Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Rathdrum, Idaho

This route is on Inland Empire Paper (IEP) land through the Thompson Creek Gate. This is more or less the main road through this area. There are multiple places to pull over or turn around along the way. This route begins at the IEP gate and heads north for about 3 miles on Snake Trail Road. It then...
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This route goes from Spirit Lake, ID to the top of Mt Spokane via Inland Empire Paper logging roads and Mt Spokane Nordic Trails. Starting from Brickel Creek Road (via IEP Brickel Creek Gate), to Idaho Road (M8), to Mica Road (M17), to Linder Ridge Road, through the IEP Mt. Spokane Gate and ending i...
Learn more about Mt Spokane via IEP Backroads

This road travels east/west through Inland Empire Paper's Brickel Creek Gate and connects to multiple other trails. The road is normally in decent shape with just a few ruts and washouts along the way. Mud or snow conditions may add to the difficulty level in spring and fall. This is a popular ar...
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This 2.8-mile-long dirt bike trail leaves from the west end from the bottom of Trail 1 and is much easier than Trail 1. It goes along a shelf of a hillside, on an easy single track that is not too narrow and a bit wider in spots. Then it goes along an open hillside with scattered pine trees. It's mo...
Learn more about Canfield Mountain - Trail A (West)

Looking to check out the entire Rathdrum Prairie area? This is a great, scenic route featuring excellent views of the towns of Coeur d'Alene, Hayden, Athol, Rathdrum, and out to Post Falls. You also are treated to excellent vistas of Hayden Lake and the surrounding mountains. If you're new to the ar...
Learn more about CDA-Hayden Lake View Route

Trail 6 in the Canfield Trail System is a short connector trail between the D and A singletracks. This one is 1.3 miles long and very easy. The north end goes past a gate, then starts out like a shelf on the side of a mountain, but is wide. It's more like an old road in the beginning. It's pretty sm...
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This route is an alternate path from the main route, "Mt Spokane via IEP Backroads". Lower Tripps runs parallel to Upper Tripps for about 3.6 miles from Junction 6 to Junction 11. These roads are typically maintained in summer and have clear road signs and maps along the way. Cell service is intermi...
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This loop is mostly narrow, single-lane roads with limited places to pull over or turn around, but you will be rewarded with some great views at the top of Round Top Mountain. It is drivable in a full width 4x4 but you will have branches rubbing both sides of your vehicle at times. The west side is...
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This is an easy two-track open to vehicles less than 50". It leaves from the parking area on Nettleman Road and goes through a gate. It's an old repurposed road now used by ATVs. The trail is a wide gravel flat path, with a gradual incline as you go north. It has lots of curves through the pine tree...
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This route combines Mica Road & Upper Outer Limits to form an alternate side path from the main road "Mt Spokane via IEP Backroads". Starting at Junction 9 and heading east, you'll take Mica Road for around 2 miles until you hit Junction 8. From there you can continue on Upper Outer Limits for clos...
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Trail B is an easy single track in the Canfield Trail System, although long and windy. From the west end, it starts as a narrow single track through trees and bushes. It's smooth and easy in the beginning but it does have a few mud puddles. The trail traverses along the side of a mountain, almost li...
Learn more about Canfield Mountain - Trail B

Either end of this trail starts as a two-lane forest road. The middle section is where this trail gets its rating. The middle section is single lane, moderately steep, and has rain washes and ruts up to two feet deep. The middle section of this trail is very tight with few places to pass, and even f...
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These are single track trails that are part of the Canfield trail system. Penn is a one-way up trail and Cave is a one-way down trail. Penn is a sustained climb that is mostly smooth, but does have some ruts and whoops. Cave has small jumps which can be aired out or easily rolled over. Due to being ...
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1562 is the main thoroughfare for ATVs through the Canfield Trail System that goes all the way East to West along the north end of the trail system. This is a 3.4-mile-long segment of the ATV trail that is easy with no obstacles and is probably used mostly by dirt bikers and mountain bikers to acces...
Learn more about South Canfield OHV

