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Thompson Lake
Montana
Montana
Free — you'll pick up right here.
16.4 mi
Distance
4,916 ft
Gain
7h 55m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Custer Gallatin National Forest
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Why you'll love it
Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness wilderness
Big climb
Out & back
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Thompson Lake
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 16.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,916 ft
- Highest point
- 9,403 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,521 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Wilderness area
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Thompson Lake is a 16.38-mile out-and-back trail in Montana managed by the Forest Service. The route gains 4,916 feet of elevation.
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