Hilgard Basin Trail is a 18 mile lightly trafficked out and back trail located near West Yellowstone, Montana that features a lake and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from March until November.
backpacking
birding
hiking
nature trips
walking
forest
lake
views
wild flowers
wildlife
Hiked half way up... Snow is hit and miss buy waist deep around mile 5.
Did this in mid-September 2016. An awesome moderate hike with stunning campsites & views one you get up to the basin. A great overnight, and would be awesome to spend an extra night doing day hikes out of the basin. We did, however, get a few inches of snow overnight--not that surprising at that time of year.
Did this in mid June. camped at Craig lake and snowboarded echo peak.. still lots of snow at the time
We did it in mid June and there was lots of snow left.. lots. We camped at Craig lake and skied/snowboarded Echo peak. Amazing, place check it out.