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Salmon-Challis National Forest Trails

Trailheads with Stock Facilities
Trailhead Location Features
Marsh Creek End of road past Lola Creek Campground Three developed campsites with tables, firepits, and toilets, Feed stalls and loading ramps.
Asher/Knapp End of Asher Creek Road Dispersed campsites (undeveloped), loading ramp, hitch rack, pit toilet.
Beaver Creek Across road from Beaver Creek Campground. Feed stalls, hitch rack, loading ramp.
Basin Creek 11 miles East of Stanley, turn north off highway 75 onto Forest Road #034. Go 3 miles to trailhead. Hitch racks, loading ramp.
West Fork Cr. Road #074, 1 mile past Bonanza Guard Station. Loading ramp, toilet, hitch rack, dispersed campsites.
Squaw Creek At the end of Road #041 Feed stalls, loading ramp, dispersed campsites.
East Fork Salmon East Fork Rd. to Boulder Cr., Little Boulder Campground. BLM Campground Toilet, hitch rack, developed campsites.

*All trailheads have large turn-outs and turn-arounds to accommodate any size trailer

East Fork Area Trails
Trail # Trail Name Length Travel
Plan
Area
ATV Motorbike Snowmobile Bike Comments Quad
051 Herd Creek 12 Miles B - X X X Trail vague in Lake Basin Herd Lake, Herd Peak
095 Upper Pine Creek 3 Miles B - X X X   Bowery Peak
174 Joe Jump Basin 0.5 Miles B - X X X   Ziegler Basin
175 Woods Basin 2 Miles B X X X X Also on BLM, Restriction #6 Ziegler Basin
176 Jimmy Smith Creek 2 Miles B - X X X Also on BLM Ziegler Basin, Potaman Peak
180 Fox Creek 3 Miles B - X X X Also BLM Bowery Peak
186 Pine McDonald 5 Miles B - X X X   Bowery Peak
187 McDonald-Taylor 5 Miles B - X X X Also on BLM Bowery Peak
188 East Pass Creek 2 Miles D - - - - Trail follows game trails beyond sheep bridge to Herd Creek. Bowery Peak, Herd Lake
189 Sagebrush Creek 5 Miles B - X X X   Bowery Peak, Herd Lake
205 Spud-Marco Creek 3 Miles B - X X X   Ziegler Basin
244 Bowery Creek 10 Miles B - - X X Restriction #10 Bowery Creek, Bowery Peak
Bayhorse Area Trails
Trail # Trail Name Length Travel
Plan
Area
ATV Motorbike Snowmobile Bike Comments Quad
096 Kinnikinic-Bayhorse 5+ Miles A * X X X *First two miles open to ATV's.
*Last three miles closed to ATV's.
Clayton
148 Eleven Mile-Martin 6 Miles C - * X X Restriction #9
*Permitted: 7/1-9/30
Elevenmile Creek
149 Squaw Creek 6.5 Miles C * ** X X *aprox 1.5 mile
*Permitted 7/1-9/30
**Permitted7/1-9/30
Bayhorse Lake, Elevenmile Creek
152 Buster Lake 4+ Miles C/B - * X X Restriction #9
*Permitted: 7/1-9/30
Bayhorse Lake
159 Trealor Creek 3.7 Miles A X X X X Restriction #6 Bayhorse Lake
162 Peach-Cinnabar 10.5 Miles A - X X X   Sunbeam, Thompson Creek, Elevenmile Creek
201 Beef Pasture Miles C - X X X   East Basin Creek
206 Happy Hollow Juliette 8 Miles A * X X X *Juliette Creek portion closed to ATV's because of narrow tread width. Clayton, Bald Mountain, Bayhorse
Yankee Fork Area Trails
Trail # Trail Name Length Travel
Plan
Area
ATV Motorbike Snowmobile Bike Comments Quad
075 Eightmile 7 Miles B * X X X *Road open for aprox 2+ miles
 
