Sula Ranger District

Sula Montana

Listing Type: National Forest
City: Sula Montana
Region: Glacier Country
406-821-3201
http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/bitterroot/

This District office administers to the southeast portion of the Bitterroot National Forest which also includes the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness. Forest grazing allotments are administered from this office. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

The Lewis and Clark expedition entered what is now the Bitterroot National Forest on September 4, 1805, taking a very difficult route to the west what is now Lost Trail Pass. The precise trail is unknown but we know the rugged mountains, bad weather, and hunger were challenges the Corps of Discovery faced. The trail through Lost Trail is one of the most disputed areas of their trip through the mountains. The area, north of the Sula Ranger Station, is now called Ross' Hole. This is where the famous Charles Russell painting Lewis and Clark Meeting the Indians at Ross' Hole was painted. Here they met a village of the Salish nation including 33 lodges, and about 440 people and 500 horses. Lewis and Clark purchased 13 more horses from the Salish. On Sept. 6, they continued the journey, traveling northwest out of Ross' Hole.

Directions: District office is located along US Highway 93 just south of Sula.

Sula Ranger District
Bitterroot National Forest, Sula, MT 59871

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