Pincushion Mountain Loop
Minnesota
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2.1 mi
Distance
242 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Superior National Forest
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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Pincushion Mountain Loop
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 533 ft
- Elevation loss
- 533 ft
- Highest point
- 1,245 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,006 ft
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About this route
Pincushion Mountain Loop is a 2.11-mile out-and-back route in Michigan with 182 feet of elevation gain.
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