This is a wide and easy dirt bike trail in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest. It's fast and flowy and goes underneath a bunch of trees like through a tunnel. It's a smooth dirt surface with little pieces of gravel and rock on the surface. It goes through a lush forest of ferns and pine trees, and yo...
Learn more about Canfield Mountain- Trail 11

This 5.6-mile segment of Trail A is a long and windy single track in the Canfield Trail System. It's wide and smooth coming from the east end. It has narrower sections later with more pieces of rock in the trail. It goes along a shelf, winding along the side of the mountain. It's like an old shelf r...
Learn more about Canfield Mountain - Trail A (East)

This short single track starts at the intersection with dirt bike trails 1562 and Trail A. It begins as a narrow single track through the pine trees. The trail goes on what looks like an old shelf road, following the edge of a mountain that has, over time, become overgrown and turned into a single t...
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This is an easy ATV trail that starts off of East Fernan Lake Road and is used to access the Canfield trail system. There's no parking area at the south end of the trail, just an open gate leading to the dirt trail. It's a really easy two-track-width trail that is a mix of dirt, small rocks, and gra...
Learn more about Dry Gulch Bypass OHV

This is a 2.8-mile-long easy 50" trail through the Canfield Trail System near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. It has no obstacles, just smooth wide dirt going through a pine tree forest. There are a few old logs down that have been cut, but there's always the potential for more downfall in the early season. T...
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Most of this trail is on a paved twisty road leading up into the Panhandle National Forest. The pavement ends at the top of the hill and spiderwebs into several dirt trails. Horse Ridge Trail is the furthest left at the top. It runs back along the ridge just above the paved section of the trail. ...
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This route is on Inland Empire Paper (IEP) land through the Thompson Creek Gate. This is more or less the main road through this area. There are multiple places to pull over or turn around along the way. This route begins at the IEP gate and heads north for about 3 miles on Snake Trail Road. It then...
Learn more about Thompson Creek

This route goes from Spirit Lake, ID to the top of Mt Spokane via Inland Empire Paper logging roads and Mt Spokane Nordic Trails. Starting from Brickel Creek Road (via IEP Brickel Creek Gate), to Idaho Road (M8), to Mica Road (M17), to Linder Ridge Road, through the IEP Mt. Spokane Gate and ending i...
Learn more about Mt Spokane via IEP Backroads

This road travels east/west through Inland Empire Paper's Brickel Creek Gate and connects to multiple other trails. The road is normally in decent shape with just a few ruts and washouts along the way. Mud or snow conditions may add to the difficulty level in spring and fall. This is a popular ar...
Learn more about Brickel Creek Road

Looking to check out the entire Rathdrum Prairie area? This is a great, scenic route featuring excellent views of the towns of Coeur d'Alene, Hayden, Athol, Rathdrum, and out to Post Falls. You also are treated to excellent vistas of Hayden Lake and the surrounding mountains. If you're new to the ar...
Learn more about CDA-Hayden Lake View Route

This route is on Inland Empire Paper (IEP) land through the Thompson Creek Gate. This is more or less the main road through this area. There are multiple places to pull over or turn around along the way. This route begins at the IEP gate and heads north for about 3 miles on Snake Trail Road. It then...
Learn more about Thompson Creek

This route goes from Spirit Lake, ID to the top of Mt Spokane via Inland Empire Paper logging roads and Mt Spokane Nordic Trails. Starting from Brickel Creek Road (via IEP Brickel Creek Gate), to Idaho Road (M8), to Mica Road (M17), to Linder Ridge Road, through the IEP Mt. Spokane Gate and ending i...
Learn more about Mt Spokane via IEP Backroads

This road travels east/west through Inland Empire Paper's Brickel Creek Gate and connects to multiple other trails. The road is normally in decent shape with just a few ruts and washouts along the way. Mud or snow conditions may add to the difficulty level in spring and fall. This is a popular ar...
Learn more about Brickel Creek Road

Looking to check out the entire Rathdrum Prairie area? This is a great, scenic route featuring excellent views of the towns of Coeur d'Alene, Hayden, Athol, Rathdrum, and out to Post Falls. You also are treated to excellent vistas of Hayden Lake and the surrounding mountains. If you're new to the ar...
Learn more about CDA-Hayden Lake View Route