RV rental Custer National Forest, MT: Motorhome rentals, camper van rentals and more

Over 1,500 miles of hiking trails wind and weave through 1.2 million acres of grasslands, prairies, and forests. Most of the maintained hiking trails are near Red Lodge and Ashland, though adventurers are welcome to go backcountry hiking off trails elsewhere. However, they are cautioned to be familiar with reading maps and orienteering. In some areas - particularly in flat prairie and grassland regions where there are no landmarks - it’s very easy to become lost. Several hundred miles are open to off-road vehicles, horses, and mountain bicycles. As soon as the cold descends upon southern Montana and blankets the region in deep soft snow, almost 150 miles of trails are groomed, making them available to snowmobiles and cross-country skiers. Custer National Forest is the habitat of hundreds of different mammals, birds, and amphibians. A shortlist includes wolves, grizzly bears (albeit rare), moose, pronghorn antelope, black bear, and bison. One of the rarer raptor birds, Merlin, is found in a large concentration in Custer National Forest, and it is the largest in the United States. Though there aren’t many ponds and lakes in this region, there are hundreds of thousands of miles of streams and creeks that babbles and gurgles their way downhill. Among many species of fish, anglers can expect to catch brook and rainbow trout and smallmouth and largemouth bass. Rock climbing is a popular activity at Custer National Forest, particularly in the Hyalite Canyon near Bozeman. The bitter cold that plagues the region in winters doesn’t stop rock climbers from having their fun. When the waterfalls in the Hyalite Canyon freezes over, they ascend it using crampons and ice axes. The canyon is considered a world-class ice-climbing spot because the canyon keeps the waterfalls frozen for longer.