Snowshoe Trail

Wyoming

Wyoming

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0.5 mi

Distance

61 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.

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Trail character

Surface
Singletrack

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Snowshoe Trail

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.5 mi
Elevation gain
94 ft
Elevation loss
94 ft
Highest point
8,682 ft
Lowest point
8,615 ft

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About this trail

Snowshoe Trail is a 0.47-mile out-and-back singletrack in Wyoming with 105 feet of elevation gain. Rated as a blue square / intermediate difficulty by IMBA, the trail follows a singletrack route through the Wyoming backcountry.

Permits & access

Managing agency
Forest Service

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
8,622 ft
High point
8,682 ft
Total climbing
94 ft
Total descent
94 ft
Steepest stretch
6% grade right from the start
Length (round trip)
0.9 mi
Shape
Out and back

Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.

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 1,300 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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