Custer Gallatin National Forest · Montana

Wapiti

8.1 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 35 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle, e-bike · motorized use allowed · seasonal: hiking 06/01-11/30

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 45.0384, -111.2804 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Upper Wapiti Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Multiple Trail opportunities that take off from this trailhead in the Taylor Fork drainage.

Trail #68 - Oil Well Trail follows an old road and is an ATV trail.

Trail #35 known as Little Wapiti is a horse, mountain bike and hiking and motorcycle friendly trail that leads into the backcountry with multiple trail junctions and provides access to Sunlight, Carrot, and Cabin Creek Areas.

Refer to Forest Map, district designated area trail map and Motor Vehicle Use Maps for seasonal motorized use

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.