Shoshone National Forest

Wapiti Ranger District
203A Yellowstone Ave
Cody, WY 82414
(307) 527-6921

The Wapiti Ranger District includes the Blackwater Fire Memorial trail - a designated National Recreation Trail.

North Fork Shoshone River Area

Pahaska-Sunlight:

• Length (miles): 18
  
• Level of Use: Heavy
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Elevation Change: 6,500-10,200
• Trailhead, Access and Other Information: Camp Monaco - Waterfalls
  

Eagle Creek:

• Length (miles): 14.7
  
• Level of Use: Heavy
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Elevation Change: 6,700-9,900
• Trailhead, Access and Other Information: Meadows-Eagle Pass-Yellowstone National Park
  

Elk Fork:

• Length (miles): 21.0
  
• Level of Use: Heavy
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Elevation Change: 6,000-11,800
• Trailhead, Access and Other Information: Rampart Pass-Meadows-Teton National Forest
  

Blackwater (Fire Memorial) (National Recreation Trail)

• Length (miles): 5
  
• Level of Use: Light-Mod
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Elevation Change: 6,000-10,000
• Trailhead, Access and Other Information: Fire Memorial origin-Clayton Mountain
  

Kitty Creek:

• Length (miles): 6.5
  
• Level of Use: Heavy
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Elevation Change: 7,000-10,000
• Trailhead, Access and Other Information: Paradise Valley-Flora Lake
  

Green Creek:

• Length (miles): 6
  
• Level of Use: Light
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Elevation Change: 6,700-8,700
• Trailhead, Access and Other Information: Ptarmigan Mountain-Table Mountain Trail
  

Grinnell Creek:

• Length (miles): 6
  
• Level of Use: Light
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Elevation Change: 6,600-7,700
• Trailhead, Access and Other Information: Grinnell Meadows, beware of moose
  

Clearwater Creek:

• Length (miles): 4
  
• Level of Use: Light
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Elevation Change: 6,000-7,200
• Trailhead, Access and Other Information: Volcanic Outcrops-maintained 4 miles
  

Fishhawk:

• Length (miles): 14
  
• Level of Use: Heavy-Mod
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Elevation Change: 6,800-10,000
• Trailhead, Access and Other Information: Fishhawk Meadows-Teton National Forest
  

Morman Creek:

• Length (miles): 5.3
  
• Level of Use: Light
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Elevation Change: 6,200-10,000
• Trailhead, Access and Other Information: View Sleeping Giant Mountain
  

Crow Creek: *

• Length (miles): 11
  
• Level of Use: Moderate
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Elevation Change: 6,600-10,500
• Trailhead, Access and Other Information: Go up Pahaska-Sunlight Trail 1 mile to Crow Creek Jct. Cody Peak, Yellowstone N.P.
  

Red Creek: *

• Length (miles): 6.5
  
• Level of Use: Light
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Elevation Change: 7,500-9,500
• Trailhead, Access and Other Information: Go up Pahaska-Sunlight Trail 6 miles to Red Creek Junction, Frost Lake, Grant Peak, Notch Mountain
  

* These trails branch off the Pahaska-Sunlight Trail.