Parking
Use the roadside trail access on Inside North Fork Road, north of Logging Creek Ranger Station and between Quartz Creek and Logging Creek Campgrounds. The North Fork approach is a remote gravel road.
Overview
About Logging Lake Trail
Why go
- A low-angle route reaches a remote lake and Livingston Range views.
Heads up
- Most of the 4.4-mile approach is wooded, and the return retraces it.
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation3,478–3,894 ft
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
1 active Glacier alert
- ClosureTwo Medicine Campground closed for 2026 constructionTwo Medicine Campground is closed throughout 2026 because of construction in the Two Medicine developed area.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Glacier Tour Guide
Your drive to Logging Lake Trail, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Glacier National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Glacier audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Logging Creek and Logging Lake0:00 / 0:25
“Up ahead is the Logging Creek area, with a seven-site primitive campground and the trail access for Logging Lake. The campground has no drinking water, and RVs and trailers aren’t permitted.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Glacier Tour Guide.
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“Our first time to glacier and we used the audio portion for Going to the Sun Road. Wonderful information with perfect advice of what to see and do along the road.”
Trail guide
Hiking Logging Lake Trail
The lake foot is the turnaroundLogging Lake Trail is an 8.
Logging Lake Trail is an 8.8-mile out-and-back from Inside North Fork Road to the southwest foot of Logging Lake. The lake is about 4.4 miles in; plan roughly 4.5 hours and around 400 feet of climbing. Most of the climb comes early, then the path eases across a forested plateau. Choose this for a long, low-angle walk to a remote lake, not a high alpine viewpoint.
Forest, creek and burnOld-growth conifers cover most of the approach, with occasional glimpses down to Logging Creek.
Old-growth conifers cover most of the approach, with occasional glimpses down to Logging Creek. A patch burned in the mid-2000s opens one of the few broad views toward the Livingston Range. Expect a long stretch of trees before the lake becomes the payoff.
At the lakeThe route represented here stops at the southwest foot of Logging Lake.
The route represented here stops at the southwest foot of Logging Lake. From the open shore, the water frames Mount Geduhn and the Livingston Range; this is the place to compose the mountain across the lake. A short continuation along the north shore reaches a branch for the 1930 Logging Lake Patrol Cabin. The trail then carries on toward Adair and Grace Lakes, a much longer backcountry trip outside this route and its mileage.
Access and petsStart from the trail access on Inside North Fork Road, north of Logging Creek Ranger Station.
Start from the trail access on Inside North Fork Road, north of Logging Creek Ranger Station. The approach is remote gravel road, so check access before driving in. Pets are not allowed on Glacier trails or along undeveloped lakeshores.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Glacier
404 sightingsGrizzly BearMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
11 sightingsWolverineMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
1,173 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
1,000 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
395 sightingsMooseMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
506 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 8 PMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Glacier. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
