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Pull-thru
USFSHelena-Lewis and Clark National Forest · Montana
West Fork Cabin (W Of Choteau)
Overview West Fork Cabin is a rustic Forest Service Guard Station located 39 miles northwest of Choteau, Montana, on the Rocky Mountain Front Range.
Sites1all reservable
Elev.5,640ft
Comf.Jun-Sep4 months
Max rigtents
Electricnonesites
From Helena4h20real road time
The honest read
Synthesized from
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27
At 5,640 ft, West Fork Cabin (W Of Choteau) has a 4-month comfortable window (Jun-Sep). Winter nights average around 18°F, so the shoulder seasons turn cold fast. All 1 sites are reservable in advance, so plan ahead. Popular weekends book out. Within about 4 miles: 3 peaks.
The campground at a glance
01 · CHARACTER
Reads strongest on shade and reservability. Softest on cool nights.
Six axes, each scored relative to every other federal campground in the region: quiet (miles to a major road), cool (elevation), roomy (average site spacing), shade, RV-fit (longest rig), and how reservable it is. All six come from data, nothing hand-tuned.
When to go
02 · CLIMATE
avg highavg lowfrost-freedriest · Jan
Jun-Sep
Comfortable window: nights stay above 35°F, days below 90°F.
77%
Of summer weekend-days are dry.
May 21
Last spring frost; first fall frost Sep 26.
51°F
Average July low. Bring a fleece.
Getting there
03 · ACCESS
01
Helena
143 mi
4h20
02
Missoula
201 mi
5h22
03
Bozeman
238 mi
6h03
04
Billings
310 mi
7h18
By drive time
Picking your site
04 · 1 SITES
0
Walk-in
0
50-amp
0
Accessible
0
Prime
1
Sites
What's within four miles
05 · TRAILS · PEAKS · WATER
Trails & Peaks
Trail segments
7
Peaks
3
Water & Access
Method
We synthesize public data layers: RIDB and Recreation.gov facility and site records, Open-Meteo climate normals, OpenStreetMap roads, trails, and water, OSRM drive times, and USGS elevation. We take no bookings, no ads, and no paid placements. Independence is the entire point.