CDT: Highland
Butte, Montana
| Address: | ~Fish Creek Rd, Butte, MT 59701, USA |
| GPS: |
45°48'41.2"N 112°28'10.0"W Maps | Directions |
| State: | Montana |
| Trail Length: | 7.00 miles |
| MTB Difficulty: | Intermediate |
| Trail Type: | Out & Back |
| MTB Trail Type: | Singletrack |
Mountain Bike
This is a new addition to the Continental Divide Trail. Go through the gate to the west with the CDT sign. There are a couple pieces of doubletrack--take the one with another CDT sign. As you reach the top of the first climb, look for singletrack to the right with yet another CDT sign heading into the woods. This is where the fun starts. for the next 7 miles, you can have a great time on well-designed, flowy, roller coaster singletrack. You're in dense woods most of the time, so you don't always have CDT-type views, but what's under your knobbies is mostly sweet. As of 2007, much of the trail is new, so there are some soft, sandy, difficult sections, but they should become packed over time, making the whole trail superb. Courtesy of Singletracks.com
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CDT: Highland
CDT: Highland is a singletrack mountain bike trail in Butte, Montana. View maps, videos, photos, and reviews of CDT: Highland bike trail in Butte.
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- Travel & camp on durable surfaces
- Dispose of waste properly
- Leave what you find
- Minimize campfire impacts
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Directions
From Butte, Montana
- Head west on Iron St toward S Colorado St (0.2 mi)
- Turn left onto Montana St (0.4 mi)
- Continue straight to stay on Montana St (0.4 mi)
- Turn left onto La Salle St (367 ft)
- Take the Interstate 15 N/Interstate 90 E ramp on the left (0.2 mi)
- Merge onto I-90 (4.0 mi)
- Take exit 228 toward Continental Dr (0.2 mi)
- Turn right onto Mt Highland Dr (312 ft)
- Turn left at the 1st cross street onto Continental Dr (4.0 mi)
- Turn left onto MT-2 E (2.3 mi)
- Turn right (2.3 mi)
- Turn left toward Roosevelt Dr (157 ft)
- Continue onto Roosevelt Dr (0.5 mi)
- Turn left onto Lime Kiln Rd (4.9 mi)
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