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Holland Lakes/Flathead Basin Hike

 

Varied terrain through beautiful untouched mountain lakes, and healed burn areas.

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Author: wilderfrasier
Activity: Backpacking
State: Montana (MT)
Distance: 49.63 mi 
Difficulty: 8 / 10
Rating: Unrated  
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 We went in early September, and this made for great weather.  The forest fires from that summer were still burning less than 20 miles away, so we had a satellite phone along just in case.  Aside from the first day's major gain, it's not the most challenging hike.

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Holland Lake Route Day 1

Dist: 6.46 mi Points: 35
Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi
A steep beginning

Day Two

Dist: 12.09 mi Points: 62
Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi

Day 3

Dist: 8.30 mi Points: 47
Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi

Day 4

Dist: 17.48 mi Points: 96
Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi

Day 5

Dist: 5.29 mi Points: 28
Time: none Speed: 0.0 mph Pace: 0:00 / mi

Points of Interest

Route Trail Head

Location: 47.453166°, -113.593483°

Night one Camp

Location: 47.474055°, -113.524475°

Night 2

Location: 47.588800°, -113.424225°

Night 3

Location: 47.580926°, -113.306809°

Night 5 at Upper Holland Lake

Location: 47.462683°, -113.523445°





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