Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Wardner, Idaho

The trail to Lost Lake takes you deep into the mountains to the south of Osburn, Idaho, on a gorgeous 1600ft climb with many breathtaking views of the Silver Valley. The trail starts directly out of the Big Creek I-90 Exit, with a small parking lot available. The initial climb is pavement for about ...
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Montgomery-Moon Ridge is USFS road #946, a lightly used well-maintained route in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest. At low elevation, it passes many privately owned tracts and has lots of tight turns. There are no camping or bathrooms on the route, and deer and elk are infrequently found due to prox...
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This trail is just outside Pinehurst. Coming down the little road next to a very beautiful creek. Then you turn left to go up the trail. It's an easy forest service road. But you can take this awesome bypass that goes straight up the mountain. On a tight little trail through the pine trees and recon...
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This national forest road leads to Lake Elsie Campground & Recreation Area. Lake Elsie is a no-fee camp area with 11 designated campsites and miles of ATV trails. It's also a great day-use area for kayaking, paddle boarding, and other water activities. The area seems to be popular during hunting sea...
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This 5 mile trail in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest is a fun and easy single track that starts from the town of Osburn, Idaho, and can be used to access more single track trails that are farther north. Parts of the trail look like it's an old road since it's wider in parts, but eventually it gets...
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This route gives you incredible views of Wardner Peak and valleys. It finishes at the top of Frost Peak, giving you views of the Silver Valley. Most of the trail is easy fire road but the lase mile to the top gets rough and rocky., but the last
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Character Ridge is USFS road #620, a lightly used well maintained route in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest. It rises from Coeur d'Alene River Road and has lots of tight turns. There are no camping or bathrooms on the route, and deer and elk are infrequently found due to proximity to town. The rout...
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Beefcamp is a fast trail through large trees. Great flow with this one. There are several root and rock sections but nothing very difficult. North to South is mostly downhill. There are several switchbacks along the way with ample room to turn. BEWARE: true trail does not intersect with Jewel Gulch ...
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2 Mile Road is a skinny one-lane rocky fire road with beautiful views of the valley below, which leads to 2 Mile Saddle that has 3 different directions you can go, which also have offshoots. You can use it as a shortcut or make a small loop to Dobson Pass down to Wallace, Idaho.
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Lake Elsie Ridge is a short ATV trail that drops 600 feet from the Dam Creek Divide ATV trail down to the access road into Lake Elsie Campground. It's a steep downhill with lots of loose rock on a dirt surface. It's a pretty bumpy trail from all the rock. It's two track width, and lined with pine tr...
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This is a fun and easy ATV trail with a few challenges that starts right at Lake Elsie Campground. The trail has a few steep climbs with a few roots and a couple of wide switchbacks, and it rides on a shelf ledge for part of it. There is a small and shallow creek crossing that is easy, and there are...
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This ATV trail is one of several easy to medium ATV trails in this area of the St. Joe National Forest, that starts on the south end from Cemetery Ridge, and goes north to the intersection with Lake Elsie Ridge. The trail is packed with dirt with tons of loose rock on the surface for the majority of...
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This is a nice, easy route up to Laverne Saddle. At the bottom, the road is slightly rocky, but once the climbing starts, the road gets mostly smooth. There are some beautiful views into the valley, and moose and elk are known to be seen on the trail. There is a fork approximately half a mile from ...
Learn more about Bumblebee Creek - FS 796

Little North Fork Coeur d'Alene River Road (209) is the main route through this part of the Coeur d'Alene National Forest. On the southeast end, it turns from pavement to gravel just past Bumblebee Campground and heads northwest to Honeysuckle Campground. There are numerous spots to camp alongside...
Learn more about North Fork Coeur d'Alene River (209)

Cranky Gulch is a popular trail to access the single-track trails in the St. Joe National Forest south of Wallace, Idaho. It starts off at Moon Pass with a pull-off that riders use as a staging area. There is a gate with a pinch point here and the trail starts on the right after the gate at a trail ...
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This is a nice, easy route from Cataldo to the top of St. Joe Baldy. There are 2 different hiking trails on the route that take you to Crystal Lake. The last mile or so becomes very exposed and rocky, but at the top, you can see up and down the St. Joe River for miles.
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This route is a very smooth dirt road with very pretty views of the Bitterroot Mountains and valley below, with multiple offshoots that go off either side of the valley. You can use this as a loop road or a fun afternoon of exploring. Take this to or from historic Wallace, Idaho.
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From Bumblebee Creek Road, take 2369 up the ridge, then make a hard left for the final climb to the peak. It is very narrow with no turnouts, but the views are worth it. While at the top, look for the two old survey markers from 1940. Once off the peak, you can take Road 323 down to the river road.
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Route starts on the North Fork road and takes you up to Bumblebee Peak. This is a non-maintained road that stays mostly smooth in the flatter sections but can get quite rutted in the steeper parts. Once at the saddle, take the final climb up TR 2369 to Bumblebee Peak. It is very narrow with no turn...
Learn more about Little Bumblebee - FS 323

Oregon Toboggan (FS 2349) and Jack Waite Forks (FS 1551) are moderately used, mild forest roads with great views of the Coeur d’Alene mountains. At 11.3 miles, there is a spur road on the left which dead ends close to the remediation site of the Jack Waite Mine, which was founded back in 1884. The r...
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The trail to Lost Lake takes you deep into the mountains to the south of Osburn, Idaho, on a gorgeous 1600ft climb with many breathtaking views of the Silver Valley. The trail starts directly out of the Big Creek I-90 Exit, with a small parking lot available. The initial climb is pavement for about ...
Learn more about Lost Lake

Montgomery-Moon Ridge is USFS road #946, a lightly used well-maintained route in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest. At low elevation, it passes many privately owned tracts and has lots of tight turns. There are no camping or bathrooms on the route, and deer and elk are infrequently found due to prox...
Learn more about Montgomery-Moon Ridge

This trail is just outside Pinehurst. Coming down the little road next to a very beautiful creek. Then you turn left to go up the trail. It's an easy forest service road. But you can take this awesome bypass that goes straight up the mountain. On a tight little trail through the pine trees and recon...
Learn more about Pine Point

This national forest road leads to Lake Elsie Campground & Recreation Area. Lake Elsie is a no-fee camp area with 11 designated campsites and miles of ATV trails. It's also a great day-use area for kayaking, paddle boarding, and other water activities. The area seems to be popular during hunting sea...
Learn more about Lake Elsie (2354)

The trail to Lost Lake takes you deep into the mountains to the south of Osburn, Idaho, on a gorgeous 1600ft climb with many breathtaking views of the Silver Valley. The trail starts directly out of the Big Creek I-90 Exit, with a small parking lot available. The initial climb is pavement for about ...
Learn more about Lost Lake

Montgomery-Moon Ridge is USFS road #946, a lightly used well-maintained route in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest. At low elevation, it passes many privately owned tracts and has lots of tight turns. There are no camping or bathrooms on the route, and deer and elk are infrequently found due to prox...
Learn more about Montgomery-Moon Ridge

This trail is just outside Pinehurst. Coming down the little road next to a very beautiful creek. Then you turn left to go up the trail. It's an easy forest service road. But you can take this awesome bypass that goes straight up the mountain. On a tight little trail through the pine trees and recon...
Learn more about Pine Point

This national forest road leads to Lake Elsie Campground & Recreation Area. Lake Elsie is a no-fee camp area with 11 designated campsites and miles of ATV trails. It's also a great day-use area for kayaking, paddle boarding, and other water activities. The area seems to be popular during hunting sea...
Learn more about Lake Elsie (2354)