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-Mapped by Kris Wagner
Trail Facts
- Distance: 3.6
Waypoints
SPT001
Location: 45.90717, -110.963126
Scan wooden billboard for recent trail reports, then hike S into evergreens. The climb to the top is a notch under 2,000 ft.
SPT002
Location: 45.903687, -110.965562
Trees thin out; labyrinth of snow-fed creeks rushes past fields of flowers—orange-red paintbrush, purple bluebells, white lilies
SPT003
Location: 45.902209, -110.968748
Connect cairns
SPT004
Location: 45.90172, -110.970272
Hike into the belly of the cirque, then wrap up the W wall
SPT005
Location: 45.899764, -110.972852
Switchback climb
SPT006
Location: 45.900212, -110.975765
Weathered sign marks saddle: Turn L for Sacagawea Peak; on R is Hardscrabble Peak. Nonstop views of 4 mountain ranges
SPT007
Location: 45.897957, -110.974027
Early risers: The summit will block the morning sun, so the next 30 minutes are chilly
SPT008
Location: 45.895967, -110.973142
Continue on summit route; bottomless SW views over the Bridger Range
SPT009
Location: 45.89503, -110.968754
Only a few more zigzags to the windy crown
SPT010
Location: 45.895821, -110.968507
Stand on Sacagawea Peak (9,665 ft.), named in honor of the Shoshone woman who joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805. Return to trailhead