Big Four Ice Caves

Difficulty	Distance	Steps	Elevation Gain	USFS Trail #
Accessible	1.2 Miles One-way	2,755 est.	200	723.1

Steps are estimated from the hike distance and a difficulty-based stride length.

Formula: distance in miles × 5,280 feet ÷ stride length

Stride length is adjusted because tougher trails usually shorten each step:

Difficulty	Stride length
Unknown	2.2 ft
Accessible	2.3 ft
Easy	2.6 ft
Moderate	2.1 ft
Difficult	2.0 ft
More Difficult	1.9 ft
Strenuous	1.8 ft

The result is rounded to the nearest whole step and shown as an estimate.

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Difficulty: Accessible

Big Four Ice Caves

A nice hike along the Mountain Loop Highway taking visitors to a small glacier mass at the bottom of Big Four Mountain with naturally forming ice caves at the bottom.

Added 2025-07-28