Montana trails · Lake hikes

Lake hikes in Montana

794 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	2,799 ft	Ambrose Saddle, Dome Shaped Mountain
East Rosebud	16.7 mi	3,729 ft	Impasse Falls, Rimrock Lake
Hyalite Creek	7.2 mi	3,423 ft	Alpine Falls, Apex Falls
Silcox-Headley	15.2 mi	4,274 ft	Big Spring, Cube Iron Pass
Tobacco Root	22.0 mi	2,764 ft	Ramshorn Mountain, Mustard Pass
Hiline Trail	22.4 mi	2,371 ft	Cutaway Pass, Warren Pass
Lost Horse Trail	26.6 mi	4,747 ft	Lost Horse Pass, Wahoo Pass
Alpine 7	32.2 mi	1,686 ft	Lamoose Lake, Birch Lake
Gunsight Pass	18.5 mi	2,925 ft	Gunsight Pass, Lincoln Pass
Stoney Indian Pass	13.0 mi	2,341 ft	Stoney Indian Pass, Mokowanis Cascade
Sentinel Creek Trail	10.3 mi	2,744 ft	Crag Lake, Blue Paradise Lake
Swiftcurrent Pass	8.2 mi	2,263 ft	Swiftcurrent Pass, Redrock Falls
Indian Ridge	13.2 mi	4,809 ft	Arrow Lake, Summit Lake
High Lakes	15.5 mi	2,151 ft	Second Lower Falls Creek Lake, Upper Falls Creek Lake
Dawson Pass	9.8 mi	2,897 ft	Dawson Pass, Pray Lake
Pitamakan Pass	17.3 mi	2,497 ft	Pitamakan Pass, Atlantic Falls
Chair Mtn. Trilobites	16.2 mi	2,929 ft	Dean Lake, Switchback Pass
Lake Fork	9.3 mi	3,876 ft	Sundance Pass, Broadwater Lake
Spotted Bear River	32.7 mi	3,015 ft	Spotted Bear Pass, Dean Falls
Chair Mountain Trilobites	16.1 mi	2,860 ft	Switchback Pass, Dean Lake
Sky Rim Trail	10.3 mi	1,907 ft	Sheep Mountain, Daly Pass
Indian Ridge Trail	13.5 mi	4,818 ft	Arrow Lake, Summit Lake
West Fork Rock Creek	10.6 mi	3,160 ft	Sentinel Falls, Calamity Falls
Gallatin Crest	21.9 mi	1,150 ft	Windy Pass, The Sentinel
Two Medicine Pass	9.1 mi	2,919 ft	Chief Lodgepole Peak, Rockwell Falls
West Fork Stillwater	19.3 mi	3,055 ft	Jordan Pass, Lake Diaphanous
Boulder Pass	29.8 mi	3,491 ft	Brown Pass, Boulder Pass
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail	26.1 mi	1,911 ft	Gibbons Pass, Schultz Saddle
cdt	22.4 mi	2,141 ft	Rock Spring, Pete Creek Divide
Fred Burr	10.1 mi	2,672 ft	Heinrich Lake, Fred Burr Reservoir
CDT Fs 1790	15.8 mi	2,935 ft	Targhee Pass, Lionhead
Russell Creek	10.0 mi	1,990 ft	Ouzel Lake, Skull Lake
Falls-Canyon	15.0 mi	2,492 ft	Camp Pass, Canyon Lake
Square Top - West Horse Trail	16.9 mi	1,758 ft	Reynolds Lake, Hidden Lake
Piegan Pass	12.7 mi	2,647 ft	Piegan Pass, Stump Lake
Stateline Trail	25.6 mi	1,532 ft	Hoodoo Pass, Goose Lake
Elk Ridge	11.5 mi	3,207 ft	Mollman Pass, Mollman Lakes
Sperry Glacier	3.2 mi	1,605 ft	Comeau Pass, Akaiyan Lake
Rainbow Creek	8.4 mi	2,115 ft	Lake Kathleen, Pipit Lake
Boone Peak	13.9 mi	3,563 ft	Elk Mountain, Moccasin Lake
Ptarmigan	14.6 mi	2,635 ft	Ptarmigan Falls, Dawn Mist Falls
West Lakes	10.3 mi	1,898 ft	Arrow Lake, Trout Lake
Red Cub	18.7 mi	2,033 ft	Axolotl Lake, Juncus Lake
Lion - Palisade	13.1 mi	3,378 ft	Lion Creek Pass, Palisade Lake
Red Gap Pass	14.5 mi	2,645 ft	Redgap Pass, Swiftcurrent Ridge Lake
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail	14.5 mi	4,333 ft	Paradise Lake, Bluebird Lake
Pioneer Loop National Recreati	32.6 mi	3,189 ft	Alder Pass, Schwinegar Lake
Bear Creek	10.5 mi	3,683 ft	Bear Creek Pass, Bryan Lake
Big Creek	11.5 mi	3,782 ft	The Bear, Lake Elsie
Quartz Lake	12.5 mi	1,417 ft	Lower Quartz Lake, Middle Quartz Lake
Deer Creek	8.2 mi	4,029 ft	Moon Lake, Deer Lake
Green Lake	3.3 mi	751 ft	Trail Lake, Wright Lake
Whitecap Creek	24.5 mi	5,038 ft	Triple Lakes, Patsy Ann Falls
Moon Lake	6.9 mi	2,581 ft	Moon Lake, Long Lake
Sentinel Creek	7.6 mi	3,017 ft	Expedition Pass, Expedition Lake
Holland-Gordon	27.7 mi	2,722 ft	Gordon Pass, Upper Holland Lake
Snowbank Creek/Sucker Creek	11.0 mi	2,017 ft	Snowbank Lake
Sweet Grass	12.5 mi	4,152 ft	Glacier Lake
Big Salmon Creek	19.1 mi	2,364 ft	Big Salmon Falls, Pendent Lake
Pinchot Lake	3.6 mi	689 ft	Lake Surrender, Ravin Lake