Montana trails · East Rosebud
East Rosebud
A 16.7-mile out-and-back in Montana, with 3,729 ft of climbing. Reaches Impasse Falls and other lake/waterfall destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Impasse Falls (waterfall)
- Rimrock Lake (lake)
- Duggan Lake (lake)
- Big Park Lake (lake)
- Elk Lake (lake)
- Lake at Falls (lake)
- Twin Outlets Lake (lake)
- Rainbow Lake (lake)
- Dewey Lake (lake)
Heads up
Getting there
EAST ROSEBUD — parking nearby, restroom, water. 45.19732, -109.63535 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:08 a.m., the sun rises at 6:38 a.m. and sets at 7:58 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:28 p.m. (MDT) — 13 h 19 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 33.4-mile round trip works out to roughly 16 h 06 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Nearby trails
- West Fork Rock Creek — 7.1 mi
- Lake Fork — 13.6 mi
- West Fork Stillwater — 21.3 mi