Ninemile Historic Remount Depot

From the destruction of forest and life in early fires came experimentation for new tools and methods for fighting fires. In 1930 the Forest Service secured a lease of the Ninemile Property to set up a central depot to supply pack stock, to serve as a training base for packers and to standardize packing practices in the forests.

In 1933 the Ninemile CCC Camp was organized giving work to 600 men who built the buildings, fences, pastures, roads, irrigation systems and served as fire fighting crews in the forests.

In 1953 the Remount Depot was closed due to less work for mules because of an expanding road network and increased effectiveness of smoke jumpers. In 1954 the facilities were incorporated into the Ninemile Ranger District and in 1980 the Ranger Station & Depot were listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Today, horses and mules continue to ply the mountain trails transporting the people and equipment necessary for managing our wilderness and back country resources.

The Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center is also located at the Ninemile Facility. The Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management,Park Service, and Fish & Wildlife work together to 'foster interagency excellence in wilderness stewardship by cultivating knowledgeable, skilled and capable wilderness managers and by improving public understanding of wilderness philosophy, values, and processes.'

Directions: I-90 West from Missoula to Exit 82, Ninemile Road. turn North , go approximately 2 miles, turn North just before Ninemile House Restaurant and go 2 miles. Depot is located approximately 0.5 mile beyond end of paved Road on NW Corner.

Ninemile Historic Remount Depot
Lolo National Forest, Huson, MT 59846

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