Dirt Bike Trails
Near Stanley, Idaho

An easy dirt loop trail that picks up from Lower Stanley, gains slight elevation and has a stunning view of the Sawtooth Mountain Range, and looks down over the town of Upper Stanley. There are a few dispersed campsites on this loop and a couple of choice ones with views of the Mountains and the lo...
Learn more about Sawtooth Mountain Views Loop

Fun switchback style dirt trail with steeper climbs towards the end to reach the Basin Butte Lookout Tower. Stunning views of the mountain ranges from the top where the tower is. The trail begins crossing open range with views of the sawtooths to the left across the fields, the gate is unlocked bu...
Learn more about Basin Butte Lookout Tower

This trail is accessible from the town of Upper Stanley to the popular Nip & Tuck trail with excellent views of the sawtooth mountain range and dispersed wild camping. Several other off-road trails can also be accessed from this trail, including Basin Butte Lookout Tower Trail. It's a well-maintaine...
Learn more about 21 To Nip & Tuck

Most of this trail is a one rating, with a nice wide-grated dirt trail. It meanders through a valley with views of the Sawtooth Mountain range beyond. There are a few larger dispersed campsites in the valley with views of the mountains and easy access for any vehicle. Further up, the trail turns and...
Learn more about Stanley Creek

This is a 2-lane, maintained forest service road intersecting at Stanley Creek Road. This road brings you past extensive Stanley Basin mining encampment ruins. There are many opportunities for dispersed camping. Kelly Creek Road ends at Kelly Creek Trail (4323) which is an ATV/dirt bike trail. F...
Learn more about Kelly Creek

This is a great dirt bypass if one is trying to remain off Highway 21. It does run through private property and cattle grazing land. There are three gates to open and close and expect to run into herds of cattle. Half of this trail is well maintained as it runs through large ranch homes, the other h...
Learn more about Cow Lane Bypass

Noho Creek starts at the intersection of Kelly Creek Road and Kelly Creek ATV Trail (FSR #4323). It begins as a 2 lane road and turns into a 1 lane dirt road with a forest service gate at the intersection of Joe's Gulch. This is a scenic, little-used, overgrown trail with some shelf roads and fallen...
Learn more about Noho Creek

Joe's Gulch can be accessed from Highway 75 and ends at the intersection of Noho Creek (FSR #328). It is a 1 lane, scenic maintained forest service road that winds along the mountainside and an old creek bottom. Along the way are hiking and biking trails, mine ruins, and dispersed camping. This is a...
Learn more about Joe's Gulch

This is an easier single track near Stanley that is great for newer dirt bikers looking for a fun and easy ride with minor challenges. It starts at the Little Basin Creek Trailhead, and there is pooled-up water on the trail right away. It starts off pretty flat and windy, fast and flowy in the begin...
Learn more about Little Basin Creek

This is an easy 2-lane forest service road that leads to many dispersed camping sites, several hiking trails, and views of the Sawtooth Mountains. Heavily treed with lots of wildflowers but also evidence of recent wildfires. It is easily accessed at Highway 21 or Stanley Lake Road.
Learn more about Dry Creek

This 3-mile ATV trail starts at Basin Creek Road and steadily goes slightly uphill to the intersection with the Hay Knapp Creek single track. It's an easy two-track ride through a grassy valley at the bottom of a hillside through a burn area. There are lots of logs down that are tall and skinny tree...
Learn more about Lower Basin ATV

An incredibly narrow trail with very few pullouts. There are washouts and off-camber sections with rockslides and downed trees very possible. This trail can be very muddy when wet, and super slick. . Almost no turnaround points except near the top. No winter maintenance. Beautiful views of the valle...
Learn more about East Basin

The Kelly Creek ATV trail is a short and easy two-track that has a few more features than the connecting Lower Basin ATV trail. It's unmarked from the intersection with Lower Basin Creek and starts with a long creek crossing that's pretty deep even in mid-summer, but has smooth river rocks at the bo...
Learn more about Kelly Creek ATV

