Sodalite Lake
Twenty seven acres at 9,794 feet, the only brook trout water on this stretch of the upper shelf. A mile and a quarter east-southeast of Surprise across open granite with no tread.
Surprise Lake (Clarks Fork, MT)
Three and a half acres at 9,922 feet, a quarter mile east-southeast of Weasel across open bench. The third lake in under half a mile on the upper shelf.
Weasel Lake
Three acres at 9,991 feet on the open bench, under half a mile south-southeast of Stash. One of three lakes inside two thirds of a mile on the high shelf.
Stash Lake
Two miles and 1,150 feet up from a Splinter Lake camp, all of it off trail. One of three lakes inside two thirds of a mile on the high shelf.
Lone Elk Lake
Seven and a half miles from the Lady of the Lake Trailhead, on trail the whole way, or three quarters of a mile down off the high country the way we came. Brook trout at 10,155 feet.
Sky Top Lakes
Seven lakes stepping up a glacial shelf at 10,391 feet, with Granite Peak standing two and a half miles due north. No trail past Rough Lake.
Rough Lake
Ninety acres of brook trout water at 10,191 feet, and the only lake on this shelf the trail actually reaches. Six and a half miles in on the Goose Lake Jeep Trail.
Looking Glass Lake
Sixteen acres in open granite at 10,282 feet, with no trail reaching it. A mile and a half southeast of Rough Lake across the upper shelf.
Rain Lake
Two acres at 10,023 feet, a third of a mile northeast of Stash on the same high bench. No trail reaches it, and it does not announce itself until you are on it.
No Bones Lake
Under five acres at 9,974 feet, three quarters of a mile south-southeast of Stepping Stone and 300 feet below it. No trail reaches it.
Stepping Stone Lake
Fourteen acres at 10,305 feet, the highest water on this bench short of Sky Top. Three quarters of a mile east-northeast of Production, with no trail reaching it.
Production Lake
Brook trout at 10,181 feet, sitting below the bench with a hundred foot cliff above the water. Come at it from the shore side, not from above.
Paddle Lake
Three acres at 10,070 feet in the middle of a tight cluster on the shelf, an eighth of a mile from Recruitment. No trail reaches any of them.
Recruitment Lake
Twelve acres of brook trout water at 10,049 feet, the largest of three lakes clustered on the shelf. An eighth of a mile northwest of Paddle.
Pneumonia Lake
Three and a half acres at 9,863 feet with an unobstructed view of the Cathedral Spires. Seven tenths of a mile and 450 feet above Splinter Lake.
Hunger Lake (Finger Lake)
Brook trout three tenths of a mile east of Splinter, the closest fishing water to a camp up there. Also listed on some maps as Finger Lake.
Moccasin Lake
Good camping in the upper basin, with good sites, firewood and brook trout over a sand bottom. Three tenths of a mile south of Splinter.
Peanut Lake
A quarter mile short of Splinter on the way up Sky Top Creek, and the last small water before the bench opens out.
Splinter (Sliver) Lake
Six and three quarter miles in, and the basecamp for the whole upper Clarks Fork. Brook trout at 9,482 feet with the entire shelf a day trip away.
Cliff Lake
Six miles up the Sky Top Creek drainage, on a trail the National Geographic map says does not exist. The last lake up here you can reach on trail.

