North Country South Trail

Wyoming

Wyoming

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1.0 mi

Distance

803 ft

Gain

33 min

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

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

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Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
1.0 mi
Elevation gain
803 ft
Elevation loss
803 ft
Highest point
8,886 ft
Lowest point
8,748 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

North Country South Trail is a 1.92-mile out-and-back hike in Wyoming with 803 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 8,886 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
8,765 ft
High point
8,886 ft
Total climbing
803 ft
Total descent
803 ft
Steepest stretch
9% grade around mile 0.7 on the way out
Length (round trip)
1.9 mi
Shape
Out and back

Most of the climbing is in the middle stretch.

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

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Shoshone 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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