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Surprise Pass

Intermediate Intermediate
 5.0 (1)
  1. Areas
  2. MT
  3. …Northwestern Montana
  4. …Glacier National Park
  5. Walton
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“It's called Surprise Pass because you'll hardly notice, then, SURPRISE! You're over it! ”

Sam H
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3.2

Miles

5.1

KM

Point to Point

5,727' 1,746 m

High

4,824' 1,470 m

Low

200' 61 m

Up

915' 279 m

Down

7%

Avg Grade (4°)

62%

Max Grade (32°)

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Features Birding · Fall Colors · River/Creek · Wildflowers · Wildlife

Description

A low, easy pass that divides the Coal Creek Trail and the Nyack Creek Trail. Gentle, slightly rising in elevation, and a beautiful coniferous forest is the modus operandi of this trail.

The fact this trail has its own name is, excuse my pun, a surprise, since it is really nothing more than an extension of the Coal Creek Trail from one end and the Nyack Creek Trail from the other.

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Land Manager: NPS - Glacier National Park

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#3

in Walton

#118

in Montana

#3,195

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