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Best Hiking Trails in Custer National Forest

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  • Hiking Trails (17)
  • Reviews (30)
  1. 1
    Montana Power Dam
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 2.5 mi
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    Silver Run Road
    ★ ★ ★ EASY 3.8 mi
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    Island Lake via West Rosebud
    ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 5.6 mi
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    Red Lodge Mountain via Nichols Creek Trail
    ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 8.8 mi
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    Palisades Campground via Palisades Trail
    ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 6.9 mi
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    Red Lodge Mountain Loop via Nichols Creek Trail and Ski Run Road
    ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 7.7 mi
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    Granite Peak
    ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 10.2 mi
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    Line Creek Plateau via Mount Maurice Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 15.8 mi
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    Basin Creek Lake via Basin Lakes Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 3.8 mi
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    Timberline Lake
    ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 8.9 mi
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    muirdds 2 years, 2 months ago
    Meyers creek trail
    One of the few single track trails in this area. Fun. So glad it is here!
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    Kristine Kelly 6 years ago
    Mystic Lake
    Mid May has too much snow pack in too many areas that make it too treacherous to qualify this as an “easy” or even “moderate” hike. This hike is TREACHEROUS at least with the snow pack in mid-May.
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    Kristine Kelly 6 years ago
    Montana Power Dam
    Hiked in mid-May. Lots of snow pack still on last 60% of trail. The final 1/4 of the trail...nearest the dam site... was not “easy”... it was not “moderate”... it wasn’t even “difficult” it was TREACHEROUS! Like stare down a rock-laden cliff at the last moments of your life as you hang in peril hoping the snow pack 8” wide “trail” you’ve got won’t give way and end your life.
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    t-roy4 1 year, 8 months ago
    Monday Lunch Activity
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    hikerted 1 year, 10 months ago
    Mystic Lake - down
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    hikerted 1 year, 10 months ago
    Mystic Lake - down
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    hikerted 1 year, 10 months ago
    Mystic Lake - down
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    hikerted 1 year, 10 months ago
    Mystic Lake - down
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    alyssaksullivan 1 year, 11 months ago
    Track (6/11/24, 11:52:45AM)
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    jessewutkee 1 year, 11 months ago
    Entrance to the pass
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    jbpam4 2 years, 8 months ago
    Jill’s Bucket List Ride! 9/2/23
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    jenclyman 2 years, 9 months ago
    II ou tu b ok j’ai boo
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    cag.w.lee 3 years ago
    Track (5/5/23, 10:00:02AM)
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    badurajoseph 3 years, 2 months ago
    Track (2/12/23, 3:12:10PM)
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    ryanjones14 3 years, 5 months ago
    Recon into Mystic Lake
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    wernermoser774 3 years, 8 months ago
    Track (30/8/22, 11:16:48PM)
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    BDaddy4G 3 years, 9 months ago
    Basin Creek and Lakes
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    elohela 3 years, 10 months ago
    Silver run in red Lodge Montana
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    pamfoste 4 years, 6 months ago
    Track (5/18/21, 4:38:57PM)
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    thomasolejnikdo 4 years, 7 months ago
    Track (10/7/21, 1:48:12PM)
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    dkramer5150 4 years, 7 months ago
    Track (10/2/21, 9:04:42AM)
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    qubit 4 years, 8 months ago
    Basin Campground
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    qubit 4 years, 8 months ago
    Basin Campground
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    foganaut 4 years, 10 months ago
    Timberlake Trail
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    spectreleopard456 4 years, 11 months ago
    Hellroaring Plateau Trailhead via 2004
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    angelahopkin82 5 years, 9 months ago
    Track (8/15/20, 9:52:49AM)
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    peterkissinger 5 years, 10 months ago
    Beartooth pass
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    David 5 years, 11 months ago
    House Palisades and back
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    t.fry 6 years, 3 months ago
    Montana Power Dam via West Rosebud Road
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    worldeduc8n 6 years, 11 months ago
    Rock creek headwall
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