Custer Gallatin National Forest · Montana

Leverich Canyon

5.1 mi of trail, end to end · about 1,300 ft of climbing · 5,753 ft–6,882 ft · native material surface · trail No. 435 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

5,753 ft 5,862 ft · 4.9 mi high 6,873 ft

Trailhead Leverich Canyon Trailhead 5,741 ft Drive there

Leverich Canyon Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

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Leverich Canyon is a popular hiking and mountain biking trail that sits in a narrow canyon just south of Bozeman.

It is tucked between two prominent drainages; Hyalite Canyon and Sourdough Canyon.

The trail forms a loop on the canyon walls and follows the ridge overlooking Bozeman Creek and Sourdough Canyon. The trail crosses the head of Leverich Canyon on the Moser Creek Road.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.