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Medicine Bow Peak Trail

Medicine Bow Peak Trail — tail catalogue entry from OSM relation 7380743. Geometry and elevation are OSM/GLO-30 and provisional. No special permit known; verify locally.

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Distance 11.8 km Reported · Ascent provisional (DEM sample) · High point provisional (DEM sample) · T2 · pin

Itinerary not published

Last checked 2026-09-24

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The Hiking World, Medicine Bow Peak Trail, read 2026-09-24, https://www.thehikingworld.com/trails/medicine-bow-peak-trail

How we verify · last checked 2026-09-24

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Medicine Bow Peak Trail

Figures marked provisional are seed data and still need verification. Source and last-checked date sit under each cited value.

Forecast at page generation, 2026-11-04T22:08:25.816Z

Representative point on Medicine Bow Peak Trail: 41.336°, -106.331°, about 3649 m. A forecast, not a trail-surface reading.

Source Open-Meteo. Mountain weather changes with elevation and aspect.

Life-safety notices on this page come from the issuer.

Stored line for Medicine Bow Peak Trail, from 41.358°, -106.309° to 41.358°, -106.295°. The drawing is the simplified record, not a surveyed GPS track.

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GeoJSON

This line is a schematic. The files are not a GPS track. GPX · GeoJSON

Facts41.358, -106.309
Distance11.8 km*
osm-2d (provisional; not walking distance) · read 2026-09-23
Ascent+576 m*
copernicus-dem:glo-30 · read 2026-09-24 · provisional
Descent674 m*
copernicus-dem:glo-30 · read 2026-09-24 · provisional
High point3,649 m
copernicus-dem:glo-30 · read 2026-09-24 · provisional
Low point3,200 m
copernicus-dem:glo-30 · read 2026-09-24 · provisional
Routepoint-to-point
Daysnot published
Seasonunverified
GradeUngraded (tail ingest)

Catalog entry

DifficultyUngraded (tail ingest)
SAC T2
Mountain hiking. Continuous trail, some steep ground, sure-footedness helpful.
YDS Class 1
Class 1. Walking on an established path; low fall risk.
Elevation
32003420364011.48 km profile length (DEM sample)

Stored distance is 11.8 km. The chart axis follows the DEM sample (11.48 km), not the published line length.

Tail catalogue entry built from OpenStreetMap relation 7380743 (ODbL). The stored line is the OSM geometry, decimated; its 2-D length is provisional and not published as walking distance.

Elevation high/low and ascent/descent are Copernicus GLO-30 samples at the line vertices (copernicus-dem:glo-30) and remain provisional.

No special permit was researched for this trail. Permit is marked unverified — confirm locally before relying on it.

Water

No water sources recorded.

Permits & fees

Conditions, fees and rules change. Confirm with the issuer and local authorities before you go. This is a reference, not a substitute for local advice. Terms

Permit status is unverified.

Getting there

No sourced gateway chain yet.

Getting there car-free

  • Medicine Bow Peak Trail (start): car-free flag unknown.
  • Medicine Bow Peak Trail (end): car-free flag unknown.

Trailheads

  • Medicine Bow Peak Trail (start) car-free: unknown
  • Medicine Bow Peak Trail (end) car-free: unknown

Questions

Do I need a permit for Medicine Bow Peak Trail?

Permit status is unverified for Medicine Bow Peak Trail. This desk does not assert that a walking permit is or is not required.

How difficult is Medicine Bow Peak Trail?

Medicine Bow Peak Trail is graded SAC T2 · YDS 1.

How long is Medicine Bow Peak Trail?

The length on this record is 11.8 km (reported). Published figures may differ. See /guides/how-long-is-the-trail

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