Off-Road Trails in Idaho

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Learn more about Cedar Creek
Cedar Creek

Cedar Creek

Cedar Creek is a narrow trail side-hilling the whole way down from Dunn Peak Road until Slate Creek Road, dropping 2,000 feet in 4 miles. It has sections with mild exposure, and sections with pretty…
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Total Miles
4.0
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Cedar Mountain
Cedar Mountain

Cedar Mountain

The Cedar Mountain single track goes between Dunn Peak Road and Cedar Mountain Road, which goes to the summit of Moon Pass. This trail gets you near the top of Cedar Mountain on a narrow…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Fall, Summer, Spring
Learn more about Cedar Mountain 389
Cedar Mountain 389

Cedar Mountain 389

This is a narrow single-lane road (FS 389) that forks off of the main Moon Pass road at the top. Amazing views and an easy ride on a rocky dirt road. High clearance is needed…
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Total Miles
9.9
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Chair Point Lookout
Chair Point Lookout

Chair Point Lookout

This 14 mile road will take you to the Chair Point Lookout in the Nez Perce National Forest with amazing views of the Salmon River. The road is an easy gravel road that rises to…
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Total Miles
13.5
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Challis Creek Lakes
Challis Creek Lakes

Challis Creek Lakes

Challis Creek Lakes is an advanced 4x4 route through the Challis National Forest that has long sections that are just completely full of hundreds of bowling ball-sized rocks, ruts, and troughs, making it slow and…
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Total Miles
7.7
Tech Rating
6Moderate
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Challis Creek Road
Challis Creek Road

Challis Creek Road

This is an easy 10-mile route through the Challis National Forest that is a full-width graded road, accessible by any high-clearance vehicle. It goes north from the Custer Motorway, accesses Mosquito Flat Reservoir and Campground,…
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Total Miles
9.9
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Challis to Spar Canyon via Lone Pine Peak
Challis to Spar Canyon via Lone Pine Peak

Challis to Spar Canyon via Lone Pine Peak

There are shorter ways to get to Spar Canyon on dirt from Challis, but this is, by far, the most beautiful way to get there. This 20-mile route takes you to just over 8000 feet…
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Total Miles
20.6
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Summer, Fall, Spring
Learn more about Character Ridge
Character Ridge

Character Ridge

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…
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Total Miles
10.6
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Cheatbeck #3350
Cheatbeck #3350

Cheatbeck #3350

Cheatbeck #3350 is a 1.5-mile-long ATV trail that begins on the east side as a wide path through a pine forest corridor with shallow ruts, scattered stick debris, and small loose rocks. As it continues…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Chelsey Creek - FS 1960
Chelsey Creek - FS 1960

Chelsey Creek - FS 1960

Chelsey Creek is a 6.4-mile point-to-point trail that breaks off of Big Creek Road into a small valley when starting from the lower east side. Through the valley, the road surface is a mix of…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
3
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Cherry Butte Lower Road
Cherry Butte Lower Road

Cherry Butte Lower Road

This is an easy ride off the Brush Creek main road, around a gate that is 50 inches wide, maximum. The road past the gate is a logging road that winds through clear cuts. The…
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Total Miles
2.8
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer, Spring, Fall
Learn more about Chesley Creek Trail 19
Chesley Creek Trail 19

Chesley Creek Trail 19

This is one of the more enjoyable trails in the area, with lots of elevation changes, several banked corners, and switchbacks. It is smooth and flowy, which makes for a great ride. The trail winds…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Chimney Gulch to Mammoth Canyon
Chimney Gulch to Mammoth Canyon

Chimney Gulch to Mammoth Canyon

This 12-mile track leaves the Mackay Mine Hill Tour Track and ventures to 9238 feet above sea level, deep into the Lost River Mountain Range. You drive along and cross high mountain creeks, and the…
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Total Miles
5.8
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about China Basin Scenic Bypass
China Basin Scenic Bypass

