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. Dogs are also able to use this trail.
Dog friendly
Backpacking
Hiking
Nature trips
Walking
Bird watching
Forest
Lake
Views
Wild flowers
Wildlife
Sat Jul 11 2020Made some leather with the skin from my heels but a god damn beaut of a hike
Thu Jul 09 2020Amazing must do ! Didn’t see a soul! Muddy and snowy in some parts brought both chacos and hiking shoes you will cross a few low streams. Tons of streams, lakes and wildflowers. Camped overnight at the second lake in the basin. Absolutely gorgeous! Did rain at night so keep that in mind. Didn’t see any bears but they’re clearly out there so bring your bear spray and food storage!
Thu Jun 01 2017Hiked half way up... Snow is hit and miss buy waist deep around mile 5.
Thu Apr 20 2017Did 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.
Wed Jan 15 2014Did this in mid June. camped at Craig lake and snowboarded echo peak.. still lots of snow at the time
Sun Jul 07 2019Sat Jun 29 2019Sun Sep 04 2016
