About this place
A fine campground a short way from the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. That wilderness covers 1.34 million acres.
It sits 24 miles south of Highway 12. There are 15 campsites and stock facilities.
This is a way into some of the wildest country there is, full of remote alpine lakes and mountain peaks. Hoodoo Lake is a short walk from the campground.
The water here is for animals and stock. Do not drink it.
The facts
- Cost
- Free to camp
- Roads around it
- Not maintained for ordinary cars
- Drinking water
- No, bring your own
- Toilet
- Yes
- Phone signal
- None. This is rugged wild country
- Type
- Specific campsite
- Managed by
- Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests
The roads around this place are not maintained for a regular car. That comes from the US Forest Service, who grade every road by the kind of vehicle it is looked after for. Those records cover the roads nearby. They do not cover the last stretch in to the campsite, and nobody has checked that part. Treat this as a warning. We are not promising what you will find when you get there. If you have driven it, tell us what it was like and we will say so here.
Rules and restrictions
Nobody plows the snow here in winter.
Nobody collects trash here. Everything you bring in has to come out with you again.
This site is in a Wilderness area, and Wilderness has rules set by Congress that everybody has to follow.
- There is no cell phone signal out here. Work out what you need to know before you leave, because you will not be looking anything up once you arrive.
- You can camp, or leave gear and supplies, at one site for 14 days.
- A site means the spot you are on and the five miles of ground around it.
- You can only travel on foot or with stock animals.
- Twenty people at most in a group, and twenty head of stock.
- No wheeled vehicles and no motorized equipment.
Getting there
Coordinates 46.328489, -114.644519
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What is near here
Nothing nationally famous is close. These are the landmarks nearby.
- Lolo Pass Directions
- Ranger Peak Directions
- Lolo Peak Directions
Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.
Nearest town and supplies
- Pinesdale, MT Directions
- Hamilton, MT Directions
Hamilton is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.
Have you been here?
Fees and access change, and the records do not always keep up. If you have been, tell us what you found.
Thank you, that is recorded. It helps the next person.
Add road notes for this site
The thing we cannot get from any government record is what the drive in is actually like. If you have done it, this is the most useful thing you can leave behind. We read everything before it appears, and we print a first name with it if you give one.
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Where this information comes from
The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Forest Service’s own records, read in August 2026.