Upper McKnight Lake
The small one of the McKnight pair, 3.4 acres at 9,200 feet, a quarter mile from Lake McKnight. Self-sustaining golden trout and good camping.
Lake McKnight
Sixty feet deep at 9,181 feet, over a ridge from Pine Creek Lake. Self-sustaining golden trout to nearly nineteen inches, and the best camping in the cluster.
Jewel Lake
The middle of three lakes on Pine Creek Trail, at 8,982 feet. Most guides carry one Jewel Lake; there are two, with a falls between them.
Jewell Lake
The lowest of the three lakes on Pine Creek Trail, at 8,620 feet. Above it the ground stands up on a 49 percent grade past Jewel Lake Falls.
Pine Creek Lake
Six hours and twenty minutes up from Paradise Valley, 170 feet deep, sitting on the divide at 9,032 feet. Good camping, and the busiest trail we have walked in this range.
Upper Sheepherder Lake
The bigger and higher of the two Sheepherder lakes, and the one most maps label simply Sheepherder. About an hour and a half in on a use trail.
Lower Sheepherder Lake
The bigger of the two Sheepherder lakes and the first one you reach, about forty minutes in on a use trail off the Beartooth Highway.
Mountain View Lake
A mile and a half straight up the creek above the Stillwater mine settling ponds, and 1,500 feet of it. Know your property lines before you go.
Kaufman Lake
Forty acres and seventy feet deep, with the only arctic grayling in the basin. We looked down on it from the bench above and did not get to the water.
West Boulder Lake
Fifty-five feet deep at 9,794 feet, over a pass from Prospect. Cutthroat averaging fifteen inches and the best fishing on the trip, a fish every cast.
Prospect Lake
Just under seven acres a mile northwest of Silver, with self-sustaining cutthroat and the route on through to the pass above West Boulder.
Speculator Lake
Abundant cutthroat to nearly 17 inches, over a saddle east of Patient. A beautiful cabin stands a quarter mile below the lake.
Patient Lake
About six acres at 9,659 feet, a mile north of Silver with no trail. Above treeline, no camping, and the first lake in the chain above camp.
Silver Lake (Boulder)
Ten acres at 9,138 feet and the basecamp for the whole upper Fourmile. Two junctions, stay right at both, and camping that is better once you get out of the wind.
Bergschrund Lake (Boot Lake)
The last lake at the head of the Falls Creek basin, 10,120 feet and fishless. The Falcon Guide calls it Boot. FWP has no entry for it at all.
Glissade Lake (Alice Lake)
Thirty-five acres at 10,055 feet, the biggest lake in the Falls Creek basin. The Falcon Guide calls it Alice and lists it fishless. FWP has no entry at all.
Falls Creek Lake
Just under 10,000 feet at the head of Falls Creek, above treeline on a rock shore, with no FWP entry and no name on the Falcon Guide's map.
Little Scat Lake
Five acres and three feet deep at 9,394 feet. FWP stocked it to seed the lakes below, then decided it was too shallow for the job.
Scat Lake
Seven acres at 9,335 feet above Martin, stocked with golden trout FWP has never managed to catch. The west shoreline cliffs out, so we went up and over.
Martin Lake (East Rosebud)
Golden trout at 9,118 feet, 108 feet deep, reached by an unmaintained scramble up Falls Creek above Lake at Falls. A lot of cliffs, and the descent is worse than the climb.