Welcome Creek Trail - Missoula
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Lolo National Forest
Missoula,
MT 59804
Phone: 406-329-3814
Fax: 406-329-1049
DescriptionWelcome Creek Trail (225) is a long flat trail for about 5 miles into the Welcome Creek Wilderness. The neat feature is the swinging bridge access across the Creek. The trail follows the creek the whole way up until it climbs up the steep rocky divide. There's an old miner's cabin and old growth forest along the creek.
Length: 7.5 miles
Trail Begins: Trailhead on Rock Creek Road 102 at the footbridge
Trail Ends: Bitterroot Divide near Cleveland Mountain
Area Map: Lolo Forest Visitors Map
USGS Map1: Cleveland Mountain 15'
USGS Map2: Ravenna 15'
Township 10N; Range 17W; Section 2
DirectionsTake the Rock Creek Exit from I-90, east of Missoula. Go up the creek 13.5 miles to the Dalles Campground. The swinging bridge near the campground it the trailhead for Welcome Creek.
Season of Operation:All Year
Activities:
- Bird Watching
- Hiking
- Horseback Riding
- Walking
- Wildlife Viewing
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