Clay Butte Cutoff Trail
Wyoming
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0.4 mi
Distance
331 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Shoshone National Forest
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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No access route mapped
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Clay Butte Cutoff Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 331 ft
- Elevation loss
- 412 ft
- Highest point
- 9,270 ft
- Lowest point
- 8,912 ft
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About this trail
Clay Butte Cutoff Trail is a 0.42-mile route in the Beartooth Butte trail system near Wyoming. The trail ascends 53 feet over its short distance.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
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