Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Colorado, Wyoming

Miners Cabin

0.6 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 201 · trail class 3 · typical grade 8-10% · tread 12-18 inches wide · hiking, bike

Trailhead Miner's Cabin Trailhead Drive there

Miner's Cabin Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

$5/day per vehicle

The Miner's Cabin Trailhead provides access to the Miners Cabin Trail on the Snowy Range Scenic Byway. The short loop trail has interpretive information and passes historical mining ruins. The trail also offers excellent views of Medicine Bow Peak. This is an excellent way to explore the scenic beauty and history of the Snowy Range.

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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.