Parking
From the Beartooth Ranger District office, drive south on US 212 for 3.9 miles, turn left onto East Side Road, then go 0.5 mile to the pullout on the left. Parking is limited; there is no room for horse trailers, water or restrooms.
Overview
About Mount Maurice Trail
Why go
- Climbs from Rock Creek Canyon onto open Line Creek Plateau.
- Continues beyond the plateau to North Line Creek Spur #7A.
Heads up
- A 14-mile day with about 3,200 feet of climbing.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation6,240–9,419 ft
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Best time to go
Safety
1 active Beartooth Highway alert
- ClosureBeartooth Highway seasonal closure and falling-rock advisoryBeartooth Highway (US-212) is closed for the season between Cooke City and Red Lodge; do not plan to travel the highway as a through route.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Beartooth Highway Tour Guide
Your drive to Mount Maurice Trail, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Beartooth Highway. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Beartooth Highway audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Mount Maurice Trailhead0:00 / 0:24
“Up ahead is Mount Maurice Trailhead on East Side Road. This route climbs through forest from Rock Creek Canyon, reaching open Line Creek Plateau after about three miles.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Beartooth Highway Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Stones Beneath the Ice
- Trees Pruned by Winter
- Sheridan Campground
- A Moose's Underwater Meal
- 62 audio storiesacross Beartooth Highway’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Grizzly Bear, Gray Wolf, Bison, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 82 trails, 36 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Mount Maurice Trail
A full day out and backMount Maurice Trail 6 is a 14-mile out-and-back from the East Side Road trailhead.
Mount Maurice Trail #6 is a 14-mile out-and-back from the East Side Road trailhead. It climbs out of Rock Creek Canyon to Line Creek Plateau, then continues to North Line Creek Spur #7A. The Forest Service lists seven miles to the spur, so you retrace the same route to finish. Expect about 3,200 feet of elevation gain and allow roughly eight to nine hours.
Forest, then open plateauThe lower trail climbs the southwest side of Mount Maurice through forest.
The lower trail climbs the southwest side of Mount Maurice through forest. After about three miles, the grade eases as the route reaches Line Creek Plateau and its open alpine country. The plateau is a good turnaround if you want a shorter hike; the full #6 keeps going to North Line Creek Spur.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Beartooth Highway
42 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
22 sightingsGray WolfMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
49 sightingsBisonMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
122 sightingsMooseMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
260 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
16 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 7 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Beartooth Highway. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
