Figure 8 Loop NRT
Montana
Free — you'll pick up right here.
9.0 mi
Distance
5,205 ft
Gain
4h 5m
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Why you'll love it
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Figure 8 Loop NRT
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 9.0 mi
- Elevation gain
- 5,205 ft
- Elevation loss
- 5,205 ft
- Highest point
- 7,033 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,467 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Figure 8 Loop NRT is an 18.06-mile out-and-back trail in Montana with 5,205 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 7,033 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 5,345 ft
- High point
- 7,033 ft
- Total climbing
- 5,205 ft
- Total descent
- 5,205 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 45% grade around mile 1.2 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 18 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
- Belt Creek-White Sulphur Springs Ranger District · Ranger district
- Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Belt Creek-White Sulphur Springs Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Crazy Mountain (North Half) Food Storage Order
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Grasshopper Campground closure
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- MONUMENT RIDGEHiking0.9 mi
- N FK DEEP CREEKHiking0.9 mi
- Long CouleeHiking0.9 mi
- Deep Creek RidgeHiking2.2 mi
- RUGBY CREEKHiking2.2 mi
- Monument Peak LookoutCamping3.3 mi
- S FK DEEP CREEKHiking3.9 mi
- Logging Creek CgCamping4.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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