Wurtz Boat Launch

48.9083° N, 114.3818° W
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A narrated walk-through of this site: the ramp, the gaps, the surfaces, and the hazards, read from the survey.

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Wurtz, on the North Fork of the Flathead.

The Flathead Rivers Alliance has not published measured survey data for this site yet, so the details that follow come from the site description rather than from field measurements.

Conditions on the Three Forks change quickly. Check the gauge the morning you float.
Today on the North Fork
1,690cfs → holding
82% of the 85-year median for July 30
65° Clear
Wind 2 mph SSW Tomorrow
91° 60°
USGS 12355500 NR COLUMBIA FALLS · Weather Polebridge

The site

A North Fork launch on the North Fork Road upstream of Ford, captured in July 2026. The Flathead Rivers Alliance has not published measured access details for this site yet, so treat the 360 imagery as the best available picture of what you will find.

Terrain360 Lens · Grounded 360 v1.3 · schema 2

Access-site lens

3 Terrain360 panoramas

360° sequence evidence

Limited coverage

Coverage + route

Assigned coverage
3 panoramas across 1 capture session
Scene roles
Launch area (3)

Visible conditions

Surfaces by scene
Gravel lot (3)
Safety classification
No visible hazard (3)

Setting + use

Crowding by scene
None visible (3)
Naturalness by scene
High (3)

Sequence evidence summarizes only the assigned panoramas and is not a complete site inventory. This site has no corresponding FRA assessment sheet in this export; do not treat scene classifications as field measurements or as evidence of site-wide absence.

Photos

Another view of the access at Wurtz on the North Fork.
Another view of the access at Wurtz on the North Fork.

Field photography Terrain360, July 2026 · site photos courtesy Flathead Rivers Alliance

Getting there

On the North Fork Road roughly 2 miles north of the Ford river access, in the Wurtz Homestead stretch of the valley. No FRA access sheet has been published for this launch, so navigate by the coordinates below.

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Measured access FRA field survey

This site has not been engineering-surveyed yet. FRA adds measurements as staff and volunteers complete them.

Parking + facilities Facilities not recorded
North Fork · where this site sits River flows this way →
Elevation profile of the North Fork: 3,102 feet at river mile 0 near the confluence rising to 3,973 feet at river mile 58.2, a drop of 872 feet over 58.4 miles, averaging 14.9 feet per mile.
3,973 ft RM 58.2 872 ft of drop · 14.9 ft per mile average 3,102 ft confluence

Elevation sampled from USGS 10m along the Wild & Scenic centerline. Hover or focus a site to see the panorama closest to the water.

Upstream Headwaters Downstream Confluence

The Three Forks flow through the homelands of the Séliš, Ql̓ispé, and Ktunaxa peoples, frequented by the Amskapi Piikani. About the homelands