Blacktail Deer Creek/Yellowstone River
7 miles (11.3 km) east of Mammoth on Mammoth–Tower Road
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Blacktail Deer Creek/Yellowstone River (12 mi (19.3 km) one-way), 7 miles (11.3 km) east of Mammoth on Mammoth–Tower Road. A moderately strenuous trail that follows Blacktail Deer Creek as it descends 1,100 feet (33.5 m) through rolling, grassy hills and Douglas-fir forest to the Yellowstone River. Cross the river on a steel suspension bridge then join the Yellowstone River Trail, which continues downriver, passing Knowles Falls and into arid terrain until it ends in Gardiner, MT. There is a very narrow, short stretch near Gardiner that is slippery when wet.