China Basin Scenic Bypass

Ride high above the Middlefork of the Boise River, taking in scenery such as: deep valleys, rocky mountains, steep hillsides, rolling hills, wide saddles, and plenty of green pines. Bring your binoculars and cameras to…
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Total Miles
9.8
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Church Hollow Trail
Church Hollow Trail

Church Hollow Trail

This is a 3-mile connecting road between Egan Basin Road and Beaver Green Canyon Road. It pops out on the ridge overlooking Middle Fork Canyon, where the entrance to Minnetonka Cave is. The views also…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Cirque Basin
Cirque Basin

Cirque Basin

The Cirque Basin singletrack is a 1.4-mile long trail that starts off of Lava Ridge single track and drops down to Clayburn Creek. The north end starts at a well-defined trail going through a big…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about City of Rocks/Twin Sisters
City of Rocks/Twin Sisters

City of Rocks/Twin Sisters

Tour the City of Rock National Reserve. This road takes you through the heart of the City of Rocks and through The Twin Sisters rocks, a landmark used by the emigrants while on The California…
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Total Miles
7.2
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Civil Defense Cave
Civil Defense Cave

Civil Defense Cave

The Civil Defense Cave trail is a well-maintained, grated road for the first 4 miles until the turn off of Crooked Road onto Civil Defense Cave Road. The last mile is not grated but still…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Clarkia Marble
Clarkia Marble

Clarkia Marble

Clarkia Marble USFS #321 from Clarkia to Hobo Cedar Grove is a well-used gravel road through private timberland and the St Joe National Forest. This roadway is subject to long stretches of corrugated roadbed with…
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Total Miles
10.8
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Clayburn Creek East
Clayburn Creek East

Clayburn Creek East

The eastern 2-mile segment of Clayburn Creek is extremely advanced and should only be ridden by expert riders. The west end of the trail starts at the intersection with Lava Ridge, and it drops down…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
7Difficult
Best Time
Summer, Fall

ATV trails in Idaho

Learn more about Aspen Range - Middle Sulphur #5248
 Aspen Range - Middle Sulphur #5248

Aspen Range - Middle Sulphur #5248

Aspen Range - Middle Sulphur #5248 is an easy 1.9-mile-long ATV trail that starts near the Wood Canyon Motorized Trailhead and offers a smooth, gradual route through forest terrain. From the north end, the trail…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Dry Fork - Meadow Springs #5226
 Dry Fork - Meadow Springs #5226

Dry Fork - Meadow Springs #5226

Dry Fork - Meadow Springs #5226 is a moderately easy ATV trail that acts as a short connector between Dry Fork Road #50130 and the junction with trails #5225 and #5232. Traveling eastward, the trail…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about South Foothill Road
 South Foothill Road

South Foothill Road

This cutover trail runs along the foothills of the mountains from Big Dry Canyon across to the water crossing at Birch Creek Campground. It may be wiser to go around the water crossing during times…
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Total Miles
8.2
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about #5234
#5234

#5234

Trail #5234 is an easy 0.5-mile ATV spur that branches off the main Harrington Peak trail. The route is grassy and slightly overgrown in places, winding through the forest on a gradual path that follows…
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Total Miles
0.6
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall

UTV/side-by-side trails in Idaho

Learn more about South Foothill Road
 South Foothill Road

South Foothill Road

This cutover trail runs along the foothills of the mountains from Big Dry Canyon across to the water crossing at Birch Creek Campground. It may be wiser to go around the water crossing during times…
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Total Miles
8.2
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about 21 To Nip & Tuck
21 To Nip & Tuck

21 To Nip & Tuck

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…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Fall, Summer, Spring
Learn more about 3 Sisters
3 Sisters

3 Sisters

This is an easy scenic route that can give you access to the 3 Sisters. The loop is very easy with any type of vehicle circling back to town on FS 297. There are great…
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Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about 4th July - Copper Creek - 3097
4th July - Copper Creek - 3097

4th July - Copper Creek - 3097

This route starts out from the 4th of July Pass recreation parking lot and takes you through Curran Saddle over to Marie Saddle Road #412. From there, it's just 2.3 miles back to North Fork…
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Total Miles
13.2
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Fall, Summer

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