Name: Beehive Basin Trail #40
Rating: 4.6

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4.6 from 17 votes

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4.6 from 17 votes

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Aug 20, 2020 near Big Sky, MT

Beautiful, clear day to visit Beehive Basin and not a bear in sight!

Aug 28, 2020 near Big Sky, MT

Jul 2, 2020 near Big Sky, MT

Mar 24, 2022 near Big Sky, MT

Beehive Basin Hike, Gallitin National Forest

Mar 24, 2022 near Big Sky, MT

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Oct 13, 2025

Eric Hanks

Jul 24, 2023

Burnadette M

Jul 26, 2022

Amy G

12h 35m

Aug 3, 2021

Nick Killian

Jun 17, 2021

Katie Fink

7.1mi — 2h 22m

Aug 20, 2020

Syd Chris

Harder climb than expected, but wildflowers were beautiful. Lake at the end is nice for lunch. Recommended for morning 6.1mi — 4h 00m

Aug 6, 2020

Scott Keho

Killer climbs — 4h 00m

Jul 30, 2019

Rachel Augustine

6.2mi — 2h 55m

Jul 30, 2019

Eric Harrill

6.6mi

Jul 17, 2019

W Helfand

6.6mi — 6h 00m

Jul 6, 2019

John Hunter

Quick hike 1.4mi — 0h 37m

May 15, 2019

Brennan VanDyke

Sep 1, 2018

Jason Hinkle

Exploring before doing the 11k rut tomorrow

Aug 24, 2018

Kamil Krzesniak

Jun 28, 2018

David Chapman

Great Meadow hike; constantly walking by stream of water. Several section very steep.

Aug 22, 2017

Andrew Kalman

3.3mi

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Beehive Basin Trail #40

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Point to Point

9,275' 2,827 m

7,919' 2,414 m

1,357' 414 m

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