Gallatin National Forest

ACCESS POINTS AND TRAILS (WEST SIDE):

1. M. PICNIC AREA - Provides access to the southern end of the Bridger Foothills National Recreation Trail. Picnic tables and a toilet are available at this site, but there is no drinking water.
   
2. SYPES CANYON - This trailhead is at the end of the road within the Sypes Canyon Subdivison. Please respect private land and stay on the designated access. Motorized vehicles are prohibited on this trail, which provides access to the southern end of the Bridgers.
   
3. MIDDLE COTTONWOOD CANYON - Provides access to the southwestern portion of the Bridger Foothills National Recreation Trail. There is a developed parking area at the end of the access road. Good bird-watching area.
   
4. TRUMAN GULCH - Provides access across private lands to the west central Bridgers. There is a developed trailhead at the end of the road with a parking area and horse-loading ramp.
   
5. CORBLY GULCH - Designated access across private land to the west central Bridgers. Please respect private land and stay on the designated access. There is a parking area at the end of the road. The last one mile of road is very rough and is not suitable for low clearance vehicles.
   
6. NORTH COTTONWOOD - A State of Montana lease with a landowner provides a sportman's access along the north section line of Section 23, T2N, R5E. This allows access to National Forest land and the trail in North Cottonwood Creek.
   
7. JOHNSON CANYON - Provides road access to National Forest land. There are no end-of-road facilities and there are no maintained trails.

ACCESS POINTS AND TRAILS (EAST SIDE):

1. FLATHEAD PASS - Road access is best from the east side of the range. This area allows access to the south toward Hardscrabble Peak and to the north along trails toward Zade and Horsethief Mountains.
   
2. FAIRY LAKE CAMPGROUND - A developed campground with drinking water and toilet facilities. Fairy Lake covers about 20 acres and contains cutthroat trout. This campground is near a trailhead for the central pan of the Bridger Range. It provides access to the Bridger Foothills National Recreation Trail and Hardscrabble and Sacagawea Peaks.
   
3. ROSS PASS - The Middle Fork of Brackett Creek road provides primitive road and trail access to Ross Pass. This access is an old logging road that climbs up the east slope of the Bridgers to about one mile below the pass. The last two miles of road are not recommended for low clearance vehicles. Ross Pass can also be reached via a trail off of the South Fork of Brackett Creek Road.