Kootenai Creek
- 20.5 mi
- round trip
- 2,698 ft
- climb
- 6,318 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Is Kootenai Creek open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 2 alerts for Bitterroot National Forest.
Pile burning on West Fork Ranger and Darby-Sula Districts Nov. 3
Agency alert covering Bitterroot National Forest · USFS · Bitterroot National Forest
Two Prescribed Burns Planned for the week of Oct. 5 - Piquett Creek & Cameron Gap
Agency alert covering Bitterroot National Forest · USFS · Bitterroot National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Bitterroot National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Kootenai Creek is a hard hike in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, part of the Stevensville Ranger District of the Bitterroot National Forest in western Montana. The Forest Service manages the land, and the trail is a natural-surface out-and-back that climbs from about 3,576 feet to about 6,318 feet over a round-trip distance of about 20.5 miles. The route is a long, steep climb. The high point near 6,300 feet sits about halfway up the trail, and the total elevation gain is about 2,700 feet one way. Several other destinations lie within a few miles. The Identity Wall and Second Buttress climbing areas are about 2.5 miles away, and the Lappi Lake hike is about 2.8 miles off. For an overnight base, Charles Waters Campground is about 3.8 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Granite Peak RV Resort29 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
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