Black Butte Trail

Black Butte Trail is a 11.72-mile out-and-back foot trail in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. It climbs 2,985 ft to a high point of 9,878 ft. Difficulty: very strenuous, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

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