Dry Gulch
Montana
Free — you'll pick up right here.
5.3 mi
Distance
1,019 ft
Gain
2h 17m
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
Here's your day, mapped
Dry Gulch
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 5.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,019 ft
- Highest point
- 5,685 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,656 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- Allowed
- Horses
- Allowed
- Surface
- Natural
- Accessibility
- Not an accessible trail (Forest Service accessibility status)
Source for bikes, horses, surface, accessibility: USDA Forest Service National Forest System Trails (EDW)
About this trail
Dry Gulch is a 5.31-mile out-and-back trail in Montana with 1,019 feet of elevation gain. The trail follows a straightforward out-and-back format, returning via the same path it used to reach the endpoint.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- High point
- 5,685 ft
- Length (round trip)
- 5.3 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
When to go
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Neihart 8 Nnw, MT weather station, 12 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan37° high16° low
- Feb40° high16° low
- Mar46° high22° low
- Apr54° high27° low
- May63° high35° low
- Jun71° high42° low
- Jul81° high47° low
- Aug81° high47° low
- Sep72° high40° low
- Oct58° high32° low
- Nov44° high24° low
- Dec37° high16° low
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
- Logging Creek CgCamping0.7 mi
- SawmillHiking1.7 mi
- Pilgrim CreekHiking3 mi
- Figure 8 Loop NRTHiking4.3 mi
- N FK DEEP CREEKHiking4.7 mi
- MONUMENT RIDGEHiking4.7 mi
- Long CouleeHiking5 mi
- Monument Peak LookoutCamping7.5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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