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Colorado
Saddle Cutoff Trail
0.6 mi
Distance
256 ft
Gain
13 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 256 ft
- Elevation loss
- 256 ft
- Highest point
- 7,489 ft
- Lowest point
- 7,245 ft
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- Forest Service
About this trail
Saddle Cutoff Trail is a 1.22-mile out-and-back route in Colorado with 256 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 7,489 feet.
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