Chyt's Cut

Wyoming

Wyoming

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0.2 mi

Distance

13 ft

Gain

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What we do know

  • Inside Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

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  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

  • Outside any avalanche forecast zone

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Chyt's Cut

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.2 mi
Elevation gain
41 ft
Elevation loss
41 ft
Highest point
8,624 ft
Lowest point
8,591 ft

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About this route

Chyt's Cut is a short out-and-back route in Wyoming managed by the Forest Service. The route gains 66 feet of elevation over 0.23 miles.

Facts about this route

The climb

Starts at
8,608 ft
High point
8,624 ft
Total climbing
41 ft
Total descent
41 ft
Steepest stretch
2% grade around mile 0.2 on the way out
Length (round trip)
0.5 mi
Shape
Out and back

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

When to go

Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Laramie 4se, WY weather station, 5.7 mi away. High / low in °F.

  1. Jan33° high12° low
  2. Feb35° high15° low
  3. Mar44° high21° low
  4. Apr51° high28° low
  5. May60° high36° low
  6. Jun73° high46° low
  7. Jul81° high52° low
  8. Aug79° high49° low
  9. Sep72° high43° low
  10. Oct56° high31° low
  11. Nov43° high23° low
  12. Dec34° high14° low

The station sits about 1,200 ft lower than this spot, so expect it to run cooler up here.

Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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