{"product_id":"lolo-nf-rattlesnake-and-welcome-creek-wildernesses-2024-us-forest-service-r1-map","title":"Lolo NF - Rattlesnake and Welcome Creek Wildernesses 2024","description":"The Lolo National Forest is home to four wilderness areas. Two of which border the beautiful area of Missoula, Montana known as \"The Garden City.\" North of Missoula lies the rugged and scenic Rattlesnake Wilderness and East encompass the mystic range of the Welcome Creek Wilderness. Come and visit two of the iconic recreation destinations of what is truly a backcountry experience! \r\n\r\nRattlesnake Wilderness\r\nEstablished by Congress in 1980, the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness is located on the Missoula Ranger District, northwest of Missoula and southwest of Seeley Lake, Montana. This area is an iconic recreation destination for those visiting Missoula.\r\n\r\nThe Rattlesnake Mountains, located four miles north of Missoula, Montana, and adjacent to the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area, form a rugged and scenic vista for the Missoula Valley. This Wilderness is characterized by scenic lakes, forested ridges, open cliff-banded slopes, and mountain peaks. Elevations in the Wilderness range from 4,200 feet at the southern boundary to 8,620 feet at McLeod Peak.\r\n\r\nThe National Recreation Area (NRA) lies south and adjacent to the wilderness and receives heavy recreation use, particularly in the South Zone, within about three miles of the main trailhead. It is a popular area for hiking, biking, trail running and horseback riding.\r\n\r\nWelcome Creek\r\nThe Welcome Creek Wilderness lies in the Rock Creek drainage about 25 miles east of Missoula, Montana. This 28,135 acre wilderness measures about nine miles by seven miles. The ridges are so steep and the valleys narrow and uneven that even finding a flat tent spot can be tough in much of the area. Most of the land is heavily timbered with pine, fir and larch (although the south-facing slopes have a few open but very steep grassy slopes) and is extremely rocky and rough.\r\n\r\nWelcome Creek flows south and east, providing a home to native trout. Elk hunters, bear hunters and a few adventurous fishermen from Rock Creek are the most common visitors. About 25 miles of steep trails provide foot and horse access, but overnight backpackers are few and far between. The main travel route is the Welcome Creek Trail, a brushy, rocky trail which crosses the area southeast to northwest for approximately seven miles, passing no lakes (this wilderness has none).\r\n\r\nForest Service Visitor Maps provide information on recreational uses, trails, roads, streams, lakes, landforms, land administration, visitor centers, facilities, campgrounds, picnic areas, and other cultural features.  They can also display topographic information such as contours and elevations, and administrative roads which are not open for motorized travel.  \r\n\r\nThis Visitor Map is mapped at a scale at 1:36,000.  This map is a companion map to the Forest Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM).   An MVUM is a legal enforceable document that identifies the roads, trails, and areas where motor vehicle use is allowed in a Forest Service administrative unit or ranger district. MVUMs can be reissued each year.  It is the responsibility of the motor vehicle user to acquire the current MVUM.   The MVUMs display National Forest System (NFS) routes (roads and trails) designated as open to motorized travel.   The MVUMs also display allowed uses by vehicle class (ex. highway-legal vehicles, vehicles 50 inches in width or less and motorcycles); seasonal allowances, off travel distance allowances, and provides information on other travel rules and regulations.  Visitors should not rely on any other maps for making decisions about motorized travel. \r\n\r\nA current printed copy of the Forest MVUM is available FREE from local Forest Service offices, and the current downloadable copy is available FREE from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/main\/lolo\/maps-pubs\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/main\/lolo\/maps-pubs\u003c\/a\u003e.\r\n\r\nDigital copies can also be download at U.S. Forest Service R1 Avenza Map Store (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.avenza.com\/collections\/us-forest-service-r1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/store.avenza.com\/collections\/us-forest-service-r1\u003c\/a\u003e) Please search via Lolo National Forest MVUM. \r\n\r\nFor more information or to purchase this map in hardcopy, contact one of the offices listed on the back cover of the map or go to visit the U.S. Forest Service Map Finder app and select Northern Region:  \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/visit\/maps\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/visit\/maps\u003c\/a\u003e","brand":"US Forest Service R1","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44813015646364,"sku":"1701289","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7850\/5884\/files\/20250306110717-us-forest-service-r1-lolo-nf-rattlesnake-and-welcome-creek-wildernesses-2024-bundle-1701289-preview-0.jpg?v=1743521197","url":"https:\/\/store.avenza.com\/products\/lolo-nf-rattlesnake-and-welcome-creek-wildernesses-2024-us-forest-service-r1-map","provider":"Avenza Maps","version":"1.0","type":"link"}