Picket Lake, Absaroka Range, Carbon County, Montana

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     Indian Knife Lake is a nearby lake that you could explore, and on a lovely day you acquire a perfect panorama of Crazy Mountain from Picket Lake. The Absaroka Range scenery is always beautiful. Life's too short to enjoy all the entertaining stuff in the Absaroka Range. If you get bored of Picket Lake, you could also take a look at nearby Triangle Lake. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Picket Lake has to offer, you can camp at Crazy Creek Campground.
 
   This lake is so wonderful. Hiking is a popular thing to do around Picket Lake; Lake Reno Trail is a delightful local trail, and you can run the rapids of Clarks Fork Yellowstone. For the period of the warmest time of the year here at Picket Lake, high temperatures mostly get into the 70's while night lows are ordinarily in the 30's. The wintertime brings highs down to the 20's; winter nights come with lows in the 0's to Picket Lake. Good hiking is available  
               along the Crazy Mountain Trail, and there's whitewater on Clarks Fork Yellowstone River for all you adrenaline kick people.
So much entertaining stuff in the Absaroka Range, just amazing. If you like skiing, you're in luck; Red Lodge Mountain is close to Picket Lake. You'll wish for more hours in a day to enjoy all the exciting things at Picket Lake. The Copeland Lake Trail offers hiking at its best. There's so much to do here at Picket Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Lake Creek Campground is a great location for that. The annual precipitation here at Picket Lake is about average; June is the month that gets the most rain, and the driest month is October.

 
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Local climate location: COOKE CITY 10 miles away


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  Coordinates:
Latitude: 45.05139
Longitude: -109.7306

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OUTDOORS_GUIDE
These outdoors activities are available near Picket Lake.
 Hotels Near Picket Lake:
Yodeler Motel, Red Lodge, 34 miles away
Comfort Inn Red Lodge, Red Lodge, 34 miles away
Super 8 Big Timber, Big Timber, 41 miles away
Super 8 Columbus, Columbus, 44 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near Picket Lake:
Crazy Creek Campground, Park County, 6 miles away
Lake Creek Campground, Park County, 7 miles away
Fox Creek Campground, Park County, 8 miles away
Hunter Peak Campground, Park County, 10 miles away
 Ski Areas Near Picket Lake:
Red Lodge Mountain, Montana, 27 miles away
      2400 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near Picket Lake:
Clarks Fork Yellowstone River, Park CountyCounty, 9 miles away
      Class III-V - 4.2 miles long (Upper)
Clarks Fork Yellowstone, Park CountyCounty, 10 miles away
      Class IV - 3 miles long (Trailhead to State line)
Rosebud Creek - West, Stillwater CountyCounty, 10 miles away
      Class III-IV+(V) - 3 miles long (Emerald Lake to Pine Grove Campground)
 Trails Near Picket Lake:
Crazy Mountain Trail, Park County, 3 miles away
Lake Reno Trail, Park County, 3 miles away
Copeland Lake Trail, Park County, 4 miles away
 Lakes Near Picket Lake:
Indian Knife Lake, Carbon CountyCounty, 0 miles away
Triangle Lake, Carbon CountyCounty, 0 miles away

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Hunter Peak Campground
My family went camping at Hunter Peak Campground for many summers when I was a teenager. We stayed at the very large two family campsite, the deepest if I remember right next to the path taking you to the bridge. My grandparents now rest there forever and so do my memories of childhood. I look forward to taking my family there one day, keeping with those wonderful family lines....

Black Canyon Lake
13 miles away
Black Canyon is a beautiful lake but it is not a ''fun stop'' nor is beartooth glacier. Be prepared for high winds and a serious workout getting there. NOT FOR INEXPERIENCED HIKERS....

Woodbine Campground
18 miles away
Our favorite campground. We've gone to a number of others but the variety is hard to beat....

Red Lodge Mountain
27 miles away
4 PHOTOS
...EASON: November 27, 2009 - April 11, 2010

HOURS OF OPERATION

Upper Mtn: 9am - 3:30pm
Lower Mtn: 9am - 4pm

VERTICAL DROP: 2,400 Feet

Base Elevation: 7,016 Feet
Summit Elevation: 9,416 Feet

LIFTS
· 1 High-Speed Detachable Quad (+ 1 in Palisades Bonus Area - operational weather permitting)

· 4 Double Chairs

· 1 Triple Chair

· 1 Magic Carpet
LIFT CAPACITY
10,690 skiers per hour
TRAILS
· 65 trails and groomed slopes (+ 6 in Palisades Bonus Area - operational weather permitting

· 30 acres advanced chute skiing

· 60 acres gladed tree skiing

· 1600 acres on Custer National Forest
TRAIL DIFFICULTY
· 17% Beginner

· 45% Intermediate

· 38% Advanced
LONGEST RUN
''Lazy M'' - 2. 5 miles long

AVERAGE SNOWFALL: 250''

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE: 31º F
SNOWMAKING
· Full coverage on 31% of trails

· Largest Capacity Snowmaking System in the Northern Rockies!

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS
· Ski programs for kids 3-12

FACILITIES ON THE MOUNTAIN
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