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Bass Creek Trail #4

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 4.7 (7)
  1. Areas
  2. MT
  3. …Northwestern Montana
  4. Stevensville
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“A varied and scenic trail along Bass Creek that leads to an alpine lake. ”

Zachary Falkner
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10.2

Miles

16.4

KM

Point to Point

6,922' 2,110 m

High

3,774' 1,150 m

Low

3,280' 1,000 m

Up

213' 65 m

Down

6%

Avg Grade (4°)

25%

Max Grade (14°)

Dogs Leashed

Features River/Creek · Views · Waterfall · Wildflowers · Wildlife

At ~2.5 miles, you cross into Wilderness area.

Description

This is a difficult but beautiful trail that will bring hikers past many scenic features, including a pond, a waterfall, meadows and vast views of the high canyon walls and peaks and climbs up to a dammed alpine lake. Expect sections of steep and rugged sections of trail.

The trail is on the longer side, but grades are manageable in all but a few short sections.

Contacts

Land Manager: USFS - Bitterroot National Forest Office

Shared By:

Zachary Falkner with improvements by McCaide Wooten
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Trail Ratings

  4.7 from 7 votes

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in Stevensville

#1310

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  4.7 from 7 votes
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#1

in Stevensville

#50

in Montana

#1,310

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Enjoy the view looking back down the canyon near the lake.
Jun 23, 2017 near Stevens…, MT
The sun sets over Bass Lake in early July.
Jun 23, 2017 near Stevens…, MT

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Jul 22, 2024
Alex Healy
Hiked the Bass Creek #4 trail on July 22nd, 2024. The trail we followed differed from that shown on the topo map and this route on Hiking Project.… 10.2mi
Jul 11, 2020
Private User
Aug 31, 2018
Awake999 w
Aug 21, 2018
Charlene Styers
Some significant grades where you are climbing up rocks. Would be hard to distinguish trail after waterfall in spring with snow melt. 10.2mi
Jul 28, 2018
Kristin Johnson
Jun 24, 2018
Sandi Zellmer

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