Off-Road Trails in Idaho

This 5-mile-long single track starts on the north end at the intersection with the Divide NRT single track, at the edge of a burn area from the 2012 Mustang Fire. It drops down from Divide NRT, meandering along a mountaintop ridgeline, through fast and flowy sections of grassy meadows. There are a f...
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This is about a 5-mile segment of the Divide NRT Single Track that goes between the Butcher Knife and Ax Park trails. This segment has steep slopes and is full of embedded cobble, making for a rocky ride. It's a narrow trail on top of a ridgeline with incredible views on the border of the Bitterroot...
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Hughes Creek is almost a 4-mile-long single track through the Salmon National Forest that connects a Forest Service road to Ax Park single track. It's a fast and narrow single track through a grassy forest full of pine trees. It's fun and flowy and slightly easier than Ax Park, although it is narrow...
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Ax Park is a 2-mile single track that connects Hughes Creek to Ditch Creek and then to Divide NRT. The south end starts at the end of Hughes Creek, at an intersection with a nonmotorized mountain bike trail. Ax Park goes north from the trail sign, on a faint trail up the grassy and overgrown hillsid...
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The Dutchler Mountain Trail is a scenic and moderately challenging ride. The trail climbs steadily on a narrow track with rocky sections, loose surfaces, and occasional steep grades that keep riders engaged. Instead of reaching the true summit, the route tops out just below it, where broad ridgeline...
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Ditch Creek, a 6-mile-long single track, starts on FS Road 60202 and ends at the Divide NRT single track. This is a difficult trail due to constant embedded rocks, challenging switchbacks, significant exposure, and steep hill climbs. In the beginning, it goes through a lush forest of aspens, overgro...
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This section of the Divide NRT starts from the south end at the intersection with Ditch Creek and runs along a ridge before dropping into the forest. The trail is mostly narrow and features several embedded rock gardens that you have to pick your way through, sometimes at the base of a talus field w...
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Silverleads Ridge is a 1.6-mile-long single track in the Salmon National Forest that is open from 5/22 to 9/7. The east end starts at the end of Stein Mountain Trail. As it goes west, it goes up a skinny alpine single track that is really narrow, through a forest of pine trees and grassy meadows. It...
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A mostly well-graded and narrow trail. Some pullouts to pass. The trail starts in the valley south of Painted Rocks Lake. The Tarmac ends and this one begins. You follow along the creek for a little bit before you ascend the side of the mountain through a variety of switchbacks. As you climb, you ar...
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An easy single-lane dirt road that is very narrow with steep shelves and drops from the side with no guard rail. The views are to die for and you are rewarded with long sweeping views of each side of the valley. No cell service. Some dispersed camping spots, but there is evidence of people camping i...
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Stein Mountain is a 2.8-mile-long singletrack in the Salmon National Forest that is open from 5/22 to 9/7. The east end starts at the summit of Stein Mountain, above 8,500 feet elevation, where there is a radio tower. As you go west, it loses more than 2,000 feet of elevation over less than 3 miles,...
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Powder Gulch is an easy alpine single track near Gibbonsville, Idaho. It starts right off of Lick Creek Road #60078. The entrance is unmarked from Lick Creek Road, but there is a trail sign partway through. It starts with a couple of tiny creek crossings, more like muddy ravines. It's a very narrow ...
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This trail, FS 674, is designated for travel by vehicles less than or equal to 50 inches in width. It is closed to all motorized travel from October 15 through December 1. It is an 8-mile round-trip, in-and-out ATV and dirt bike route. The trail started out life many years ago as a logging road prov...
Learn more about Overwhich Creek ATV Trail

