July
4, 5, & 6: Elk Mtn. Trail # (Tally
Lake District)
 | Access:
#1…Coming from Kalispell take Farm to
Market Rd or go thru Whitefish taking Hwy 93
North, after mile marker 132 watch for Twin
Bridge Rd on your left (also Tally Lake sign)
Turn Left, continue on Twin Bridge Rd until it
“T” with Farm to Market. Take a right
and stay on Farm to Market Rd, After the Big
Cattle Ranch you will come to F.S.R. 539 you will
turn left. This is a paved road and you
will stay on it for about 17 miles then it will
become #113, it will narrow and become gravel,
stay on it for another 8 miles until you come to
Bush Divide. You will see the Parking area.
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| Access:
#2 From Marion, take Marion turn off go past
Little Bitterroot Lions Camp, Turn Right at
F.S.R.538 stay on it until you see Sylvia Lake
Sign F.S.R.538B, Stay on it until it “T”
with #113, Bush Divide Sign, take left and go 8
miles. |
| Facilities:
Plenty of parking, Horse ramps and hitching
rails, sounds like everything else is primitive |
| Descriptin:
Camp will be in the middle of an 8
mile trail. This trail is well maintained and we
will be clearing winter debris. Working out from
camp 8 miles round trip each day. |
| Please
note: Elk Mountain Lookout is a Kootenai
National Forest Fire lookout that sits on a log
tower on top of Elk Mountain in the Salish
Mountains. The lookout is accessed by following
FST #107 from the trailhead near Bowen Lake or
#109 from the Forest Road 3500. |
| Additional
information: Contact Steve or Verna
Barker (# 756-0234) |
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