2024 Map of The Needles

About this map

The high ridges and glacial basins of the Absaroka Range dominate this modern survey of the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness within the Gallatin National Forest. The landscape is defined by its dramatic verticality, rising to prominent peaks like The Needles and Carbonate Mtn while harboring high-altitude water bodies such as Silver Lake and Bridge Lake. This is a terrain of backcountry routes, where established paths like the Silver Lake Trl and the uniquely named Hi Ho Silver Trl provide access across Silver Pass. The mapping suggests a primitive, non-motorized landscape where human presence is marked primarily by these trails and the occasional U.S.G.S. Trl, all following the drainage patterns of major water systems including the Boulder River and Fourmile Creek.