South Fork Lolo Creek Trail

South Fork Lolo Creek Trail (311) is one of the northern most accesses to the Selway/Bitterroot Wilderness. It climbs from Lolo Creek up the South Fork to it's headwaters in the Wilderness. The first part is a steep climb above the creek. The trail crosses an old, closed logging road about 5 times up to Lantern Ridge. Then it levels out a little. About 4 or 5 miles past the wilderness boundary there is an open meadow with campsites on either side of the creek. The creek is slow and flat across this opening with high rocky ridges on either side of the valley. There is an alpine lake up in the rocks where the trail is only marked with rock cairns. The trail is thickly lined with alpine, Douglas fir and spruce trees all the way up except for the meadow.

Length: 8.5 miles.Trail Begins: Trailhead Forest Road 2160.Trail Ends: Lolo/Bitterroot National Forest boundary

Area Map: Lolo Forest Visitors Map .USGS Map1: Dick Creek.USGS Map2: St. Joseph's Peak.Township 11N; Range 21W; Section 6