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Montana
Big Creek
5.5 mi
Distance
2,670 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Custer Gallatin National Forest
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Big Creek
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 5.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,670 ft
- Elevation loss
- 262 ft
- Highest point
- 9,606 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,959 ft
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About this trail
Big Creek is a 5.52-mile trail in The Sentinel trail system in Montana with 2,848 feet of elevation gain.
Permits & access
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- Forest Service
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