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Red Beds Trail - 3 members in 4 triplogs have rated this an average 4 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Aug 01 2024
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54 male
 Joined Feb 19 2015
 Phoenix
Red Beds TrailCentral North & NW, WY
Red Beds Trail
Central North & NW, WY
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bjonson • Triplogs 261
Hiking4.50 Miles 1,200 AEG
Hiking4.50 Miles
1,200 ft AEG
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Aug 11 2023
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67 female
 Joined Nov 17 2008
 phoenix, az
Red Beds TrailCentral North & NW, WY
Red Beds Trail
Central North & NW, WY
Hiking avatar Aug 11 2023
trekkin_gecko • Triplogs 4,660
Hiking4.57 Miles 796 AEG
Hiking4.57 Miles
796 ft AEG
 
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this triplog includes the tower trail from wednesday evening
we left sylvan lake early wednesday afternoon and drove to devil's tower, stopping for lunch in newcastle
i've wanted to see devil's tower since our black hills trip in 2019
drove up to visitor's center and hiked the tower loop, then checked into our koa cabin
the tower is a remarkable piece of geology
probably took 75 photos of it
mike and fletch have climbed it
the surrounding terrain is really nice, too
thursday morning sue and i returned to hike the red beds loop, which makes a wider circumference around the tower
nice trail and a different perspective
only saw a couple of people with the early start
apparently this is a big draw during the sturgis motorcycle rally, with long wait times for a parking spot mid day
wandered around the visitor center for awhile then hit the road, stopping for breakfast in sundance
it's a nice drive back toward custer
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[ checklist ]  Devils Tower
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 Meteorology [ checklist ]
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Jun 07 2021
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74 male
 Joined Feb 12 2002
 Gold Canyon, AZ
Red Beds TrailCentral North & NW, WY
Red Beds Trail
Central North & NW, WY
Hiking avatar Jun 07 2021
AZLOT69 • Triplogs 2,215
Hiking2.80 Miles
Hiking2.80 Miles
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Big lines to get into Devils Tower. Tourist season is off and running, nice hike.
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Jul 31 2008
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 Joined Sep 08 2006
 
Red Beds Trail Devils Tower NM, WY 
Red Beds Trail Devils Tower NM, WY
 
Hiking avatar Jul 31 2008
Jim • Triplogs 2,324
Hiking3.00 Miles 200 AEG
Hiking3.00 Miles   1 Hour   30 Mns   2.00 mph
200 ft AEG
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Hurricane Dolly was adding lots of moisture to the mountains and making climbing unpleasant with all the storms. Plus, its nice to take a break. So I headed up to Wyoming to Devils Tower. Devils Tower is a volcanic intrusion that has been exposed through erosion. Its about 867 from its base to its top.
There are two trails which encircle the base of the tower. The Tower Trail is paved and pretty level, and the Red Beds Trail is dirt and had about 200' of AEG. I did the tower trail in the evening of the 30th after I arrived at the monument and made my dinner in the parking lot at the visitor center. I took no pictures. The next morning with hundreds of tourists and families descending on the tower I opted to do the Red Beds Trail instead of the Tower Trail. I think I enjoyed it more, but the views of the tower aren't as good. The Red Beds Trail leaves from the visitor center and drops down to the Belle Fourche River before entering the area of exposed and eroded red sandstones above the river. It then climbs back up to the tower base and returns to the visitor center. It was pretty hot and humid the day I did this, quite a reversal of when I was in the area 8 years prior. When I was in northeast WY and western South Dakota I felt like I was in Mississippi rather than the west.
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