Clay Butte Cutoff Trail
Wyoming
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.6 mi
Distance
414 ft
Gain
12 min
Time
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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.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Clay Butte Cutoff Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 414 ft
- Elevation loss
- 414 ft
- Highest point
- 9,273 ft
- Lowest point
- 8,905 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Clay Butte Cutoff Trail is a 1.14-mile out-and-back route in Wyoming with 414 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 9,273 feet.
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