Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Richfield, Idaho

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River Access Tall Grass Loop

This trail starts from the highway. It is a short loop trail, but it takes you to some beautiful river access spots. The trail crosses an old highway that was previously paved and fun to…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su

Wilson Butte

Expect a fairly easy trail here in the southern Idaho desert. This trail opens up with a few options to discover. As you head out, the road is fairly level, packed dirt and pretty dusty.…
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Total Miles
4.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Fish Creek Reservoir Access

This is a beautiful valley and a hidden gem. The trail leads down to the water's edge at the fish creek reservoir. The area is generally privately owned, but access has been granted through ranchland…
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Total Miles
4.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su

North Rim - Jerome

This is one section of the vast trail network north of Twin Falls, south of Jerome, along the Snake River Canyon. Very popular with all types of trail riders, it is accessible for almost the…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Kinsey Creek ATV Trail

The Kinsey Creek ATV trail is a rocky two-track down by a creek that starts at the Deer Creek Trailhead and climbs up to a saddle via a shelfy path. There are a couple of…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Imperial Gulch

Imperial Gulch is an epic top-tier single track for incredible views and a smooth fast and flowy trail through meadows full of wildflowers. There are only a couple of sections with some embedded small rocks…
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Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Greenhorn - Imperial Connector

The Greenhorn - Imperial Connector is likely the first trail most riders will take out of the Greenhorn staging area for this trail system. It's a short connector trail that starts directly from the trailhead…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Cow Creek Shortcut

This shortcut meanders through meadows and forest on a narrow dirt trail with embedded rocks, connecting Cow Creek to Mahoney Ridge. It has a shallow creek crossing with bony rocks sticking up that is lined…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Dead Horse and Tea Kettle Caves with Connector

This short route takes you through south-central Idaho's interesting and diverse lava flow region. This trail can be done both directions, but the easier sections begin closer to Gooding and the Tea Kettle and Dead…
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Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Dry Gulch Access

This is one of several short and easy single-track trails in the northeast corner of the South Hills Trail System near Twin Falls, Idaho. There are several short trails all within a couple-mile radius that…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Skull

Skull is a short and twisty single track in the South Hills Trail System near Twin Falls, Idaho. The entire trail is very tight curves through sage brush valleys. It has some embedded slab rock…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Lower Dry Gulch

Lower Dry Gulch is very similar to Upper Dry Gulch, except it doesn't have much elevation change. It's relatively flat and it flows alongside a gulch with a small stream where the cattle normally graze.…
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Total Miles
2.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Raggitt

Raggitt is a short single track in the South Hills Trail System. There are several short trails in the northeast corner of the trail system all within a couple mile radius that can be used…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Middle Fork-South Fork 2 - FS 7199

Middle Fork-South Fork 2 (7199) is a 4.3-mile trail in the Smoky Mountains, about 20 minutes west of Ketchum, Idaho. It branches east from FS 7986, turns north, and eventually connects with Warfield-South Fork. When…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa

Middle Skills

Middle Skills is one of the curviest trails in the northeast corner of the South Hills Trail System near Twin Falls, Idaho. This part of the trail system has several short and easy trails that…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Jummi

This is one of several short and easy single track trails in the northeast corner of the South Hills Trail System near Twin Falls, Idaho. There are several short trails all within a couple mile…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Sweet N Low

This is one of the short desert single tracks in the South Hills Trail System that is right by the staging area. You'll likely see locals here for an afternoon ride or mountain bikers. It's…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp / Su

Frenchman's Warm Creek Trail

Scenic out and back trail through a valley just on the outskirts of Ketchum that runs along a nice river. This trail features some wide-open valleys with the river winding through it as well as…
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Total Miles
8.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Swami (Part 2 Easier)

This section of Swami is an easy single track that connects to the staging area off of Indian Spring Road. It starts after about a mile of Swami Part 1, as the trail is getting…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Lower Sugarloaf

Lower Sugarloaf is one of the first trails accessed from the staging area for the South Hills trail system, and will likely be taken to access other trails in the system. It starts from the…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp / Wi / Su

Trail Creek Pass 408/208

Trail Creek Pass is a dirt road between Chilly and Sun Valley, Idaho. We ran the pass from Sun Valley up to the summit with an elevation of 7,896 Ft. The trail, starting on the…
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Total Miles
10.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sidewinder

