Trail Overview
This trail toward Brooks Lake is a wide 2-lane graded road meant for all vehicles. Brooks Lake is an incredible alpine lake with world-class fishing, hiking, camping, and stunning views. Also, the historic Brooks Lake Lodge is a world-class lodge and spa. The Brooks Lake Lodge is open year-round. There is free dispersed camping all along the route as well as a $10 per night campground right at the water's edge. Beware of bears up here-they are around! This is a great alternative to staying in the National Parks with all the crowds. You are only 28 miles from the entrance to the Tetons and Yellowstone.
History
This historic place is still as awe-inspiring as it was back in the day. When you visit Brooks Lake Lodge and Spa, you are following in the footsteps of generations of adventure seekers looking for mountain getaways. The lodge, which is listed on the National Park Services Register of Historic Places, was built in 1922. Known at the time as the Two-Gwo-Tee Inn, the lodge first served as a stopover for vacationers headed to Yellowstone National Park. Soon thereafter, the Two-Gwo-Tee Inn was converted into a dude ranch, renamed The Diamond G Ranch, and became a vacation destination in its own right-serving well-to-do Easterners in search of a Western-style vacation. The main lodge was constructed in a record four months time in the Western Craftsman architectural style that developed in the Rocky Mountain Region during the early 1900s. Through multiple renovations and additions, this architecture has been carefully preserved-most recently during the building of our Rocky Mountain Spa which emulates the main lodge. Adorned with a growing collection of fine Western art and sculpture, Brooks Lake Lodge and Spa is steeped in the grand tradition of the Great Western Lodge. With only a handful of lodge rooms and private cabins, it hosts only a limited number of guests at any one time.
