Hanging Valley Trail
This information is a public record of the 1979 NRT application and may be out of date if it has not been updated by a trail manager --
check with the trail manager for updated details before visiting.
check with the trail manager for updated details before visiting.
Hanging Valley Trail
USDA Forest Service
Backcountry Trail
- Length
6 miles
- Elevation Gain
--
- Route Type
out & back
- Length
6 miles - Elevation Gain
-- - Route Type
out & back
Location: Big Belt Mountains; Vigilante Campground.
- States: Montana
- Counties: Lewis and Clark
This six-mile hike up a steep canyon-side and through a coniferous forest ends at an overlook that offers the stalwart hiker a spectacular view down in to Trout Creek Canyon and the surrounding countryside. The trail is rated as difficult due to its elevation gain and length and is not recommended as a first hike of the season or for hikers not looking for a real physical challenge.
Accessibility Information
No text provided.
Allowed Uses:
Bicycling Dogs, on leash EquestrianOther Activities
- Camping
Public Contact
Kurt CuneoHelena National Forest
2001 Poplar
Helena, MT 59601
[email protected] • (406) 449-5490
www.fs.fed.us/r1/helena
Contact the trail manager for current maps and visiting details.
More Details
- Elevation (low): 4459
- Elevation (high): 6740
- Elevation (cumulative): --
- Part of a Trail System? No
- Surface (primary): Rock, crushed
- Surfaces (additional): Rock, crushed, Soil
- Tread Width (average): 12"
- Tread Width (minimum): --
- Running length (minimum): --
- Tread Grade (average, percent): 5
- Tread Grade (maximum): 25
- Running length (maximum): --
- Cross-slope (average, percent): --
- Cross-slope (maximum): --
- Running length (maximum): --
- Certified as an NRT
Jan 4, 1979