Wade Lake; western Montana

On recommendation from Derek DeYoung, we spent a couple of nights at this small lake in western Montana. We pretty much had the campground to ourselves most of the time. Although the fishing was non-productive from the bank, we nevertheless enjoyed watching the wildlife and just relaxing on the shore of this beautiful, clear lake. On the way down from Livingston, we clipped the northwest corner of Yellowstone and then headed west, past Hegben Lake (famous for very large trout), Quake Lake (formed when a massive earthquake in 1959 resulted in a landslide that created a natural dam). Just beyond these lakes, we headed over the Three Dollar Bridge, across 7 miles of dusty, rough road thru Three Dollar Ranch to the lake. Quake Lake Landslide from the 1959 Earthquake Wade Lake River otters on their evening feeding run across the lake Aspens are starting to turn