Montana trails · Alpine 7
Alpine 7
A 32.2-mile point-to-point in Montana, with 1,686 ft of climbing. Reaches Lamoose Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 7,226 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Lamoose Lake (lake)
- Birch Lake (lake)
- Strawberry Lake (lake)
- Crater Lake (lake)
- In-thlam-keh Lake (lake)
- Twin Lakes (lake)
Getting there
SWITCHBACK access. About 1 h 00 min drive (30 mi, 6 of them unpaved) from Kalispell. 48.15403, -113.94181 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:22 a.m., the sun rises at 7:53 a.m. and sets at 6:49 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:20 p.m. (MDT) — 10 h 56 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 32.2-mile route works out to roughly 12 h 45 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Quintonkon Creek + ALPINE 7 + QUINTONKON CREEK — 4.0 mi loop, 973 ft gain
- TONGUE MTN. + ALPINE 7 + GRAVES CREEK — 15.0 mi loop, 2,691 ft gain
- NOISY CREEK + ALPINE 7 + CAMP MISERY — 5.3 mi loop, 1,020 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Spotted Bear River — 29.9 mi