Louise Lake
This information is a public record of the 1980 NRT application and may be out of date if it has not been updated by a trail manager --
check with the trail manager for updated details before visiting.
check with the trail manager for updated details before visiting.
Louise Lake
USDA Forest Service
Backcountry Trail
- Length
3.5 miles
- Elevation Gain
--
- Route Type
out & back
- Length
3.5 miles - Elevation Gain
-- - Route Type
out & back
Newly reconstructed trail that ends at a beautiful high elevation cirque basin lake.
The trailhead starts at the Bismark Reservoir. Photo by USFS.
Bismark Reservoir. Photo by USFS.
Location: 26 miles south of Whitehall, MT., In Deerlodge National Forest, exit I-90 at Cardwell, S on SR 359 to Forest Rd 107, up 107 14 mi.
- States: Montana
- Counties: Madison
The trail is 3.5 miles in length and offers panoramic scenic views. Louise Lake is a high alpine lake cradled among the 10,000-foot peaks that surround the lake. Mountain goats can often be spotted on the sheer rock faces. The trail is open from July 1 to the middle of October. Snowdrifts on the trail may be abundant during years of late thaws.
Accessibility Information
No text provided.
Allowed Uses:
Hiking/WalkingPublic Contact
Erie TolfBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
3 Whitetail Rd.
Whitehall, MT 59759
[email protected] • (406) 287-3223
www.fs.fed.us/r1/6-d
Contact the trail manager for current maps and visiting details.
More Details
- Elevation (low): 7360
- Elevation (high): 8880
- Elevation (cumulative): --
- Part of a Trail System? No
- Surface (primary): Soil
- Surfaces (additional): --
- Tread Width (average): 24"
- Tread Width (minimum): --
- Running length (minimum): --
- Tread Grade (average, percent): 8
- Tread Grade (maximum): 15
- Running length (maximum): --
- Cross-slope (average, percent): --
- Cross-slope (maximum): --
- Running length (maximum): --
- Certified as an NRT
Nov 9, 1980