Horse Creek Cutoff Trail
Wyoming
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2.2 mi
Distance
1,656 ft
Gain
1h 13m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Shoshone National Forest
2 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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Horse Creek Cutoff Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,656 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,656 ft
- Highest point
- 9,052 ft
- Lowest point
- 8,438 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Horse Creek Cutoff Trail is a 5.96-mile out-and-back route in Wyoming with 1,656 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 9,052 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 9,009 ft
- High point
- 9,052 ft
- Length (round trip)
- 4.4 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Wind River Ranger District · Ranger district
- Shoshone National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Wind River Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Over-Snow Vehicle, Road and Trail Prohibitions
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Deacon Lake TrailHiking0.3 mi
- Twilight Creek TrailHiking2.6 mi
- Horse Creek TrailHiking4.4 mi
- Horse CreekCanoeing4.8 mi
- Horse Creek CampgroundCamping5.5 mi
- Horse Creek SlabsRock climbing6.6 mi
- Double Cabin CampgroundCamping7 mi
- East Du Noir CreekCanoeing7.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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