3.4 mi of trail, end to end · about 80 ft of climbing · 350 ft of descent · 8,560 ft–8,831 ft · native material surface · trail No. 156 · trail class 3 · typical grade 8-10% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike
West Tensleep Trailhead provides access to Lost Twin Lakes #065 and Misty Moon #063 which access Cloud Peak Wilderness .
This is one of the most heavily used trailheads on the forest. There are facilities and a large parking area.
Restrictions <strong>No Camping</strong> at the trailhead, Pack It In, Pack It Out, <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/bighorn/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5162301">Wilderness Regulations apply</a> within Cloud Peak Wilderness. <ul><li><strong>Alert: </strong>Areas accessed from this trailhead fall within a <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/bighorn/?cid=FSEPRD1090225">special regulation area</a> where visitors are required to pack out all human waste and dispose of it in an approved waste disposal facility.</li></ul>
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.
