MINOR LAKE TRAIL #140 & 317
EVENT TYPE: Day hiking, backpacking, loop
DISTANCE: 8 miles RT
ELEVATION: 2200 verts
DIFFICULTY: Difficult
MAPS: Kootenai N.F,, Treasure Mt. Topo
GPS: 48°20’55” N 115°43’39” W
DISTANCE: 8 miles RT
ELEVATION: 2200 verts
DIFFICULTY: Difficult
MAPS: Kootenai N.F,, Treasure Mt. Topo
GPS: 48°20’55” N 115°43’39” W
DESCRIPTION:
Trail #140 skirts the South Fork Parmenter Creek past the CMW border, and becomes trail #317, then walks below Parmenter Mountain to the SE.
This trail continues up to Trail #360 next to Sugarloaf Mountain, mostly in the forest.
This trail continues up to Trail #360 next to Sugarloaf Mountain, mostly in the forest.
OPTION #1:
This trail is a connecting trail for the loop hike that takes in Dome Mountain above Cedar Lakes.
DIRECTIONS:
In Libby, at the intersection of Hwy 2 & 37, turn west and go one block. Turn left on Main Street and go 6 blocks to Balsam Street. Turn right, cross the Flower Creek Bridge , then take the first left and go .4 to the road that bears right up Parmenter Hill. At the top of the hill, take the first right and go just over a mile to the “Y.” Take the unpaved left fork to the trailhead, about 220 yards.
HAZARDS: NA
COOL THINGS CLOSE BY:
Ross Creek Cedars, Cedar Lakes, Dome Mountain, Kootenai Falls, the Proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, Granite Lake, and Leigh Lake.
R & P:
Henry’s in Libby, Pizza Hut, Rosaeurs, Clark Fork Pantry & Squeeze Inn n Clark Fork. Eicharts, Mr Sub & Jalapeños in Sandpoint
PLAN YOUR TRIP:
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