Big Ice Cave Picnic Area and Interpretive Site
Custer Gallatin Forest, Montana
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June 30th, 2026
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Located about 50 miles south of Red Lodge and Billings, MT, in the Pryor Mountains, this remote interpretive site has a short walk (0.2 miles) down a steep path to a wooden platform. You can view the always present ice floor in the first room of the cave. Interested on how the cave was formed and why there is ice? Click here.The Big Ice Cave Picnic Ground has 5 picnic sites for day-use only.For a detailed road map, which shows recreation sites and campgrounds, please see our Motor Vehicle Use Map (MVUM and legend).
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GPS 45.16184, -108.40162
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Nearby places
- Tie Flats Trailhead 2.6 mi
- Crater Ice Cave Trailhead 3.3 mi
- Big Pryor Trailhead 7.1 mi
- Sage Creek Cabin Campground (Paid Public) 8.2 mi
- Sage Creek Campground Campground (Free Public) 8.3 mi
- Powerline Trailhead 8.6 mi
- Barry's Landing & Trail Creek Campground Campground (Free Public) 9.5 mi
- Medicine Creek Campground Campground (Free Public) 10 mi
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