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Idaho
BUSTER LAKE
0.9 mi
Distance
536 ft
Gain
20 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Salmon-Challis National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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BUSTER LAKE
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 536 ft
- Elevation loss
- 536 ft
- Highest point
- 8,924 ft
- Lowest point
- 8,570 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Buster Lake is a 1.76-mile out-and-back trail in Idaho with 536 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 8,924 feet.
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