Elevation Change
June 7th, 2006I finally found some full resolution digital topographic maps for the area we’re going to be in Montana. For reference - the Montana State Library keeps a complete set of topographic maps availabe for download in TIFF and SID format here.
By using these maps I’ve put together an approximate elevation gain/loss chart for the trail. You can clearly see the 3 passes that we’ll have to do. I think the most surprising part is how high the passes actually are. The first and last pass we have to do almost hit 10,000 ft. In comparison the 1 pass that we did last time we went to Montana was only 8600 ft. So basically I’m going to be sucking wind - being that the elevation of Regina is only 1893 ft.
UPDATE:
Elevation gain per day is approximately as follows:
| Day 1 | 425 ft |
| Day 2 | 2857 ft |
| Day 3 | 1712 ft |
| Day 4 | 2390 ft |
| Day 5 | 3583 ft |
| Day 6 | 0 |
| Total | 10,967 ft |

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