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Rat Lake Trail

Intermediate Intermediate
 2.5 (2)
  1. Areas
  2. MT
  3. …Southwestern Montana
  4. …Gallatin National Forest
  5. Garnet Mountain
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“A short and sweet trail to a small mountain lake; with a name like Rat Lake, it's gotta be good. ”

Jason Frounfelker
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0.7

Miles

1.2

KM
Doubletrack

6,514' 1,986 m

High

6,327' 1,928 m

Low

189' 58 m

Up

4' 1 m

Down

5%

Avg Grade (3°)

10%

Max Grade (6°)

Dogs Off-leash

E-Bikes Unknown

Family Friendly Short, open trail with a lake at the finish line.

No restrictions; there are free range cattle in the area, if you open a closed gate, please close it behind you.

Description

You can drive to the Rat Lake Trailhead for a short route to Rat Lake or park closer to the highway and extend your ride by pedaling up Squaw Creek Rd.

At the trailhead, there is a short, steep singletrack section where the road has fallen away from the hillside. After that, you are back on dirt road up to the lake.

Contacts

Land Manager: USFS - Gallatin National Forest Office

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Jason Frounfelker
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  2.5 from 2 votes

#2

in Garnet Mountain

#36011

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#2

in Garnet Mountain

#670

in Montana

#36,011

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Rat Lake. with permission from geogeek
Oct 10, 2016 near Four Co…, MT

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