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Day Hiking
The Danny On Memorial Trail is very popular and located within the Big Mountain Ski Area north of Whitefish. This self-guided trail provides you with an opportunity to observe and learn about plants and animals of the high country.
Access to the trail is unique; hikers can ride the chair lift up and hike down or hike up and ride the chair down or hike both ways. Fees for riding the chair are approximately $10 per person, check the Whitefish Mountain Resort's web page for maps and chair life schedules and fees.
Other recommended hiking trails by district:
Glacier View District:
- Mt. Hefty
- Whitefish Divide
- Ralph Thayer Memorial (NRT)
- Moose Peak
- Huntsberger Lake
Hungry Horse District:
- Great Northern Mountain
- Columbia Mountain
- Doris Ridge
- Baptiste Lookout
- Wheeler Creek
Spotted Bear District:
- Gunsight Peak
- South Fork
- Bruce Creek
- Spotted Bear Lookout
- Spotted Bear -Schafer
Swan Lake District:
- Strawberry Lake
- Sixmile
- Bond Creek
- Holland Gordon
- Peter's Ridge
- Holland Falls
Tally Lake District:
- Round Meadow Trails
- Tally Mountain
- Ingalls Mountain
- Johnson Peak
- Stovepipe Canyon
- Elk Mountain
- Finger Lake
Day Hiking Areas
- Glacier View RD
- Glacier View Area
- Cleft Rock Trail #13
- Coal Creek Coal Ridge Trail #239
- Coal Ridge Trail #14
- Cyclone Lookout Trail #40
- Deadhorse Ridge Moose Lk Trail #194
- Deadhorse-Elelehum Trail #255
- Demers Ridge Trail #266
- Du Hein Trail #383
- Forks Patrol Trail #452
- Glacier View Mtn. Trail #381
- Haines Pass Trail #6
- Hay Creek Trail #3
- Kimmerly Creek Trail #565
- Moose Creek Trail #9
- Moose Peak Trail #250
- Moran Creek Trail #2
- Mt. Hefty Trail #15
- Smokey Access Trail #274
- Smokey Range Nrt. Trail #270
- Thoma - Tuchuck Trail #19
- Thoma-Colts Cr. Trail #18
- Red Meadow Area
- Chain Lake Trail #377
- Link Lake Trail #372
- Nasukoin Mountain Trail #375
- Whitefish Divide Trail #26
- Tuchuck Trailhead
- Antley Tepee Creek Trail #106
- Review Mtn. Trail #113
- Seemo Pass Trail #22
- Tuchuck Creek Trail #23
- Tuchuck Ridge Trail #114
- Whale Creek Area
- Hornet Lookout Trail #349
- Huntsberger Lake Trail #374
- Inuya Creek Trail #79
- Ninko-Thompson Seton Trail #28
- Whale Creek Trail #11
- Hungry Horse Ranger District
- Great Bear Wilderness
- Bear Creek Trailhead
- Bergsicker Creek Trail #217
- Big River Trail #155
- Bradley Mtn. Trail #323
- Cascadilla Creek Trail #498
- Castle Lake Trail #209
- Charlie Creek Trail #330
- Cy Creek Trail #332
- Devil Creek Trail #167
- Dickey Creek Trail #149
- Edna Creek Trail #489
- Elk Lake Trail #602
- Essex Creek Trail #151
- Giefer Creek Trail #165
- Granite Creek Trail #156
- Grant Ridge Trail #339
- Great Bear Creek Trail #328
- Grizzly Creek Trail #319
- Java Creek Trail #254
- Java Mtn. Trail #158
- Logan-dirtyface Trail #62
- Long Creek Trail #166
- Marion Lake Trail #150
- Morrison Creek Trail #154
- Mule Ridge Trail #740
- Ousel Peak - West Trail #388
- Ousel Peak Trail #331
- Rescue Creek Trail #326
- Sheep - Elk Loop Trail #152
- Skiumah Creek Trail #204
- Snake Loop Trail #660
- Spruce Crossing Trail #65
- Spruce Lookout Trail #677
- Stanton Lake Trail #146
- Tunnel Creek Trail #117
- Twenty-five Mile Creek Trail #159
- Vinegar Mtn. Trail #260
- Hungry Horse Area Trails
- Alpine Trail #7
