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Learn more about Appendicitis Hill WSA Loop
Appendicitis Hill WSA Loop

Appendicitis Hill WSA Loop

This 9.5-mile track takes you further into the Appendicitis Hill Wilderness Study Area, and to an elevation of 7550 feet. Opportunities for backpacking, hiking, wildlife viewing, climbing, sightseeing, and photography are available here. The area…
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Total Miles
8.9
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Appendicitis Hill WSA Spur #7
Appendicitis Hill WSA Spur #7

Appendicitis Hill WSA Spur #7

This 2-mile RT dead-end spur explores one more area of the Appendicitis Hill Wilderness Area. Opportunities for backpacking, hiking, wildlife viewing, climbing, sightseeing, and photography are available here. The area is steep and rugged, so…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Arco Hills Road
Arco Hills Road

Arco Hills Road

This is an odd little trail out through a valley outside of Arco. It's just off the main highway, and the turn-off is at a funny angle that is easily missed. If you are looking…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer
Learn more about Arco Pass Road to Wood Canyon
Arco Pass Road to Wood Canyon

Arco Pass Road to Wood Canyon

This 10-mile track, each way, takes you into Wood Canyon, under the shadow of Howe Peak. Nearby peaks include the Howe Peak Ridge and Jumpoff Peak. Most of the trail is in the Challis National…
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Total Miles
9.7
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Arco Pass to Horsethief Canyon
Arco Pass to Horsethief Canyon

Arco Pass to Horsethief Canyon

Horsethief Canyon is roughly 20 miles out of Arco, Idaho, and if you follow Arco Pass, including all of the side spurs, this is a full-day trip round-trip track. You go deep into the Challis…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Arco Pass to Horsethief Spur #3
Arco Pass to Horsethief Spur #3

Arco Pass to Horsethief Spur #3

This 3-mile track goes from Arco Pass to Hurst Canyon Trail further into the Challis National Forest. Opportunities to see wildlife increase the further into the National Forest you go. If you're here in the…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Arco Pass to Horsethief Spur #5
Arco Pass to Horsethief Spur #5

Arco Pass to Horsethief Spur #5

This 2-mile track takes you deeper into Horsethief Canyon and out Spur #5. You are at about 6700 feet in the Challis National Forest, where the opportunities for wildlife viewing are abundant. This is an…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Arco Pass to Horsethief Spur #6
Arco Pass to Horsethief Spur #6

Arco Pass to Horsethief Spur #6

This 1.6-mile track takes you a little further into Horsethief Canyon and then down into Spur #6, deep in the Challis National Forest. Elk and deer are plentiful at different times of the year. The…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Arco Pass to Hurst Canyon
Arco Pass to Hurst Canyon

Arco Pass to Hurst Canyon

This 30-mile RT track takes you north out of Arco, Idaho, past the abandoned Potter Ranch, up Sheep Camp Road, and through Brier Canyon to Hurst Canyon. You gain 2000 feet in elevation, and if…
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Total Miles
15.2
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Arco Pass to Iron Creek
Arco Pass to Iron Creek

Arco Pass to Iron Creek

This 2-mile track takes you further down the Arco Pass Road to the Iron Creek Spur into Corral Canyon. The views are amazing, the wildlife is plentiful, and the scenery is hard to beat. You're…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
2Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Arid Peak
Arid Peak

Arid Peak

Arid Peak is a rad single track in the St. Joe National Forest with a mix of fast and flowy trail, and rocky scree sections. Sections of the trail go fast and straight through a…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Fall, Summer, Spring
Learn more about Atomic City to Frenchman's Cabin
Atomic City to Frenchman's Cabin

Atomic City to Frenchman's Cabin

This route will take you from the main highway to Big Southern Butte. If you have not been to Big Southern Butte, it is worth the trip. The butte is one of the largest volcanic…
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Total Miles
14.9
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall
Learn more about Auxor Mine Route
Auxor Mine Route

Auxor Mine Route

The Auxor Mine Route is USFS #489 and is a moderately trafficked leisurely mountain drive route that takes you from Lightning Creek, USFS #419 west in the Cabinet Mountains to the crest above East Hope,…
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Total Miles
8.6
Tech Rating
1Easy
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Ax Park
Ax Park

Ax Park

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…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
5Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Baby Grand Ridge - FS 1433
Baby Grand Ridge - FS 1433

Baby Grand Ridge - FS 1433

Baby Grand Ridge (FS 1433) is a 7.1-mile point-to-point trail connecting North Fork Palouse River Road (FS 767) and Palouse Divide Road (FS 377). Starting from the east via Palouse Divide, the trail is tight,…
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Total Miles
7.0
Tech Rating
2
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Backdoor
Backdoor

Backdoor

Backdoor is one of the more intermediate trails in the South Hills Trail System because it has some moderate rock crawling. It starts at Lower Sugarloaf and goes along a fence line with minimal rocks…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Fall, Summer, Spring, Winter
Learn more about Bad Tom
Bad Tom

Bad Tom

Bad Tom is a short intermediate single track in the St. Joe National Forest south of Wallace, Idaho. It goes downhill from the St. Joe Divide North ATV trail, dropping 2,200 feet to the intersection…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
6Moderate
Best Time
Fall, Summer, Spring
Learn more about Badger Mountain
Badger Mountain

Badger Mountain

Although we "didn't see no stinking Badgers," we assume they must be around if this is the namesake. The trail starts with a narrow, rutted, and solid climb with some loose sections. About 3/4 of…
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Total Miles
2.0
Tech Rating
3Easy
Best Time
Fall, Summer, Spring
Learn more about Bailey #3349
Bailey #3349

Bailey #3349

Bailey #3349 is a fun but challenging dirt bike trail that begins on the west end at a marked intersection on the Highline ATV Trail. It descends eastward on a narrow path with small loose…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
7Difficult
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Bailey Creek #3331
Bailey Creek #3331

Bailey Creek #3331

The first 3 miles of Bailey Creek #3331 are pretty easy, starting from a small grassy parking area off of Eightmile Road, and passing through a gated easement in private property. After passing through a…
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Total Miles
6.4
Tech Rating
4Moderate
Best Time
Summer, Fall
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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
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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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