Montana trails · Lost Horse Trail
Lost Horse Trail
A 26.6-mile point-to-point in Montana, with 4,747 ft of climbing. Reaches Lost Horse Pass and other lake/pass/summit destinations.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 61% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 8.9. It gives back about 4,437 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Lost Horse Pass (pass)
- Wahoo Pass (pass)
- Freeman Peak (summit)
- Upper Twin Lake (lake)
- Mud Lake (lake)
- Indian Lake (lake)
Getting there
TWIN LAKES TRAILHEAD — parking nearby, restroom, water. 46.15930, -114.49790 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:25 a.m., the sun rises at 6:57 a.m. and sets at 8:18 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:49 p.m. (MDT) — 13 h 22 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 26.6-mile route takes roughly 12 h 14 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 7:10 p.m. — 1 h 08 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Fred Burr — 16.2 mi