Montana trails · Lake hikes
804 trails in Montana reach a named lake. Ranked by our data-richness score; every link opens the full stats or the live map.
| Trail | Length | Gain | Reaches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitterroot-Rock Creek Divide | 84.2 mi | — | Ambrose Saddle, Dome Shaped Mountain |
| East Rosebud | 16.7 mi | — | Impasse Falls, Rimrock Lake |
| Hyalite Creek | 7.2 mi | — | Alpine Falls, Apex Falls |
| Silcox-Headley | 15.2 mi | — | Big Spring, Cube Iron Pass |
| Tobacco Root | 22.0 mi | — | Ramshorn Mountain, Mustard Pass |
| Hiline Trail | 22.4 mi | — | Cutaway Pass, Warren Pass |
| Lost Horse Trail | 26.6 mi | — | Lost Horse Pass, Wahoo Pass |
| Alpine 7 | 32.2 mi | — | Lamoose Lake, Birch Lake |
| Gunsight Pass | 18.5 mi | — | Gunsight Pass, Lincoln Pass |
| Stoney Indian Pass | 13.0 mi | — | Stoney Indian Pass, Mokowanis Cascade |
| Sentinel Creek Trail | 10.3 mi | — | Crag Lake, Blue Paradise Lake |
| Swiftcurrent Pass | 8.1 mi | — | Swiftcurrent Pass, Redrock Falls |
| Indian Ridge | 13.2 mi | — | Arrow Lake, Summit Lake |
| High Lakes | 15.5 mi | — | Second Lower Falls Creek Lake, Upper Falls Creek Lake |
| Dawson Pass | 9.8 mi | — | Dawson Pass, Pray Lake |
| Pitamakan Pass | 17.3 mi | — | Pitamakan Pass, Atlantic Falls |
| Chair Mtn. Trilobites | 16.2 mi | — | Dean Lake, Switchback Pass |
| Lake Fork | 9.3 mi | — | Sundance Pass, Broadwater Lake |
| Spotted Bear River | 32.7 mi | — | Spotted Bear Pass, Dean Falls |
| Chair Mountain Trilobites | 16.1 mi | — | Switchback Pass, Dean Lake |
| Sky Rim Trail | 10.3 mi | — | Sheep Mountain, Daly Pass |
| Indian Ridge Trail | 13.5 mi | — | Arrow Lake, Summit Lake |
| West Fork Rock Creek | 10.6 mi | — | Sentinel Falls, Calamity Falls |
| Gallatin Crest | 21.9 mi | — | Windy Pass, The Sentinel |
| Two Medicine Pass | 9.1 mi | — | Chief Lodgepole Peak, Rockwell Falls |
| West Fork Stillwater | 19.3 mi | — | Jordan Pass, Lake Diaphanous |
| Boulder Pass | 29.6 mi | — | Brown Pass, Boulder Pass |
| Continental Divide National Scenic Trail | 26.1 mi | — | Gibbons Pass, Schultz Saddle |
| cdt | 22.4 mi | — | Rock Spring, Pete Creek Divide |
| Fred Burr | 10.1 mi | — | Heinrich Lake, Fred Burr Reservoir |
| CDT Fs 1790 | 15.8 mi | — | Targhee Pass, Lionhead |
| Russell Creek | 10.0 mi | — | Ouzel Lake, Skull Lake |
| Falls-Canyon | 15.0 mi | — | Camp Pass, Canyon Lake |
| Square Top - West Horse Trail | 16.9 mi | — | Reynolds Lake, Hidden Lake |
| Piegan Pass | 12.7 mi | — | Piegan Pass, Stump Lake |
| Stateline Trail | 25.6 mi | — | Hoodoo Pass, Goose Lake |
| Elk Ridge | 11.5 mi | — | Mollman Pass, Mollman Lakes |
| Sperry Glacier | 3.2 mi | — | Comeau Pass, Akaiyan Lake |
| Rainbow Creek | 8.4 mi | — | Lake Kathleen, Pipit Lake |
| Boone Peak | 13.9 mi | — | Elk Mountain, Moccasin Lake |
| Ptarmigan | 14.5 mi | — | Ptarmigan Falls, Dawn Mist Falls |
| West Lakes | 10.3 mi | — | Arrow Lake, Trout Lake |
| Red Cub | 18.7 mi | — | Axolotl Lake, Juncus Lake |
| Lion - Palisade | 13.1 mi | — | Lion Creek Pass, Palisade Lake |
| Red Gap Pass | 14.5 mi | — | Redgap Pass, Swiftcurrent Ridge Lake |
| Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail | 14.5 mi | — | Paradise Lake, Bluebird Lake |
| Pioneer Loop National Recreati | 32.6 mi | — | Alder Pass, Schwinegar Lake |
| Bear Creek | 10.5 mi | — | Bear Creek Pass, Bryan Lake |
| Big Creek | 11.5 mi | — | The Bear, Lake Elsie |
| Quartz Lake | 12.5 mi | — | Lower Quartz Lake, Middle Quartz Lake |
| Deer Creek | 8.2 mi | — | Moon Lake, Deer Lake |
| Green Lake | 3.3 mi | — | Trail Lake, Wright Lake |
| Whitecap Creek | 24.5 mi | — | Triple Lakes, Patsy Ann Falls |
| Moon Lake | 6.9 mi | — | Moon Lake, Long Lake |
| Sentinel Creek | 7.6 mi | — | Expedition Pass, Expedition Lake |
| Holland-Gordon | 27.7 mi | — | Gordon Pass, Upper Holland Lake |
| Snowbank Creek/Sucker Creek | 11.0 mi | — | Snowbank Lake |
| Sweet Grass | 12.5 mi | — | Glacier Lake |
| Big Salmon Creek | 19.1 mi | — | Big Salmon Falls, Pendent Lake |
| Pinchot Lake | 3.6 mi | — | Lake Surrender, Ravin Lake |