113 Cabin Creek 6 Miles B - *X *X *X *Closed 1 mile before wilderness boundary Mt Jorden, Casto
114 Mayfield-Yankee Fork 7 Miles B - *X X X *Possible closures due to salmon redds Elevenmile Creek, Challis Creek Lakes
150 Pack Creek 2 Miles C - X X X   Bayhorse Lake, Elevenmile Creek
151 McKay-Elevenmile 4.5 Miles B/C - * X X Restriction #9
*Permitted: 7/1-9/30
Elevenmile Creek
155 West Fork 8 Miles B/C - X X X   Mt Jorden, Sunbeam, E Basin Creek, Knapp Lakes
156 Lightning Creek 11 Miles B - - X X Restriction #10 Mt Jorden
157 Deadwood Creek 6 Miles B - X X X   Mt Jorden, E Basin
158 Sawmill Creek 4 Miles B - X X X   Sunbeam, East Basin Creek
161 Five Mile-Thompson 7 Miles B - X X X   Custer, Eleven Mile Creek, Thompson Creek
163 Ramey-Five Mile 6 Miles B - X X X   Sunbeam & Thompson Creek
164 Custer Lookout 1 Miles B - X X X   Thompson Creek
165 Gardner Creek 6 Miles B - X X X   Sunbeam & Thompson Creek
166 Burnt Creek 4 Miles B - X X X   Thompson Creek
167 Upper Harden Creek - Coal Creek 10 Miles B X X X X Restriction #3
*Permitted: 6/1-10/1
East Basin Creek
168 Silver Creek 3 Miles B - X X X   Sunbeam
169 Peach-Muley 3 Miles B - X X X   Sunbeam
none Muley Creek 5 Miles B - X X X    
202 Crimson Lakes 2 Miles E - - - - Foot & Horse Travel Only Mt Jorde & Knapp Lakes
203 East Basin Lake 1 Mile B - X X X   East Basin Creek
Cape Horn Area Trails
Trail # Trail Name Length Travel
Plan
Area
ATV Motorbike Snowmobile Bike Comments Quad
024 Lola Lakes 12 Miles A - - X X Restriction #10 Cape Horn Lakes & Banner Summit
024 Bench Creek 7 Miles A - X X X   Banner Summit
026 Swamp Creek 3.5 Miles A X X X X   Banner Summit
032 Hay-Knapp 24 Miles A * X X X *From Asher Creek TH to Valley Creek Trail(#039) and on the last 2 miles of Hay Creek Trail (Restriction #6) East Basin Creek, Basin Butte, Knapp Lakes, & Langer Peak
033 Beaver Creek 2 Miles A X X X X ATV's are permitted on first mile
*ATV's are not allowed on last mile (before wilderness boundary)
See Restriction #11
Langer Peak, Knapp Lakes, & Pinyon Peak
034 Knapp Creek cut-off 1.5 Miles A - X X X   Langer Peak
035 Winnemucca Creek 8 Miles A X X X X   Langer Peak & Knapp Lakes
036 Knapp-Loon Creek 3 Miles A - - - - Restriction #11 Knapp Lakes
037 East Fork Valley 11 Miles A - X X X   Elk Meadow & Basin Butte
037 Little Basin 11 Miles B - X X X   Elk Meadow & Basin Butte
038 Prospect Creek 5 Miles A - X X X   Knapp Lakes & Basin Butte
039 Valley Creek 5 Miles A X X X X Restriction #6 Langer Peak & Knapp Lakes
041 Sunday Creek 5 Miles B - X X X   Basin Butte
042 Little Basin cut-off 2 Miles B - X X X   Basin Butte
Challis Area Trails
Trail # Trail Name Length Travel
Plan
Area
ATV Motorbike Snowmobile Bike Comments Quad
071 Little Morgan-Morse Creek 11 miles D - - - -   May Mtn, Ennis Gulch
072 Patterson-Morse Creek 17.8 miles D * * - X *2.3 miles only open to motorized/mechanized Patterson, May Mtn, Mogg Mtn.
073 Morse Creek Canyon 5.5 miles D - X - X   May Mtn., Mogg Mtn.
074 East Fork Patterson Creek 6.5 miles D - X - X   Patterson, Yellow Peak
075 North Fork Big Creek 14.1 miles D * X - X *trail will not support ATV traffic Yellow Peak, Big Creek Peak
078 South Fork Big Creek-Iron Creek 9.5 miles D - - - * *First two miles only from Big Creek trailhead open Big Creek Peak, Iron Creek Point
079 Big Gulch 4 miles C - * X X *seasonal; open 7/1-9/30 Moffet Springs, Iron Creek Point
089 Leatherman Pass 3.3 miles D - - - - Trail continues to Lost River District Leatherman Peak and Burnt Creek
110 Right Fork Lick Creek 0.9 miles B   - X X Closed road #059 Black Mountain
134 Camas-Eddy Creek 6.1 miles B - * * * *segment preceding Wilderness boundary closed to motorized/ mechanized. Trail continues to Middle Fork District Pats Creek, Blowfly, White Goat Mtn., Meyers Cove Point
135 Black-Alder Creek 3 miles B - X X X   Black Mountain
136 Eddy Lake 4 miles B - X X X   White Goat Mtn.
138 Darling-Castle Creek 21.6 miles B - * * * *portions of trail are in Wilderness; 14.7 miles of total are open Black Mountain, Blowfly, White Goat
139 Van Horn 2.8 miles B - X X X   Black Mountain
140 Furnace Creek 9 miles B - * * * *segment preceding Wilderness boundary closed to motorized/mechanized Blowfly Creek
142 Lick Creek 2.6 miles B - X X X   Black Mountain
143 West Fork Morgan Creek 4.7 miles B - * * * *segment preceding Wilderness boundary closed to motorized/mechanized Blowfly Creek
144 Little West Fork 0.8 miles B - X X X   Blowfly Creek
145 Eddy Basin 2.8 miles B - X X X   Blowfly Creek
147.1 Challis Creek 1 mile B - X X X Access to Yankee Fork Trail Challis Creek Lakes
153 Fannys Hole 3.6 miles B * * * * *seasonal-open 6/16-11/30 Bayhorse Lake
154 Garden Creek 3 miles B,C - - - -   Bayhorse Lake
177 Summerhouse Canyon 1.3 miles C - * * * *seasonal-open 7/1-9/30 Moffet Springs
183 Lake Fork 3 miles C - X X     Yellow Peak
193 Iron Creek Point 2 miles C - - - -   Moffet Springs, Iron Creek Point
196 Park Fork-Lake Fork 3 miles D - X - X   Yellow Peak
197 Merriam Lake 2 miles D - - - -   Burnt Creek, Leatherman Peak, Elkhorn Creek
198 Pass Lake 0.9 miles D - - - -   Elkhorn Creek, Leatherman Peak
199 East Fork Upper Pahsimeroi 5 miles D - - - -   Leatherman Peak
234 West Fork Lakes 1.2 miles B - X X X   Blowfly Creek, White Goat Mtn.
234.1 West Fork Lakes Cutoff 1.2 miles B - X X X   Blowfly Creek, White Goat Mtn.
241 Ennis Gulch 4.7 miles B - X X X   Ennis Gulch
242 Poison-Cow Creek 7 miles B - X X X   Allison Creek, Ennis Gulch
243 Little Morgan - Cow Creek 4 miles B - X X X   Ennis Gulch
251 Corral Creek - Hat Creek 7 miles B - * * * *seasonal - open 7/1-9/30 Wards Butte
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