- Baptiste Lookout Trail #63
- Columbia Mtn. Loop Trail #51
- Doris Creek Trail #295
- Doris Ridge Trail #52
- East Skyland Trail #251
- Elkcalf Mtn. Trail #252
- Fawn Creek Trail #309
- Flossy Creek Trail #49
- Forest Creek Trail #410
- Jimmie Ridge Trail #297
- Lion Lake Trail #611
- Puzzle Ridge Trail #264
- Walk With Larch Trails
- Wildcat Mtn. Trail #242
- Wounded Buck Trail #57
- Jewel Basin Hiking Area
- Alpine Big Hawk Trail #722
- Birch Lake Trail #724
- Blackfoot Lake Trail #719
- Camp Misery Trailhead
- Clayton Creek Trail #420
- Graves Creek Trail #1
- Mt. Aeneas Trail #717
- Picnic Lakes Trail #392
- Pioneer Ridge Trail #71
- Tongue Mtn. Trail #55
- Wheeler Creek Trail #64
- Spotted Bear RD
- Badger Pass Cutoff Trail 147
- Bruce Creek Entry Trail 82A
- Bruce Creek Trail 82
- Bunker High Country Entry Trail 99A
- Bunker High Country Trail 99
- Catchem Creek Trail 269
- Cedar Flats Access Trail 213
- Charlotte Peak Trail 249
- Cliff By-pass Trail 80H
- Conner Connection Trail 343
- Conner Creek Entry Trail 396A
- Conner Creek Entry Trail 396B
- Conner Creek Trail 396
- Dean Creek Trail 87
- Doctor Creek Trail 291
- East Fork Strawberry Trail 371
- East Side South Fork Trail 126
- Flotilla Lake Trail 215
- Foolhen Creek Trail 142
- Garnet Trail 111
- Gateway Gorge Trail 322
- George Creek Trail 135
- Gorge Creek Trail 218
- Gorge Creek Trailhead
- Green Mtn Lookout Trail 75
- Gunsight Peak Trail 43
- Hodag Ridge Trail 701
- Holbrook - Shaw Connect Trail 212B
- Holbrook Cabin Spur Trail 263C
- Holbrook Creek Trail 131
- Holbrook Ford Trail 80G
- Holland - Gordon Trail 35
- Hungry Creek Trail 105
- Jumbo Mtn. Trail 569
- Kevan Mtn. Trail 732
- Kid Mtn. Trail 628
- Koessler Lake Trail 292
- Lemonade Springs Entry Trail 440A
- Lemonade Springs Entry Trail 440B
- Lemonade Springs Trail 440
- Lena Lake Trail 225
- Lena Peak Trail 248
- Lime Creek Trail 193
- Limestone Creek Trail 143
- Limestone Peak Trail 435
- Lodgepole Creek Trail 179
- Lodgepole Lookout Trail 345
- Lodgepole Mtn. Trail 337
- Lost Jack Trail 102
- Lower Spotted Bear River Trail 83A
- Lower Twin Trail 385
- Main East Side South Fork Trail 80
- Marshall Creek Trail 137
- Meadow Creek Airstrip Trail 80J
- Meadow Creek Gorge Trail 80A
- Meadow Creek Trailhead
- Meadow Mtn. Trail 56
- Mid Creek - Floater Access Trail 80C
- Mid Creek Trail 103
- Middle Big Bill Trailhead
- Miner Creek Trail 81
- Molly - White North Connect Trail 138A
- Molly Creek Trail 138
- Morrison Creek Trail 154
- Mount May Trail 256
- Mud Lake Mtn. Trail 470
- Murphy Ford Trail 80F
- Otis Trail 123
- Otter Creek Trail 279
- Pendant Cabin Spur Trail 110A
- Pendant Cabin Trail 212A
- Picture Lake Trail 107A
- Picture Point Trail 226
- Picture Ridge Trail 107
- Pilot Peak Trail 128
- Posey Creek Entry Trail 74A
- Posey Creek Entry Trail 74B
- Posey Creek Trail 74
- Pot Mtn. Trail 359
- Pyramid Pass/ Youngs Cr. Trail 283
- Quintonkon Creek Trail 72
- Rambler Creek Trail 524
- Rampart Mtn. Trail 643
- Rapid Creek Trail 139
- Roaring Creek Trail 318
- Ross Trail 284
- Salmon Forks Ford Trail 80E
- Sandstone Creek Trail 743
- Schafer Creek Trail 327
- Sentinel Mtn. Trail 737
- Sergeant - Harrison Creek Trail 88
- Silvertip Connection Trail 228
- Silvertip Creek Trail 89
- Silvertip Trailhead
- Smith - Little Salmon Trail 29
- Soldier Creek Entry Trail 268A
