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Minnesota
Border Route Trail
7.5 mi
Distance
2,426 ft
Gain
3h 5m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Superior National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 7.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,426 ft
- Elevation loss
- 2,426 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Border Route Trail is a 7.51-mile out-and-back hike in Minnesota with 1,174 feet of elevation gain. The trail follows a route type of out-and-back, meaning hikers return via the same path they took to reach the destination.
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