Lime Creek

Lime Creek is a hard hike in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, part of the Spotted Bear Ranger District of Flathead National Forest in northwest Montana. The trail is an out-and-back of about 10 miles, with a total elevation gain of 705 feet, from a low point of about 4,560 feet to a high of about 5,234 feet. The Forest Service manages the land, and the route is natural-surface, not accessible, and allows horses but not bikes. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from the nearby Lindbergh Lake weather station, which sits about 900 feet lower, show July and August highs around 78°F with lows near 50°F and only about seven wet days a month. Winter is cold and snowy, with highs in the low 30s and snow on roughly half the days from December through February. The trail is open year-round, and several other hikes start close by. Main South Fork and Holbrook Ford are each within a quarter mile, Murphy Ford is about half a mile away, and Charlotte Peak is about 1.4 miles off.