Tower Area Ski Trails
For complete ski trail descriptions, maps and the most current conditions, please visit the Bear Den Ski Shops at Mammoth and Old Faithful.
Lost Lake Trail
6800’-6440’
4 miles, easiest to more difficult
120 elevation gain/loss
This trail is best started at the Petrified Tree Road. The route travels the road to the Petrified Tree, then leads through a narrow, open valley to Lost Lake, then following the near shore (on the ice) the trail reaches the head of the lake. It then travels through intermittent forest and meadows.
Blacktail Plateau Trail
7571’-6600’
8 miles. Easiest to more difficult.
312 feet elevation gain/loss
This trail may be skied from either end. It begins 8 miles east of Mammoth Hot Springs at a parking area across the road from a self-guided trail, or at a service road approximately 1 mile farther east. The trail gradually climbs 900 feet in six miles through open meadows to “The Cut.” From The Cut the trail descends two miles down a moderate grade through a spruce-fir forest to rejoin the Mammoth-Tower Road. Broad vistas, elk, deer, coyotes, and occasionally bison may be seen.
Tower Falls Trail
6480’-6270
2.5 miles, easiest
190 feet elevation gain/loss
This trail begins at the parking area just southeast of Tower Junction. It follows the Canyon road for 2.5 miles up a gradual slope past Calcite Springs Overlook to Tower Falls. Great views of the Yellowstone River Canyon, occasionally bison, bighorn sheep and bald eagles can be seen.
Chittenden Loop Trail
7250’-6480’
5.3 miles, easiest to more difficult
900 feet elevation gain/loss
The Chittenden Loop Trail begins at Tower Falls. The trail is easiest if skied to the right through the Tower Falls Campground, climbing the more difficult section at the beginning of the loop. The trail continues through dense lodgepole pine returning to the unplowed Tower-Canyon road. From here the route goes approximately 3 miles back to Tower Falls. Good views of Mt. Washburn are possible.
Chittenden
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