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Idaho
Around the Mountain
3.1 mi
Distance
319 ft
Gain
1h 51m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Boise National Forest
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Why you'll love it
Part of Shafer Butte
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Around the Mountain
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 319 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,462 ft
- Highest point
- 6,769 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,452 ft
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About this trail
Around the Mountain is a 3.11-mile trail at Shafer Butte in Idaho with 1,329 feet of elevation gain. The trail loops around the mountain within the Shafer Butte trail system.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
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