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Montana
Shafer/big Creek Baldy
4.6 mi
Distance
2,941 ft
Gain
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Inside Kootenai National Forest
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Shafer/big Creek Baldy
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 4.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,941 ft
- Elevation loss
- 813 ft
- Highest point
- 5,248 ft
- Lowest point
- 2,960 ft
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About this trail
Shafer/big Creek Baldy is a 4.62-mile trail at Turner Mountain in Montana with 3,044 feet of elevation gain. The trail follows a lollipop route shape within the Turner Mountain trail system.
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- Forest Service
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