Continental Divide Trail
Montana
Free — you'll pick up right here.
5.2 mi
Distance
529 ft
Gain
1h 12m
Time
Conditions: Caution
for mountain biking, todayAgency alerts are in effect for this area; weather is good
2 factors · 2 sources
Newest 6 h ago · oldest 6 h
caution: Agency alerts
3 active alerts in Bitterroot National Forest; most severe: Two Prescribed Burns Planned for the week of Oct. 5 - Piquett Creek & Cameron Gap
USFSPosted Oct 2 · checked 6 h ago
clear: Weather
Clouds, high 65°F / low 33°F, 0% precip — 99/100 for mountain biking
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Trail character
- Surface
- Singletrack
Here's your ride, mapped
Continental Divide Trail
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 5.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,205 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,205 ft
- Highest point
- 7,313 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,806 ft
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Directions & GPX
About this trail
Continental Divide Trail is a 5.20-mile out-and-back singletrack in Idaho managed by the Forest Service. The route gains 329 feet of elevation and is rated easy / green circle by IMBA.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 7,310 ft
- High point
- 7,313 ft
- Total climbing
- 1,205 ft
- Total descent
- 1,205 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 15% grade around mile 2.9 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 10 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Sula 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
- SCOOTER/SHOOFLY XC SKI TRAILHiking0.3 mi
- JOSEPH CREEK SKIHiking0.7 mi
- Gordon Reese CabinCamping0.9 mi
- Banshee TrailHiking1.2 mi
- Hogan CabinCamping2.1 mi
- Indian Trees CampgroundCamping3.9 mi
- Trail CreekCanoeing7.2 mi
- Warm Springs CreekCanoeing9.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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