- Soldier Creek Trail 268
- South Creek Trail 730
- South Creek Trailhead
- South Creek-Nanny Creek Trail 93
- South Fork White River Trail 380
- Spotted Bear Lake Spur Trail 88A
- Spotted Bear Lookout Trail 84
- Spotted Bear River Trail 83
- Spy Mtn. Trail 238
- Stock Driveway Trail 486
- Switchback Pass Trail 177
- Tom Tom Trail 69
- Trail Cr - Sergeant Cr Entry Trail 94A
- Trail Cr.- Sergeant Cr. Trail 94
- Trail Creek Trail 731
- Trail Creek Trailhead
- Twin Creek Trail 230
- Twin Falls Trail 329
- Upper Big Bill Trailhead
- Upper Twin Creek Trail 237
- Upper Twin Trailhead
- West Fork Wall Creek Trail 229
- Swan Lake RD
- Island Unit
- Mission Mountains Wilderness
- Cedar Lake Trail #738
- Cold Lakes Trail #121
- Crystal Lake Trail #351
- Elk Ridge Trail #301
- Glacier Creek Trail #690
- Hemlock Feeder Trail #695
- Hemlock Lake Trail #607
- Hemlock Peak Trail #515
- Jocko Trail #34
- Piper Lake Trail #119
- Turquoise Lake Trail #708
- Swan Front
- Beardance Trail #76
- Broken Leg Divide Trail #353
- Camp Misery Trail #68
- Crane Mountain Trail #314
- Crater Notch Trail #187
- Echo Broken Leg #544
- Estes Lake Trail #96
- Flathead Lake Interpretive Trail #77
- Noisy Creek Trail #8
- Peters Ridge Trail #37
- Peterson Creek Trail #293
- Phillips Trail #373
- South Fork Hemler Creek Trail #20
- South Lost Creek Trail #86
- Strawberry Lake Trail #5
- Switchback Trail #725
- Swan Valley
- Big Salmon Creek Trail #110
- Bond Creek Trail #21
- Cilly Ridge Trail #108
- East Foothill Trail #192
- East Holland Lake Connector Trail #415
- Glacier Slough Trail #481
- Hall Lake Trail #61
- Holland Falls National Recreation Trail #416
- Holland Lake Nature Trail #414
- Holland Lookout Spur Trail #42A
- Holland Lookout Trail #42
- Holland-Gordon Trail #35
- Holland-Sapphire Trail #48
- Lindbergh Trail #490
- Lion - Palisade Trail #25
- Napa Lookout Trail #31
- Owl Creek Packer Camp Trailhead
- Sapphire Trail #120
- Sixmile Lookout Trail #10
- Sixmile Sidehill Trail #27
- Smith - Little Salmon Trail #29
- Wire Trail #78
- Tally Lake RD
- Ashley Divide Trail #289
- Ashley Mtn Trail #310
- Boney Gulch Trail #801
- Bowen Lake Trail #253
- Danny On Memorial Trail #370 (NRT)
- Dunsire Pass Trail #258
- Elk Basin Trail #182
- Elk Mtn. Trail #252 (NRT)
- Finger Lake Trail #802
- Griffin Creek Trail #480
- Ingalls - Mt. Conner Trail #171
- Lagoni Lake Trail #811
- Lupine Lake Trail #210 (NRT)
- Moose Pond Trail #807
- Ray Shearer Interpretive Trail #805
- Round Meadow Summer Trail System #45
- Sanders Mtn. Trail #172
- Star Meadow Guard Station Cabin
- Stovepipe Canyon Trail #196
- Stryker Basin Trail #814
- Tally Gorge Trail #294
- Tally Lake Campground
- Tally Lake Campground Trail #809
- Tally Lake Overlook Trail #804
- Tally Mtn. Trail #163 and #163A
- Tally Ridge Trail #458
- Tally- Ashley Trail #800
- Tally-Ashley Connector Trail #800A
- Wall Lake Trail #803
- Whitefish Trail #815
The Hungry Horse Ranger District is bordered on the east by the Middle Fork of the Flathead River and Glacier National Park. Its southern border runs along the Spotted Bear Ranger District and on the west with the Swan Lake ranger District. The Hungry Horse Reservoir and the South Fork of the Flathead River run north through the middle of the district.
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