Swan Lake Trail
Swan Lake Trail is a 3.1-mile loop foot trail in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. It climbs 320 ft to a high point of 6,833 ft. Difficulty: easy, from the NPS hiking-rating formula. That is the full hike: the mapped trail line covers only 1.76 mi of it, so don't plan from the map line alone. The figure is for the Park Service's “Heron Pond - Swan Lake Loop Trail” hike, which uses this trail.
- 3.1 miloop
- 1.76 mimapped segment only
- 320 ftelevation gain
- 6,833 fthigh point
- Easydifficulty
From the National Park Service
Heron Pond - Swan Lake Loop Trail · rated “Easy hike”
The Heron Pond-Swan Lake Loop is an easy, 3.1 mi (5 km) loop hike with 320 ft (100 m) of elevation gain.
Read the official NPS description
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