This is an easy trail up Basin Creek that ends at an ATV 50" max-width trailhead to continue up Basin Creek. There are camping spots right at the Trailhead. The forest is burned and offers relatively clear views of the whole valley. Lots of campgrounds and dispersed camping spots along the way with ...
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Easy, 2-lane forest service road leaving Stanley Lake and ascending through the forest to various dispersed campgrounds. The Elk Mountain Hiking Trailhead also starts alongside the entrance to the forest service road. At the top, you will find a large turnaround area with beautiful views of the lak...
Learn more about Elk Mountain Trail

This trail is very popular in the MTB community and is a very beginner-friendly single track for dirtbikers. Starting from Dry Creek, the trail is very easy and has no obstacles. Mostly hard-packed dirt with a few wooden water crossing platforms. The entire area was burned in the 2024 Wapiti Fire, s...
Learn more about Elk Mountain Loop

This is a 2-mile connector trail that starts at Basin Butte Road on the border of the Sawtooth National Forest and the Challis National Forest. It's mostly flat, but gradually climbs up to the intersection with Little Basin Creek and the East Fork Valley singletracks. It's a very narrow trail, one t...
Learn more about Little Basin Cutoff

A nice out and back drive up the hill to a campground at the Rough Creek hiking trailhead. The easy graded road may be impassable in winter. Watch for downed trees and boulders that have rolled down the hill. There are a few dispersed camping spots along the way and some small offshoots that may lea...
Learn more about Rough Creek

This dirt trail is right off highway 21. There are dispersed camping spots immediately at the beginning in the open valley. These have fantastic views of the surrounding mountains. The trail continues into the trees and runs along a creek with many more dispersed campsites tucked just off the trail....
Learn more about Elk Meadow Trailhead

Can you spot the geodesic dome house in the trees? This is a fun twisty dirt trail through the trees. It starts in a large open valley with lots of dispersed camping and views of the Sawtooth Mountains. The trail heads up a valley, crosses a creek with a bridge, and then into an old burned area of t...
Learn more about Valley Spur A

An easy dirt loop trail that picks up from Lower Stanley, gains slight elevation and has a stunning view of the Sawtooth Mountain Range, and looks down over the town of Upper Stanley. There are a few dispersed campsites on this loop and a couple of choice ones with views of the Mountains and the lo...
Learn more about Sawtooth Mountain Views Loop

Fun switchback style dirt trail with steeper climbs towards the end to reach the Basin Butte Lookout Tower. Stunning views of the mountain ranges from the top where the tower is. The trail begins crossing open range with views of the sawtooths to the left across the fields, the gate is unlocked bu...
Learn more about Basin Butte Lookout Tower

This trail is accessible from the town of Upper Stanley to the popular Nip & Tuck trail with excellent views of the sawtooth mountain range and dispersed wild camping. Several other off-road trails can also be accessed from this trail, including Basin Butte Lookout Tower Trail. It's a well-maintaine...
Learn more about 21 To Nip & Tuck

Most of this trail is a one rating, with a nice wide-grated dirt trail. It meanders through a valley with views of the Sawtooth Mountain range beyond. There are a few larger dispersed campsites in the valley with views of the mountains and easy access for any vehicle. Further up, the trail turns and...
Learn more about Stanley Creek

An easy dirt loop trail that picks up from Lower Stanley, gains slight elevation and has a stunning view of the Sawtooth Mountain Range, and looks down over the town of Upper Stanley. There are a few dispersed campsites on this loop and a couple of choice ones with views of the Mountains and the lo...
Learn more about Sawtooth Mountain Views Loop

Fun switchback style dirt trail with steeper climbs towards the end to reach the Basin Butte Lookout Tower. Stunning views of the mountain ranges from the top where the tower is. The trail begins crossing open range with views of the sawtooths to the left across the fields, the gate is unlocked bu...
Learn more about Basin Butte Lookout Tower

This trail is accessible from the town of Upper Stanley to the popular Nip & Tuck trail with excellent views of the sawtooth mountain range and dispersed wild camping. Several other off-road trails can also be accessed from this trail, including Basin Butte Lookout Tower Trail. It's a well-maintaine...
Learn more about 21 To Nip & Tuck

Most of this trail is a one rating, with a nice wide-grated dirt trail. It meanders through a valley with views of the Sawtooth Mountain range beyond. There are a few larger dispersed campsites in the valley with views of the mountains and easy access for any vehicle. Further up, the trail turns and...
Learn more about Stanley Creek