The Divide Trail #106 trail is open to dirt bikes yearlong, however, it is best-ridden from June through September. This single-track trail starts behind (west of) the Lost Trail Ski Area and is accessed from Forest Service roads that go through the ski area. The trail is approximately 11 miles and ...
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The Overwhich Road, FS 5703, is notable because it provides access to the Jew Mountain and Overwhich Creek OHV routes as well as access for fishing and dispersed camping. Starting from the West Fork Road, the first two miles of the Overwhich Road is a two-lane, maintained gravel road suitable for an...
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Sheep Creek is a fun and easier alpine single track in the Salmon National Forest that starts on the east end at the Idaho/Montana border, parallels the Continental Divide, and goes past an old cabin. It's shelfy and exposed in a lot of spots as it cuts across the hillsides, with a bit of loose rock...
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Trail 5706A is a scenic, grassy route that follows an old forest service road along the edge of a mountainside through an old burn area. The trail remains flat and gradual throughout, with minimal rock, no obstacles or climbs, and offers wide open views of the surrounding hills. While it's generally...
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Trail 5702 is a nearly 3-mile ATV route that begins at Forest Road 5706A, immediately intersects with Trail #185, and continues east along a gradual, flat path across open grassy hillsides. The route follows an old forest road now designated for 50-inch vehicles, traversing the side of a mountain wi...
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672 Connector is a short, under half-mile-long ATV trail that links 5702 with 5706A, offering a more technical route through open hillsides in an old burn area. The trail is narrower and features multiple tight switchbacks filled with loose rock, requiring careful maneuvering. The trail is grassy, w...
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The 5706 ATV Trail begins at a gated entrance off Forest Road 5706, with a designated opening for 50-inch vehicles. It starts as a wide, smooth forest road with scattered loose rocks. After intersecting with 5706A, it climbs a semi-steep but very manageable grade to connect with Trail 185. Beyond th...
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The Dutchler Mountain Trail is a scenic and moderately challenging ride. The trail climbs steadily on a narrow track with rocky sections, loose surfaces, and occasional steep grades that keep riders engaged. Instead of reaching the true summit, the route tops out just below it, where broad ridgeline...
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A mostly well-graded and narrow trail. Some pullouts to pass. The trail starts in the valley south of Painted Rocks Lake. The Tarmac ends and this one begins. You follow along the creek for a little bit before you ascend the side of the mountain through a variety of switchbacks. As you climb, you ar...
Learn more about Wood Creek

An easy single-lane dirt road that is very narrow with steep shelves and drops from the side with no guard rail. The views are to die for and you are rewarded with long sweeping views of each side of the valley. No cell service. Some dispersed camping spots, but there is evidence of people camping i...
Learn more about Woods Ridge Loop

This trail, FS 674, is designated for travel by vehicles less than or equal to 50 inches in width. It is closed to all motorized travel from October 15 through December 1. It is an 8-mile round-trip, in-and-out ATV and dirt bike route. The trail started out life many years ago as a logging road prov...
Learn more about Overwhich Creek ATV Trail

The Dutchler Mountain Trail is a scenic and moderately challenging ride. The trail climbs steadily on a narrow track with rocky sections, loose surfaces, and occasional steep grades that keep riders engaged. Instead of reaching the true summit, the route tops out just below it, where broad ridgeline...
Learn more about Dutchler Mountain

A mostly well-graded and narrow trail. Some pullouts to pass. The trail starts in the valley south of Painted Rocks Lake. The Tarmac ends and this one begins. You follow along the creek for a little bit before you ascend the side of the mountain through a variety of switchbacks. As you climb, you ar...
Learn more about Wood Creek

An easy single-lane dirt road that is very narrow with steep shelves and drops from the side with no guard rail. The views are to die for and you are rewarded with long sweeping views of each side of the valley. No cell service. Some dispersed camping spots, but there is evidence of people camping i...
Learn more about Woods Ridge Loop

The Overwhich Road, FS 5703, is notable because it provides access to the Jew Mountain and Overwhich Creek OHV routes as well as access for fishing and dispersed camping. Starting from the West Fork Road, the first two miles of the Overwhich Road is a two-lane, maintained gravel road suitable for an...
Learn more about Overwhich Road - FS 5703