Big Creek Trail #196

Starting at the end of both Big Creek Road and Smith Creek Road, this trail covers almost 40 miles of rugged back country on it's way to meet up with the Middle Fork River Trail #6044 and Waterfall Trail #6045 at the Middle Fork Salmon River. The trail runs almost due east and stays exclusively to the north side of the canyon. You can expect to see many trails join up from both sides of the creek. This trail provides access to Ramey Ridge Trail #006, Cold Meadow Trail #002, Lookout Mountain Ridge Trail #061, Coxey Creek Trail #050, Canyon Creek Trail, Rush Creek Point Trail #138, Coyote Spring Cow Creek Trail #044, Big Creek Ridge Trail #055, Goat Creek Trail #053, Soldier bar Trail #054, Waterfall Trail #6045 and Middle Fork River Trail #6044.