Old North Trail - Northern Trail Tour

Old North Trail - Northern Trail Tour

July 18, 2026 | Choteau, Montana

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July 18, 2026

Event Address:

823 Main Ave N, Choteau, MT

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The Old North Trail was a trans-continental trail running north and south along the east side of the Rocky Mountains between Mexico and Alaska. Used by Native Americans for millennia for trading, hunting, war and seasonal migration, the Old North Trail was lost in most places in North America with American and Canadian westward colonization, quickly followed by industrial and agricultural development along much of the path of the Old North Trail.

The Old Trail Museum offers special tours of stretches of the Old North Trail each summer. Led by Old Trail Museum Board member and former Glacier National Park backcountry ranger Dave Shea, these tours cover several miles of the Old North Trail along the Rocky Mountain Front, discussing the trail, sites passed along the trail, as well as local geology, flora and fauna.

Start Time 7:00:00 AM

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Elevation: 3,799

Population: 1,805

County: Teton

The Rocky Mountains soar near the town of Choteau, rising almost perpendicularly out of the northern plains. Choteau is the gateway to this spectacular stretch of mountains known as the Rocky Mountain Front. From Choteau, the Lewis and Clark National Forest adjoins the Bob Marshall Wilderness... ...

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