Trey Lake

Drainage: Clarks Fork (WY)
Approaches: Clay Butte Trailhead, approximately 9 mi round trip; roughly 1,900 ft of climbing along the way. On trail the whole way · From Native Lake, approximately 0.7 mi northeast
Elevation: 9,912 feet
Fish: No WYG&F data
Coordinates: 44.99623, -109.6098
Bugs: Minimal on our visit

Getting there

The Clay Butte Trailhead sits off US 212 west of the Beartooth Lake turnoff, up the gravel Clay Butte Road toward the lookout tower. The signed trailhead is on the left just before a hairpin switchback, at approximately 9,555 feet.

The trail drops roughly 345 feet over the first mile and a half, then climbs north past Native Lake at about three miles. Trey sits approximately seven tenths of a mile northeast of Native and is the last of the small lakes before the trail climbs toward the higher country.

The hike

Approximately four and a half miles from the trailhead with roughly 1,900 feet of climbing along the way. The trail runs within about forty metres of the shoreline.

Trey is under an acre at approximately 9,912 feet, the smallest lake in this cluster. T Lake is a couple of tenths of a mile southeast and considerably larger. Ace sits a quarter mile southwest, Surprise three tenths west.

Tips & safety

• Navigation: on trail the whole way. Trey is small and easy to mistake for a pond, but the trail passes right beside it.

• Camping: we did not camp at Trey, so this is terrain description and not a site report. It is small, high and fully exposed. We carried on north and camped higher.

• Fishing: no WYG&F data. Wyoming's stocking database has no record for Trey Lake. At under an acre there is not much water to work with regardless.

• Bugs: minimal on our visit.