Beartooth High Lakes Trail

Wyoming

Wyoming

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18.3 mi

Distance

465 ft

Gain

6h 20m

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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Why you'll love it

Out & back

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Beartooth High Lakes Trail

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Elevation & route

Distance
18.3 mi
Elevation gain
465 ft
Highest point
9,985 ft
Lowest point
9,301 ft
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Permits & access

Managing agency
Forest Service
Bikes
Allowed
Horses
Allowed
Surface
Natural
Accessibility
Accessible trail (Forest Service accessibility status)

Source for bikes, horses, surface, accessibility: USDA Forest Service National Forest System Trails (EDW)

About this trail

Beartooth High Lakes Trail is an 18.28-mile out-and-back hike in Wyoming with 465 feet of elevation gain. The trail follows an out-and-back route type.

Facts about this trail

The climb

High point
9,985 ft
Length (round trip)
18 mi
Shape
Out and back

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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