Sidewinder is a single track full of very tight turns through sagebrush that makes for a great practice trail or warm-up for your day ride since it's close to the staging area and the quick…
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Total Miles
2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Warm Springs Creek Trail

The Warm Springs Creek Trail is an out and back trail in Sawtooth National Forest in Idaho. This trail offers incredible views of the surrounding mountains, especially as the elevation climbs. There's many campsites at…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Middle Fork-South Fork 1 - FS 7199

Middle Fork-South Fork 1 (7199) is a short connector in the Smoky Mountains, 20 minutes west of Ketchum, Idaho. The trail is 2 miles long, beginning at the junction of Middle Fork Warm Springs and…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa

Collaboration

This short single track connects Brennan to Lower Sugarloaf. From Brennan, it starts out faint and overgrown with grass. It goes above a ravine, then starts to switch back up a hillside in sage brush…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp

Matt's Gulch

Matt's Gulch is a fun desert single track in the South Hills Trail System south of Twin Falls, Idaho. It is similar to many of the trails in the system as it is an easy…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Wi / Su / Sp

Upper Dry Gulch

Upper Dry Gulch is very similar to Sly Gulch, being a narrow desert single track through sage brush terrain, and steadily losing elevation as it drops into a valley and parallels a ravine. It continues…
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Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp / Wi

Smitty's Lower

Smitty's Lower is a short and easy trail at the north end of Smitty's Upper that takes you back to Lower Sugarloaf, which you can take back to Indian Spring Road. It's fast and flowy…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp / Su

Snake Skin

Snake Skin is an easy single track in the South Hills Trail System that connects the more difficult Hot Shot trail back to Indian Spring road. It's an easier trail with no rock obstacles, and…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Sp / Su

Sly Gulch

This single track is a very narrow desert trail through sagebrush valleys and rolling hills. It is easy in the beginning as it goes through flat terrain with minimal rock. Then it parallels a ravine…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp / Wi

ATV Trails Near Richfield, Idaho

Wilson Butte

Expect a fairly easy trail here in the southern Idaho desert. This trail opens up with a few options to discover. As you head out, the road is fairly level, packed dirt and pretty dusty.…
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Total Miles
4.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Fish Creek Reservoir Access

This is a beautiful valley and a hidden gem. The trail leads down to the water's edge at the fish creek reservoir. The area is generally privately owned, but access has been granted through ranchland…
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Total Miles
4.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su

Kinsey Creek ATV Trail

The Kinsey Creek ATV trail is a rocky two-track down by a creek that starts at the Deer Creek Trailhead and climbs up to a saddle via a shelfy path. There are a couple of…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Dead Horse and Tea Kettle Caves with Connector

This short route takes you through south-central Idaho's interesting and diverse lava flow region. This trail can be done both directions, but the easier sections begin closer to Gooding and the Tea Kettle and Dead…
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Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Trail Creek Pass 408/208

Trail Creek Pass is a dirt road between Chilly and Sun Valley, Idaho. We ran the pass from Sun Valley up to the summit with an elevation of 7,896 Ft. The trail, starting on the…
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Total Miles
10.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Warm Springs Creek Trail

The Warm Springs Creek Trail is an out and back trail in Sawtooth National Forest in Idaho. This trail offers incredible views of the surrounding mountains, especially as the elevation climbs. There's many campsites at…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

UTV/Side-by-Side Near Richfield, Idaho

Wilson Butte

Expect a fairly easy trail here in the southern Idaho desert. This trail opens up with a few options to discover. As you head out, the road is fairly level, packed dirt and pretty dusty.…
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Total Miles
4.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Dead Horse and Tea Kettle Caves with Connector

This short route takes you through south-central Idaho's interesting and diverse lava flow region. This trail can be done both directions, but the easier sections begin closer to Gooding and the Tea Kettle and Dead…
Learn more about Dead Horse and Tea Kettle Caves with Connector
Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Trail Creek Pass 408/208

Trail Creek Pass is a dirt road between Chilly and Sun Valley, Idaho. We ran the pass from Sun Valley up to the summit with an elevation of 7,896 Ft. The trail, starting on the…
Learn more about Trail Creek Pass 408/208
Total Miles
10.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Warm Springs Creek Trail

The Warm Springs Creek Trail is an out and back trail in Sawtooth National Forest in Idaho. This trail offers incredible views of the surrounding mountains, especially as the elevation climbs. There's many campsites at…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa