Guides
The Magruder Corridor (Montana Road) from the Red River Ranger Station, Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho to Darby MT.
The Magruder Road Corridor extends 95 miles through a vast undeveloped area, offering solitude and pristine beauty, as well as expansive views of the Bitterroot and Clearwater Mountains. It has been known as the Southern Nez Perce Trail, Elk City to Darby Road, and the Parker Trail. The road enables a traveler to drive along a corridor between Wildernesses...
Josephine Lake near Burgdorf, Idaho.
This Guide starts where the pavement ends on the Warren Wagon Road from McCall, Idaho. Here, at the "Y", the graveled Warren Wagon Road continues all the way to Warren, Idaho. The graveled road to the north, goes to Burgdorf, Idaho and on to the Salmon River. This is a very scenic area. Summit Creek parallels the paved part of the Warren Wagon Road,...
Burgdorf, Idaho, including the hot springs, some campgrounds, lakes, fire lookout, and other POIs.
Burgdorf is also the name applied to the area surrounding it in the mountains north of McCall, Idaho. It is a rustic, late 1870s resort centering on a developed hot springs. It is a very scenic area with a lot of meadows, creeks, lakes, and high mountainous terrain. Elevations in the area range from about 6000' to about 8500'. In the summer,...
A popular hiking, mountain biking, horse backing, and dirt bike trail from Chinook Campground-Loon Lake-Ruby Meadows TH.
Hikers/walkers usually start from Chinook Campground and loop across the campground bridge to Loon Lake and return over the CCC Bridge and up the Secesh River. It is about 10 miles round trip. It is about a mile, either way, to the bomber crash site from the Loon Lake outlet. Hikers/walkers also hike to the Dredge Pond/Ruby Meadows area from the...
ATV ride from Burgdorf, Chimney Rock Rd., Schlissler Creek Trail, fording Warren Creek, and visiting the mining dredge.
This Guide starts where the pavement ends on the Warren Wagon Road from McCall, Idaho. Here, at the "Y", the graveled Warren Wagon Road continues all the way to Warren, Idaho. The graveled road to the north, goes to Burgdorf, Idaho and on to the Salmon River. There is parking room for several ATV trailer rigs on the south side of the pavement at...
Scenic mines, campground, and trails near Burgdorf, Idaho.
This is a historic mining area along the south side of the Salmon River near Burgdorf, Idaho. There are also some active mines in the area. The Frank Church - River of No Return Wilderness borders this district on the north and east. The elevation ranges from about 6000' to 8500'. Most of the mines are private property and the owners wishes should...
From the Burgdorf, Idaho "Y" to Warren, Smith Knob, and then to the pictoglyphs on the South Fork of the Salmon River.
This Guide starts where the pavement ends on the Warren Wagon Road from McCall, Idaho. Here, at the "Y", the graveled Warren Wagon Road continues all the way to Warren, Idaho. The graveled road to the north, goes to Burgdorf, Idaho and on to the Salmon River. There is parking space for several trailer rigs on the south side of the "Y". It is 16...
ATV/High Clearance Vehicle Trip from Burgdorf, Idaho through Warren and Pony Meadows, to Bear Lake and return.
This Guide starts where the pavement ends on the Warren Wagon Road from McCall, Idaho. Here, at the "Y", the graveled Warren Wagon Road continues all the way to Warren, Idaho. The graveled road to the north, goes to Burgdorf, Idaho and on to the Salmon River. There is parking space for several trailer rigs on the south side of the "Y". It is 16...
View ancient petroglyphs up close along the Snake River in Southwest Idaho.
This is an all day hike. If you decide to use a mountain bike, it becomes a half-day ride. Walk across the Swan Falls Dam. Once across the dam, turn left and head upriver on the singletrack trail. Turn right where a doubletrack joins the trail. You 'll head up a short steep and rocky hill. Turn right on the major doubletrack trail and then turn right...
Smooth as a baby's bottom, this trail cuts through northern Idaho wildlands on its journey from mountains to lake.
What's not to love about the Trail of the Couer d' Alenes? It's smoothly paved, satisfyingly lengthy, incredibly peaceful, and available to users of all types. In addition to biking and all the other activities listed above, it's also well suited to use by inline skaters, Trikke riders, and recumbent cyclists. In fact, Trail of the Couer d' Alenes is...
Start at the Montana/Idaho border and explore 10 tunnels, 7 trestles and 15 miles of Idaho history, scenery and wildlife
Begin your odyssey in Montana and immediately plunge deep underground to surface in Idaho where you'll stay for the rest of your historic wanderings. The Route of the Hiawatha may very well be the pride of America when it comes to trails. Descriptions can be exaggerated, but the sheer numbers can't lie. The trail is studded with ten tunnels (The longest...
Stand on the roof of Idaho!
This is the highest peak in the Lost River Range of Idaho as well as the State's highpoint. The standard route to the top of this 12,662 ft peak is the Southwest Ridge from the Birch Springs Trailhead. This ascent of of over 5,250 feet in less than 4 miles is steep but can easily be done in a day. If it is early season you may want to bring an axe...
A popular hiking, horse backing, and ATV/Offroading area with a waterfall, creek, deep rocky canyons, and wild mustangs.
Jump Creek has a spectacular 60' waterfall. It originates in Sands Basin from year around springs. An awesome canyon with colorful rock walls towering hundreds of feet tall line its banks. The Jump Creek Recreation Area is a DAY USE ONLY site. The trail head has several fire rings and sites for picnics. It is accessible by automobile. The falls...
Trips
A sweet hike in the Boise Foothills popular with joggers, hikers, mountain bikers. This loop has nice views of the valley and has running water in Hulls Gulch in the Spring.
Note: This trip has updated and more accurate GPS data. I posted a similar trip but the mapping data was drawn within EveryTrail. Use this trip GPS data for better location info.After
talking for over five years about climbing to the highest point in
Idaho, we were still just talking about it. Other people also wanted to
climb to the summit, but when it came down to the nitty gritty, we were
still just talking.We finally...
This atv trip started from the Reynolds Creek T.H. Its hard to declare just where and when it ended. One FatCat and three atvs started the trip, but only two atvs made it back to the trail head. Phase I: Shortly after leaving the parking lot we came across several wild horses in a herd that were not all that wild; unless you actually tried to approach them. Two young studs were mock...
After reading about a large concentration of petroglyphs along the Snake River a few miles below Swan Falls dam, I decided to take a hike and check them out.The temperature was about 45 degrees, but it was windy. Even so, there was a clear sky and no people on the trail. Looking across the river I could see numerous people camped along the bank and fishing.The trail is mostly a double track...
Hike from Warms Springs Golf Course to Tablerock, quarry side.
During a trail running trip of 28 miles around the Seven Devils in Hell's Canyon, a couple of us broke off from the group to go to the Dry Diggins lookout. Beautiful country overlooking the deepest gorge in the United States (even deeper than the Grand Canyon).The stairway to hell was appropriately named. It felt the same hiking back out on it also.We had rain, hail, and finally nice weather during the...
Gary, Chris, Buzz, and I hiked the China Ditch Trail in Reynolds Creek Canyon, Owyhee Co., Idaho. Lucky Gary brought his camera as we saw three California Bighorn Sheep. Seeing the sheep was a treat. We have seen them before in this area while horseback riding, but no camera. We didn't have a GPS along, so I created the track.
