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Mormon Creek Bridge Take-Out is a whitewater take-out located on Lolo Creek in Missoula County, Montana. This site serves as an exit point for paddlers completing whitewater runs on a significant tributary system. Lolo Creek is a medium-sized river with considerable gradient, featuring an 87.5 foot per mile average slope and dropping over 4,100 feet across its 47-mile length, making it suitable primarily for intermediate to advanced paddlers seeking moving water and whitewater challenges.
The creek maintains an average flow of 414 cubic feet per second with average velocities of 2.53 feet per second, characteristics typical of an active mountain stream system. Given the proximity to headwater elevations and the substantial elevation change throughout the drainage, water conditions can vary seasonally with higher volumes during spring runoff. Paddlers should expect fast current conditions and be prepared for the technical nature of Class III-IV whitewater that this gradient typically produces.