The trail is primarily used for hiking and is best used from April until November. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash. The trail was completely snow free. Sheep Mountain Lodge 17701 W Glenn Hwy (Mile 113.5) Glacier View, AK GPS: 61.812722, -147.498497 Phone: (907) 745-5121 Toll Free:1 (877) 645-5121 Email: … Directions. Trail Reports. From Helena take I15 toward Butte, take Exit 182 (Clancy) turn right on the frontage rd. If you have questions about driving up Sheep Mountain Table, please contact the park at (605) 433-5361. Hiking Sheep Mountain Table. It is open to hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding. This is a 3.8 mile out-and-back hike with 1400 cumulative feet of elevation gain that takes about 2-4 hours to complete. Camping available at the trailhead parking area. After a few more miles, you finally come across your first sign since leaving Highway 200, the trailhead for Sheep Mountain. Sheep Mountain Trail Difficult. no reports have been added for Sheep Mountain Trail (The Great Trail) yet, add a trail report. Dogs are welcome. 4.5 (2) ... Sheep Mountain is highly visible in this area and yet rarely visited in the easternmost point of the Medicine Bow Range. Keep your eyes out for posts marking the trail… Hiking trip report, map, and photos for Sheep Mountain, located in Sheep Mountain BLM, Nevada. You’ll cross a two track and some underground piping. We decided to hike up the depression to the left of the ridge because we wanted to avoid all the sheep above us that were on the ridge. Overview Sheep Mountain (8,450 feet) offers a mild grade hike to an uninspiring summit; however, its nearly 5 miles of singetrack wends its way though several ecologic zones and its nearly 3,000 feet of elevation gain from the floor of the Big Thompson canyon offers excellent views of the plains to the east and the peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park to the west. It was hot and sunny, about 15°C. The Sheep Mountain Trail is open all year from the Sheep Mountain Trailhead but the Wildlife Area (from the Game and Fish Trailhead) is usually closed from January 1st through April 30th to protect elk winter range and calving. Visitors who are not driving four-wheel drive, high clearance vehicles can still access the views from the end of Sheep Mountain Table by foot. Sheep Mountain Trail is a 9 mile heavily trafficked out and back trail located near Loveland, Colorado that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. The Sheep Mountain Trail is a foot/horse trail that winds up an impressive box canyon to the top of Sheep Mountain, where visitors have the freedom to explore over 25,000 acres of BLM-administered public lands. We saw close to 40 sheep on the mountain. Marko Marjanovic May 7, 2014 We hiked up the Sheep Mountain trail on the weekend. 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