South Dakota trails · Snow-7C
Snow-7C
A 7.2-mile out-and-back in South Dakota, with 1,065 ft of climbing. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Getting there
SNOW-7C access. About 58 min drive (30 mi, 2 of them unpaved) from Spearfish. 44.23419, -103.74622 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:39 a.m., the sun rises at 7:08 a.m. and sets at 6:12 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:42 p.m. (MDT) — 11 h 05 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 14.5-mile round trip takes roughly 6 h 26 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:34 p.m. — 4 h 38 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Snow-7 — 2.2 mi
- Stageyard 150 — 6.1 mi
- George S. Mickelson Trail — 9.4 mi
- Limestone 100 — 9.8 mi