Fuller
- 7.9 mi
- round trip
- 1,440 ft
- climb
- 7,325 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Is Fuller open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists an alert for Medicine Wheel Ranger District.
Forest Special Order 02-02-03-25-05 Shell Falls Interpretive Site Closure
Agency alert covering Medicine Wheel Ranger District · Order 02-02-03-25-05 · USFS · Medicine Wheel Ranger District
As of · Source: USFS · Medicine Wheel Ranger District. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Fuller is a 7.9-mile out-and-back hike on natural-surface trail in the Medicine Wheel Ranger District of Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming. The Forest Service manages the land, and the route rises about 1,440 feet from a low point of 5,744 feet to a high of 7,325 feet, making it a moderate climb. Summer is the most comfortable time to go. Typical averages from the Burgess Junction weather station, about 13 miles away, put July highs around 71°F with lows near 42°F. Winter there is cold, with January highs around 30°F. The trail is open year-round, and horses and bikes are allowed. Little Horn lies about a mile away, and Bull Elk Park is about 3 miles off. Porcupine Campground is roughly 8 miles from the trail, and the Dry Fork Little Bighorn River offers canoeing about 6 miles out.
- Little HornHiking1.1 mi
- Bull Elk ParkHiking3.2 mi
- Dry Fork Little Bighorn RiverCanoeing6 mi
- Highway 14a BouldersRock climbing6.4 mi
- Porcupine CampgroundCamping7.9 mi
- Intermission Fire boulders (a.k.a. Fruit Basket)Rock climbing8.8 mi
Bald Mountain CampgroundCampingPhoto: Bas van Oorschot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)9 mi
Little Bighorn RiverCanoeingPhoto: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)9.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
HUDSON CREEKHiking · ~16 min drivePhoto: Bas van Oorschot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Little HornHiking · ~2 min drive
- BULL ELK CUTOFFHiking · ~8 min drive
- Dry Horse TrailHiking · ~32 min drive
Prune CreekHiking · ~29 min drivePhoto: David Haile, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Bull Elk ParkHiking · ~5 min drive
- Boyd RidgeHiking · ~8 min drive
- Dry Fork RidgeHiking · ~10 min drive
- Dry Fork RidgeHiking · ~9 min drive
- Tillets HoleHiking · ~19 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Bald Mountain CampgroundCamping · ~15 min drivePhoto: Bas van Oorschot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Little Bighorn RiverCanoeing · ~16 min drivePhoto: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Tongue River Fishing WestRiver fishing · ~18 min drive
- Medicine Wheel PassageScenic drive · ~22 min drive
Best time to visit Fuller
Best months: June–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
30° / 8°
Feb
29° / 7°
Mar
35° / 13°
Apr
41° / 18°
May
50° / 28°
Jun
61° / 35°
Jul
71° / 42°
Aug
70° / 41°
Sep
61° / 33°
Oct
46° / 23°
Nov
36° / 15°
Dec
29° / 8°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Burgess Junction, WY, 12.8 mi away at 8,060 ft. The station sits about 700 ft higher than this place, so expect it a little warmer here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
