Gold Creek Lake
Gold Creek Lake is a moderate-sized (13.8 acres), remote glacial cirque lake located in the Rattlesnake Wilderness in the Gold Creek drainage near Missoula at 6,870 ft elevation.
| Size: | 13.8 acres |
| Elevation: | 6870 ft |
| Directions: | Access to Gold Creek Lake can most easily be obtained by taking USFS Road #126 (Gold Creek Road) off of U.S. Highway 200 east of Missoula. Travel on Road #126 for ~6 miles, then USFS Road #2103 for ~ 5 miles and finally USFS Road #4323 for ~ 5 miles to the West Fork Gold Creek Trailhead and USFS Trail #333. From here, it is a ~ 5.5 mile hike on Trail #333 to Boulder Lake. From Boulder Lake, hike ~ 0.7 mile up the stream drainage on the northwest side of Boulder Lake (off-trail). This stream is the outlet of Gold Creek Lake. Gold Creek Lake can also be reached by hiking off-trail across difficult terrain for ~1.2 mi to the west from Fly Lake. |
| Status of the Fishery: | |
| Township/Range/Section: | 15N 18W 2 |
| Latitude/Longitude: | 47.08557 -113.84673 |
| FWP Region: | Region 2 |
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| Fishing District: | Western |
| Type: | MTNLAKE |
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| Year | Species Abbrv | Length | Weight | M/C | Count | Sex | Mort | Hook Scar | Disease | Scales | Otolith | Fin Clip | Tag | Comment | Genetics | Age | Stomach | Intercept | Slope | Gear | Equipment | Trip | Date | Pass/Run | Water | Section | Lat/Down | Lon/Down | Lat/Up | Lon/Up | Agency | Start Depth | End Depth |
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There is no fish consumption advisory for this waterbody.
