Clay Butte Trail
Wyoming
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2.8 mi
Distance
531 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Shoshone National Forest
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Clay Butte Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 531 ft
- Elevation loss
- 791 ft
- Highest point
- 9,761 ft
- Lowest point
- 9,248 ft
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About this trail
Clay Butte Trail is a 2.77-mile route within the Beartooth Butte trail system in Wyoming, gaining 1,019 feet of elevation. The trail is managed by the Forest Service.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
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