Big Sheep Ridge Trail
Oregon
Free — you'll pick up right here.
7.8 mi
Distance
4,838 ft
Gain
4h 39m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Big Sheep Ridge Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 7.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,838 ft
- Elevation loss
- 4,838 ft
- Highest point
- 6,481 ft
- Lowest point
- 2,997 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Big Sheep Ridge Trail is a 15.52-mile out-and-back route in Oregon with 4,838 feet of elevation gain and loss, reaching a maximum elevation of 6,481 feet.
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