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Montana
ESTLER LAKE
6.8 mi
Distance
2,281 ft
Gain
3h 8m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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ESTLER LAKE
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 6.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,281 ft
- Elevation loss
- 2,281 ft
- Highest point
- 8,293 ft
- Lowest point
- 7,014 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Estler Lake is a 13.62-mile out-and-back trail in Montana with 2,281 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 8,293 feet.
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