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Wraith Falls Trail
Trail
0.4 mile
0.6 kilometer
point to point
Easy/Intermediate
Elevation
Ascent:
87'
26 m
Descent: 0' 0 m
High: 6,700' 2,042 m
Low: 6,613' 2,016 m
Grade
Avg Grade: 4% (2°)
Max Grade: 24% (13°)
Dogs
No Dogs
Weather
Unknown
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“An easy trail to a lovely 100-foot cascade.”
— Tom CarterFeatures River/Creek · Views · Waterfall · Wildflowers
Family Friendly A short, easy trail to a scenic waterfall that the kids will love.
Description
This short trail leads through lovely meadows and mixed spruce, fir, and lodgepole forest, then along Lupine Creek to an overlook of 100-foot Wraith Falls. In summer, the meadows provide a nice display of purple lupine, a distant relative of the Texas bluebonnet, for which the creek was named. Years ago, lupine lotion made from these flowers was successfully used to combat body lice.
A “wraith” is a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death. Early map makers who named the falls apparently imagined they saw such ghostly figures in the gossamer white strands of this beautiful cascade. Study it for a while to see what you can see there.
Thanks to guidebook author, Tom Carter, for sharing this trail description. To learn more about visiting Yellowstone, check out his book, Day Hiking Yellowstone.
A “wraith” is a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly before or after their death. Early map makers who named the falls apparently imagined they saw such ghostly figures in the gossamer white strands of this beautiful cascade. Study it for a while to see what you can see there.
Thanks to guidebook author, Tom Carter, for sharing this trail description. To learn more about visiting Yellowstone, check out his book, Day Hiking Yellowstone.
Contacts
Local Club: Yellowstone Association
Land Manager: National Park Service - Yellowstone National Park
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