11.4 miles
Distance
3,966 ft
Climb
-1,078 ft
Descent
02:49:46
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  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Horse
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
    • Dirtbike/Moto
    • ATV/ORV/OHV
  • Riding Area
    Flint Creek Range - Deer Lodge
    Deer Lodge, Montana
  • Ref Number
    #5147
  • Difficulty Rating
    Secondary Access Road/Trail rate
  • Hiking SAC Scale
    T1 Hiking
  • Trail Type
    Doubletrack
  • Direction
    Both Directions
  • Climb Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Extreme
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Local Popularity
    5 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking
    • 5 in Dirtbiking
    • 5 in ATVing/Offroading
    • 5 in Horseback

This very scenic doubletrack leads to the Bowman Lakes. There are a couple of other trails that branch off early on, but this is definitely an out and back. This trail has some steep loose and rocky sections and is mostly used by motorized users.

Description for mountain bikers: The road starts of very pleasant and gradually gets steeper up to the saddle at 2/3 of the way. There are often good lines to ride and the whole ascent is rideable if you are a strong climber. Then the road drops steeply down a gully where you are riding on sketchy loose rocks and you know that you're going to have to push your bike up the majority of this on your return. At the bottom of the gully there are 3 stream crossings where you may be able to keep your feet dry depending on how much trouble you want to go to. The trail starts climbing back uphill and although there is some more steep and loose, it's not nearly as bad as what you just came down. There are 3 Bowman lakes and they are all relatively close together and easy to ride between.

From the upper lake it is possible to hike (off trail) up the ridge to the NNW to gain an un-named summit which will give you beautiful views looking down the other side into the Dempsey Valley, as well as Mt Powell the highest summit in the Range, and of course views looking back down on the Bowman Lakes.

More Stats for Bielenberg Canyon Rd multi-use trail trail
  • Altitude change
    2,890 ft
  • Altitude min
    5,120 ft
  • Altitude max
    8,309 ft
  • Altitude start
    5,120 ft
  • Altitude end
    8,012 ft
  • Grade
    4.8%
  • Grade max
    -41.3%
  • Grade min
    49.8%
  • Distance climb
    9 miles
  • Distance down
    2 miles
  • Distance flat
    2,500 ft
  • Avg time
    02:49:46
  • Avg reverse time
    01:28:23
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