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Swift Creek
Montana
Montana
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.8 mi
Distance
1,183 ft
Gain
35 min
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 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
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
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Swift Creek
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,183 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,183 ft
- Highest point
- 5,781 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,557 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Swift Creek is a 1.6-mile out-and-back trail in Montana with 1,183 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 5,781 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 5,648 ft
- High point
- 5,781 ft
- Total climbing
- 1,183 ft
- Total descent
- 1,183 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 21% grade around mile 0.6 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 1.6 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
- 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
- MEADOW CREEKHiking0.3 mi
- BUGLE CREEKHiking1.3 mi
- Meadow Creek RidgeHiking2.3 mi
- McCart LookoutCamping2.5 mi
- Jennings Camp CampgroundCamping2.5 mi
- East Fork CabinCamping3 mi
- Martin CreekCanoeing5.3 mi
- East Fork Bitterroot RiverCanoeing6.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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