Trailhead Parking
Location: 45.1972577, -109.6352828
We made it here without any problems. There is a bathroom and a well for water before hitting the trail.
Total pack weight without food: 25 lbs. Total pack with food: ~32 lbs.
Camping Night #1 - Elk Lake
Location: 45.1641265, -109.6585321
Elevation: 6800
This was a great first night campsite and provided with a great boulder to build a campfire around.
Camping Night #2 - Rainbow Lake
Location: 45.132452, -109.6980786
Elevation: 7800
We considered taking this as a short stop, but ended up catching some rainbow trout so we made a night out of it. We arrived at this lake with five fishing lures and left with two. One of the two was a lure I made with a gold fishing spoon I found on the lake's edge.
Camping Night #3 and #4 - Echo Lake
Location: 45.1299694, -109.7458863
Elevation: 8400
Since a trail doesn't exist on maps we decided to break trail and get to Echo Lake on our own. This consisted of an hour hiking through wetlands and scrambling through rock slides. When leaving for our daytrip to Dewey Lake we decided to take the north side of Granite Creek, but still didn't see a trail. This was a better option, but still consisted of us hiking through wetlands.
Day 4 Afternoon
Location: 45.1117701, -109.7579885
Elevation: 9350
We spent the day here fishing and hiked the same path back to Echo Lake. This time we found a real trail to get us from East Rosebud Trail to Echo Lake. It cut our time from one hour to 15 minutes.
Elk Lake
Location: 45.1636424, -109.6596909
East Rosebud Creek
Location: 45.1575297, -109.6769428
East Rosebud Creek
Location: 45.1501756, -109.6831656
Rimrock Lake
Location: 45.1477542, -109.6853971
The Glorious Feast - Camping Night #2
Location: 45.1324974, -109.6984863
Overlooking Rainbow Lake
Location: 45.13059, -109.6994734
Rimrock Lake & Falls
Location: 45.1374018, -109.6938944
Lake at Falls
Location: 45.1245647, -109.7078848
Echo Lake
Location: 45.1303175, -109.7461224
Granite Peak, the highest peak in Montana, can be seen in the background.
Impasse Falls
Location: 45.1183873, -109.7407579
Dewey Lake
Location: 45.1117247, -109.7577524
Scenery - Looking East
Location: 45.1169943, -109.7444057
Day #5 Hike Out
Location: 45.1982481, -109.6335983
We woke up at 6:15 to catch the sunrise on Granite Peak and decided to hit the trail soon after breakfast. We made it back to the car by noonish.
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