Fish Creek Ridge

Montana

Montana

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4.0 mi

Distance

1,128 ft

Gain

1h 29m

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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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Through-trail
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
4.0 mi
Elevation gain
1,128 ft
Elevation loss
1,128 ft
Highest point
8,024 ft
Lowest point
7,356 ft
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Permits & access

Managing agency
Forest Service
Dogs
unknown
Bikes
no

About this trail

Fish Creek Ridge is an 8.02-mile out-and-back trail in Montana with 1,128 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 8,024 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
7,862 ft
High point
8,024 ft
Total climbing
1,128 ft
Total descent
1,128 ft
Steepest stretch
16% grade around mile 3.5 on the way out
Length (round trip)
8 mi
Shape
Out and back

Most of the climbing is in the middle stretch.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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