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The Flathead Rivers Alliance has published an access sheet for this launch, and it says the engineering statistics are not available yet. Read FRA's description and view the site photographs in the linked access sheet below.
Upper Twin Creek Access
The final river takeout before Hungry Horse Reservoir has a small dirt and gravel parking area beside a cobble bar. Standing water can remain on the bar at low flows. FRA recommends four-wheel or all-wheel drive.
FRA access sheet
August 2026Flathead Rivers Alliance's sheet includes three site photographs and its full access description. Engineering statistics are not available yet.
View the access sheet and photographsAccess concerns
From Flathead Rivers Alliance- Embedded stones make the bank uneven. At low water, launching or landing requires a short wade and dragging a boat between the bar and the main channel.
Getting there
From the Spotted Bear Ranger Station, drive northwest on East Side Reservoir Rd (#38) for 4.7 mi. Turn left before crossing Upper Twin Ck to access the river. Forest Road 38 closes between mileposts 37 and 53 from December 1 to May 14 for winter wildlife.
The map point marks where the ramp down from the parking area meets the cobble bar.
Upstream and downstream access points
The river flows this way →The river system flows through the traditional homelands of the Ql'ispe (Kalispel or Pend d' Orielle) Ktunaxa/Ksanka (Kootenai), and Séliš (Salish or "Flathead") Nations, who have long cared for this landscape, and the Amskapii Pikuni (Blackfeet) Peoples who often traveled in the river corridor.
About the homelands