Two Dump Loops

With the days getting shorter our opportunities to ride trails after work dwindle.

Fortunately we have several places to ride on the edge of Salmon.  The Dump Loops are on the southeast end of town fit this bill.

These two loops offer plenty of single track and a couple of fun descents if ridden clockwise.

They are both close to 10 miles in length  if ridden from town.  Perfect for a post work ride in the evening before dark closes in.  If ridden from near the Dump itself the bigger loop is only about 4 miles.

There are plenty of cow trails to explore on the south side of the Dump Road too.  You can extend your ride all the way in to Mulkey Creek if you want.

These trails, like the Discovery Hill Trails, also stay dry much longer than most Salmon trails. Both areas become dry enough to ride in early March and stay rideable sometimes well into December.




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Snowbank 4076

This loop includes the Snowbank Trail 4076 on the Challis National Forest map and is just over the pass from Big Timber Creek.  The trail is located in the headwaters of the Little Lost River north of Howe and south of the Pahsimeroi.

Approximately 15 of the 24 miles is singletrack, open to motorcycles. The rest is roads and ATV trail. Ride Counter-Clockwise.

Water is not available, bring your own, or a filter.

There are other trails in the area but are not great for mtn biking due to steepness, erosion, etc.

The trailhead is accessed from Little Lost River Valley Road 101, to Road 105, to ATV trail 4076, to Timber Creek Pass. Do not take ATV trail 4137.  An intermediate access point is the Iron Creek Trail 4078, or Redrock Creek Trail if you want to shorten your ride or have to bail out.

Help or a radio may be available for emergencies from the Fairview Guard Station in the Little Lost River Valley.

--Download the GPX for this trail--

Thanks to Wayne for providing this great ride! Keep exploring!

Snowbank Trail Loop at EveryTrail
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Big Timber Creek

Flat Iron Mountain

Big Timber Creek runs through a beautiful canyon in the Central Lemhi Range.  The trail here (Tr 6183.1) is open only to MX which makes it awesome for the Mtn Bike.  A great area for scenery, exploration riding and potential high country epics.


There are several loop options from Big Timber Creek...most of which to are MX only.
- Rocky Creek to Big Timber Creek (MX)
- Cabin Creek to Trail Creek via Big Timber (Cabin is MX, Trail is non motorized)
- Flat Iron Mtn Loop, accessed from Squirrel Creek via Big Timber  (non motorized)
- Big Timber to Middle Fork Little Timber Creek

Shuttles to Big 8 Mile rides are possible and giant shuttles in to the Pahsimeroi drainages.

These trails are over 50 miles from Salmon and just west of Leadore...so.
Free camping can be had at the BLM's Smokey Cub Rec Site on the other side of the valley.  Closer to Big Timber Creek, camping can be had at Timber Creek Reservoir.




For reference, the track on the map below is about 10 miles long. Click the Trees for the names of the drainages.

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Incomplete map and marginal quality photos for VandyPants so that we might add some pieces to the puzzle.

12 Mile

There are several rides from the upper end of the 12 Mile road.

The map is of a fun and challenging loop right from the gate up to 12 Mile Meadows.

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From the 12 Mile gate to North Basin is only about 5 miles. North Basin offers lots of exploring at the top of the Lemhi Range.

Another great ride is to follow Warm Springs Creek down to Lime Creek.

All of our maps show a trail in Meadow Creek.  If that is still there and ridable, there is another option for loops and North Basin or Lime Creek access.

Look for a 12 Mile section at the top of the page soon.

Rippey Spring Loop

We used to climb up to Rippey Spring along Rippey Creek. What were we thinking? It is steep and brutal.

Continuing east on the lower contouring trail and heading up the Baker Creek Trail is so much better. The climbing is mostly enjoyable and the views of the Beaverheads are great.

Once at Rippey Spring there are several options for completing loops, the most obvious being to drop down Rippey Creek. Much better than climbing that beast!

This loop starts at the Barracks Lane Trailhead, 8 miles from Salmon on ID28. You can also access this loop from Withington Creek Road via Baker. Look for the access road on the right past the cattle guard.

--Download the GPX for Rippey Spring Loop here--

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60 Volunteers!!

Sixty volunteers turned out for the Discovery Hill Trail Day. Amazing!! The weather was perfect and tons of projects were completed.

Trash was picked up from the roads, the MX Park and the Disco Trailhead.  Trailmarkers were installed and stickers placed on them.  Waterbars were cut in to 3 different areas of trail.  Sage was pruned back and faint sections of trail were better defined.   

After the trail work everyone ate burgers and dogs from Bob's fancy engine block grill.  The food did not last long at all.

After the BBQ several of us hit the trails on our bikes.

Thanks to the BLM and SVS for making this event happen, and thanks too for a great project.

Since the Trail Day we are seeing a lot more people using the Disco Trails.

Disco Hill is getting Trail Markers!!!

Three loops on the Discovery Hill Trail System will be getting trailmarkers this spring.  We will be installing over 50 trail markers.  A map at the trailhead will show these three loops with different colors, as well as the popular Kirtley Loop and the Bluff Road.  The trail markers will have colored arrows corresponding to the map.  There should be brochure size maps soon as well.

On April 23, the BLM and Salmon Valley Stewardship are hosting a Disco Hill Work Day as part of the Salmon Earth Day events  We are asking for volunteers to meet at 10am at the Disco Trailhead.

There are many trail projects.  Some of us will be picking up trash along the roads.  Some will be installing the last of the trailmarkers and their stickers.  Some will be doing some trailwork on the loops.  Members of the MX community will be participating as well cleaning up the Sacagawea MX Park.

There will be a BBQ back at the trailhead at 2pm.  So bring some gloves, bring your bike or your truck, and your appetite.  We hope to see you there!

If you have questions please post here or call 756-5431.
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WOOT!!!  Trail Markers!!

Green is the Owl Canyon Loop.
Blue is the Slump Gulch Loop.
Orange is the Enduro Loop.

The numbered icons on the map below will eventually correspond to numbered Trailposts along the loops.


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