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Wyoming
Big Elk Creek Trail
0.9 mi
Distance
582 ft
Gain
30 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Caribou-Targhee National Forest
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Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back
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Big Elk Creek Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 582 ft
- Elevation loss
- 582 ft
- Highest point
- 7,549 ft
- Lowest point
- 7,303 ft
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- Forest Service
About this trail
Big Elk Creek Trail is a 1.78-mile out-and-back route in Wyoming with 582 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 7,549 feet.
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