Off-Road Trails in Idaho

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Learn more about FS 381 Bypass
FS 381 Bypass

FS 381 Bypass

This is an easy upper elevation bypass of FS 381 that passes Moose Creek Reservoir. This route is a winding full-width gravel road that is gated and open seasonally. This route avoids the vehicles and…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about FS 3940
FS 3940

FS 3940

FS 3940 on Potlatch ground. Gated road 50" or smaller. This route is 5 miles up and back. A dirt, grass, and gravel trail that ends at the forest service boundary. Easy ride through the…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Summer
Learn more about FS 3940 Cutoff Trail
FS 3940 Cutoff Trail

FS 3940 Cutoff Trail

1/2 mile cutoff trail on an old logging road. This goes from 3940, just past gate 50, or less, and runs into 8240. Grassy road rides the ridge above the main road. Bumpy in spots…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about FS 536-Keating Ridge Road
FS 536-Keating Ridge Road

FS 536-Keating Ridge Road

FS 536/Keating Ridge Road turns North off NF221 C/FDR Grangeville-Salmon Road approximately 9.4 miles from FDR 1614/Big Salmon Road. Keating Ridge is 3.8 miles long (one way) and ties into FR 441-Nut Basin. The road…
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Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about FSR 1449
FSR 1449

FSR 1449

Forest Service Road marked 1449 off the main road out of Clarkia. Easy rocky dirt ride, any high clearance vehicle could go. 4-mile up and back route. You can go further if you have a…
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Total Miles
2.0
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Full Creek Crossing
Full Creek Crossing

Full Creek Crossing

This trail is a gravel road with many potholes along the way. The scenery is beautiful, with many different locations to pull over and camp. At the end of the route, you will come to…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Galena Lagoons to Micro Wave Road
Galena Lagoons to Micro Wave Road

Galena Lagoons to Micro Wave Road

This is an easy and scenic route through the Sawtooth National Forest that provides amazing views of the Sawtooth Mountains. The west end starts off of Highway 75 by taking Salmon River Road (70215) south…
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Total Miles
5.6
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall, Spring
Learn more about Garner Canyon
Garner Canyon

Garner Canyon

This is a short, fun adventure through a small mountain meadow and tree-lined trails. This is a great place to take a family hike, enjoy a peaceful picnic lunch and take in the beauty of…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about German Dugway
German Dugway

German Dugway

The German Dugway is a moderately steep fairly rocky switch back that can be used to access the Paris I've caves and Bloomington Lake from the Cub River area, or it is a fun challenging…
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Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Germania Creek - FS 7111
Germania Creek - FS 7111

Germania Creek - FS 7111

Germania Creek (FS 7111) is a 10.8-mile trail in the Sawtooth National Forest, about an hour north of Ketchum, Idaho. It begins at the Germania Creek Trailhead off FS 70120 and runs southwest to FS…
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Total Miles
10.9
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Gibson Lakes
Gibson Lakes

Gibson Lakes

This trail is one of several side roads off the Franklin Basin Road that start in Logan Canyon, Utah and end at Cub River, Idaho. This road is open to and suitable for any 4x4…
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Total Miles
2.6
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Giddy Up
Giddy Up

Giddy Up

This short section of trail is highly rutted and uneven. After a good rain storm, there are an endless number of water/mud holes. This trail connects the main dirt road to several other trails in…
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Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Gleason McAbee 334
Gleason McAbee 334

Gleason McAbee 334

The trail starts down a residential dirt road for about 3 miles. Be prepared as in the winter it will only be plowed for the 3 miles. You will drive along Priest River for most…
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Total Miles
9.2
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Glenn's Grassy Ascent
Glenn's Grassy Ascent

Glenn's Grassy Ascent

This fun little romp in the hills begins just outside the adorable town of Glenn's ferry. Well worth exploring its quaint downtown and waterfronts. There are cute shops and many historic buildings. Once on the…
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Total Miles
5.8
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall
Learn more about Gold Beaver Creek
Gold Beaver Creek

Gold Beaver Creek

Gold/Beaver Creek (FS 1015, 401, and 1341) drives high into the Kaniksu National Forest from the State of Washington down to Beaver Creek Campground on Priest Lake in the panhandle of North Idaho. The upper…
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Total Miles
15.4
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Gold Fork Loop 393 (China Fork West Fork)
Gold Fork Loop 393 (China Fork West Fork)

Gold Fork Loop 393 (China Fork West Fork)

This loop begins at the Gold Fork Park and Ski area. The loop takes you through some remote and seldom traveled areas with many camp areas along the route. It also takes you by the…
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Total Miles
8.5
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Gold Hill - FS 770
Gold Hill - FS 770

Gold Hill - FS 770

Gold Hill (FS 770) is a 5.6-mile, point-to-point trail that takes drivers from US Highway 95 up into the Gold Hill trail network. Gold Hill starts in rolling wheat fields and ends up in the…
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Total Miles
8.0
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Gold Hill - FS 770-A
Gold Hill - FS 770-A

Gold Hill - FS 770-A

770-A Gold Hill is a 2-mile out-and-back trail that breaks off from 770 Gold Hill. It is gated at the bottom, and according to signs nearby, the gate may be closed at any time. 770-A…
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Total Miles
2.0
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Goodenough - Bell Marsh Creek
Goodenough - Bell Marsh Creek

Goodenough - Bell Marsh Creek

From the Goodenough parking lot, leave to the north and follow the 2 track to where it turns single track (Bells Marsh) up to the top and then back to the parking lot. The 2…
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Total Miles
7.5
Tech Rating
7Difficult
Best Time
Summer, Spring, Fall
Learn more about Goodheart Springs #3566
Goodheart Springs #3566

Goodheart Springs #3566

Goodheart Springs #3566 is an intermediate 1-mile ATV trail that offers a short but moderately easy ride through forested terrain. The south end starts at a signed entrance on FS Road 30197. The trail has…
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Total Miles
1.0
Tech Rating
4Moderate
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 2 Mile Road
2 Mile Road

2 Mile Road

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.…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Spring, 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

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