Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Mud Lake, Idaho

Mahogany Peak is an out-and-back trail, or you can return on another route if so chosen. You start at the air-down spot right off of the highway and work your way up into Chandler Canyon.…
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Noise ORV is single track trail loop and features whoops, volcanic rock, sand, and hard dirt. It can get quite dusty, so the best times to ride are early in the morning or after it…
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This route is easy most of the time with a few places that have some large rocks and hills. The trail is open to 50-inch vehicles and is a great ride with amazing views. You…
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Smooth, flat, and loose gravel is what this route is all about. It's super wide with no washboard. There is access to the St. Antony Sand Dunes Open Area off this trail. These access trails…
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This stunning out-and-back trail begins down in a canyon surrounded by scrub brush and low sagebrush. There are field swallows flying and snatching up bugs. If you are lucky, you might spot some antelope making…
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If you are looking to camp in this valley, this is the Mecca. This beautiful trail runs along Birch Creek with tons of dispersed campsites. It is an established area, but it is free. There…
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Market Canal Road is a simple trail that takes you through the sagebrush just west of the Menan Butte. The trail is wide and mostly flat with sections of lava rock and sand but offers…
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This beautiful out-and-back trail starts in the valley with a water crossing. Then it heads across the valley and up into one of the canyons. The mountain and valley views in this area are unbeatable.…
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First of all, it's closer to three miles, but maybe they first ran it on foot, and it seemed shorter. This is a fun trail that is mostly traveled by cattle. It is a sandy…
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This road provides access to Forest Service and BLM lands from the amazing BLM Birch Creek Campground. The upper mile-or-so of this road is very rough and slows travel to a few miles per hour,…
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This is a very well-designed, constructed, and maintained trail for 50" ATVs and dirt bikes. The trail winds through well-forested terrain and includes several steep grades. The trail base is primarily dirt and gravel and…
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This route will take you to the base of the mountains and over to Skull Canyon. You will pass through some amazing country and travel back in time as you see the old cabins and…
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This route will take you from the main highway to Big Southern Butte. If you have not been to Big Southern Butte, it is worth the trip. The butte is one of the largest volcanic…
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This 8-mile trail is an extension of the Southfork Eightmile Trail, which originated in the Lemhi Valley on the north side of the divide. This trail (the North Creek Trail) takes the rider from the…
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This is a segment of BLM Rd 538 from its intersection with BLM 537 to the BLM eighteen-mile road. It traverses rolling grassy hills that offer panoramic views of the Lemhi Valley. This road tops…
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This route consists of segments of several BLM roads. The purpose of this route is to facilitate travel in the Pahsimaroi Valley between the North Creek Trail and the Uncle Ike Trail. Most of the…
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This trail traverses through terrain with high open meadows and stands of mixed conifers. The northwest lobe of this trail that departs from Pass Lake is characterized by good tread of compacted native soil. The…
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This is a cutoff road from Cedar Butte to Big Southern Southside. You can access the old Goodale's Cutoff trail (Webb Springs trail), Big Southern Springfield Road headed south, or Atom Cox Well Road headed…
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This trail is the seamless extension of Trail 1013. It follows a ridgeline that begins the descent into the Modoc Valley and eventually to the access road to Interstate 15. The trail starts out in…
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Jump Off Peak is best accessed through wood canyon, by way of Arco. Wood Canyon itself is fairly tight and narrow, but once you reach the cutoff to the peak you will be on top…
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The primary attraction to the Indian Head Canyon is the marvelous petroglyphs preserved in a cave in the canyon wall. The BLM and Forest Service have developed this site by fencing off the area and…
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This is a lovely little 3.6-mile loop trail that is convenient to the Stoddard Creek campground and the dispersed campsites along Stoddard Creek Road. It twists and turns through impressive stands of large fir trees…
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This route is a series of Forest Service roads provided to assist visitors from the end of the West Modoc Creek Trail to the service road on Interstate 15. From that point, travelers can find…
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This is a short Forest Service Road that leads to a trailhead. There are a few dispersed campsites along this road. But the road itself is pretty rough and narrow, so those campsites are not…
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This trail is a ridgeline trail along its entire 3.5-mile length. Most of that ridgeline is free from timber, so there are abundant opportunities for sweeping panoramic views. The trail tops out at about 7,500…
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This 10-mile track, each way, takes you into Wood Canyon, under the shadow of Howe Peak. Nearby peaks include the Howe Peak Ridge and Jumpoff Peak. Most of the trail is in the Challis National…
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This road, signed as FS 021 on the ground, is a well-maintained gravel road up to its intersection with the Middle Threemile Road (FS 477). Beyond that intersection, the road narrows, deteriorates, and becomes more…
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This road is a well-maintained dirt road up to the Forest Service boundary. Beyond that, the road is heavily rutted and presents some moderate challenges to travel. The road follows the creek and passes through…
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This 1.6-mile track takes you a little further into Horsethief Canyon and then down into Spur #6, deep in the Challis National Forest. Elk and deer are plentiful at different times of the year. The…
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Horsethief Canyon is roughly 20 miles out of Arco, Idaho, and if you follow Arco Pass, including all of the side spurs, this is a full-day trip round-trip track. You go deep into the Challis…
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