West Fork Camp Creek

Trail Overview

West Fork Camp Creek trail is a fun way to get down or up Lost Trail Pass, or most of it anyway. Starting on the south end will have you believing that this trail is nice, wide and smooth. However shortly after you pass the Lost Trail Yurt, the bottom of chair 3 and then the bottom of chair 4 at Lost Trail, the trail becomes pretty rocky and less wide than it started. As you go further towards the north, there is a couple miles of long straight switchbacks. This section is very rocky and the trail is only one full size vehicle wide. The rocks are mostly 6" diameter or less but there are a lot of them and they are very jagged. This would be an ideal trail to bring a spare tire or at least a tire repair kit. Depending on your vehicle, this can be a very bumpy few miles. Other than that, the views are pretty cool of lost trail pass as you slowly get further and further away from it. Then when you cross over to the west side of the ridge, the views of the mountains and ravines are pretty cool as well. The middle of this trail does have some bushes that are slightly overgrowing into the trail. If you have a brand new paint job on a full size vehicle, I'd stay away from this trail. Another neat thing about this trail is the history lesson that comes with it about Lewis and Clarks adventure in this area. Along the trail there are big signs with pictures and text to look out for. They are pretty hard to miss although one is about 100 ft off the trail in some trees.

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Difficulty

This trail is very rocky. Although the rocks aren't real big, there are many and they are sharp/jagged and loose. There are also some significant ledges on a single vehicle wide trail. There are some places to pass but not too many in the northern half of the trail. There aren't any water crossings, steep grades, erosion or mud.

History

As you cruise this trail you will see signs along the way that describe some of Lewis and Clarks travels through this area.

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