| State: | MT |
| Type: | MT |
| Route: | 38 |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Map Notes: | MT 38 highlighted in red |
| Length Mi: | 53.835 |
| Established: | 1924 |
| Direction A: | West |
| Terminus A: | in Grantsdale |
| Direction B: | East |
| Terminus B: | at Porters Corner |
| Counties: | Ravalli, Granite |
| Previous Type: | MT |
| Previous Route: | 37 |
| Next Type: | MT |
| Next Route: | 39 |
Montana Highway 38 (MT 38), also known as Skalkaho Road or Skalkaho Highway is a state highway in the US state of Montana approximately 53.8miles long. It provides seasonal direct land connections between the communities of Hamilton on the west and Philipsburg and Anaconda on the east via Skalkaho Pass.
The highway and the 7258adj=midNaNadj=mid pass take their name from the Salish word Sq̓x̣q̓x̣ó, "many trails".[1]
MT 38 begins 3miles south of Hamilton, at an intersection with U.S. Highway 93 (US 93). Initially, the highway heads south along a former section of US 93. The road takes an abrupt turn eastward as it passes through Grantsdale, begins its meandering climb southeast along Skalkaho Creek and northeast along Daly Creek through the Sapphire Mountains, turning southeast again before it crosses Skalkaho Pass. From the pass, MT 38 descends along the West Fork Rock Creek, past the Gem Mountain sapphire mine and crosses Rock Creek near its headwaters, going into Eagle Canyon before making a northeasterly run to its terminus at MT 1, 6miles south of Philipsburg and 23miles west of Anaconda.
Except for its westernmost and easternmost segments, MT 38 is mostly gravel.
Due to heavy snowfall on the narrow winding road, MT 38 is closed from 14miles east of Daly Creek to 16miles west of Gem Mountain, usually from late November until Memorial Day weekend.
Skalkaho Highway is part of, or links to, these scenic routes: