service as part of the Clarence Creek Trailhead system.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 7,058 ft
- High point
- 7,228 ft
- Total climbing
- 151 ft
- Total descent
- 146 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 16% grade right from the start
- Length
- 0.2 mi
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Fortine Ranger District · Ranger district
- Kootenai National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Fortine Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Deep Creek Road #368 Closure due to Culvert Replacement
caution · posted Sep 24, 2026
Updated Skillet Fire Area, Road, Trail Closure
fire-restriction · posted Sep 11, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- FoundationHiking0.8 mi
- Grave Creek SnowmobileMountain biking0.8 mi
- Foundation/campMountain biking1.1 mi
- ClarenceHiking1.6 mi
- Big Therriault Lake CampgroundCamping3.3 mi
- Little Therriault LakeCamping3.6 mi
- Tuchuck CampgroundCamping9.9 mi
- Grave Creek CampgroundCamping10 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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