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Idaho
WEST HORSE CUTOFF
10.8 mi
Distance
4,161 ft
Gain
5h 41m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Salmon-Challis National Forest
3 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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WEST HORSE CUTOFF
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 10.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,161 ft
- Elevation loss
- 4,161 ft
- Highest point
- 7,278 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,682 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
West Horse Cutoff is a 10.80-mile loop trail in Idaho managed by the Forest Service. The trail gains 4,161 feet of elevation over its circuit.
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