Bald Mountain Lake
Idaho
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.8 mi
Distance
344 ft
Gain
17 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
Bald Mountain Lake
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 344 ft
- Elevation loss
- 344 ft
- Highest point
- 6,009 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,752 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Bald Mountain Lake is a 1.62-mile out-and-back trail in Idaho that gains 344 feet of elevation. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 6,009 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 6,009 ft
- High point
- 6,009 ft
- Total climbing
- 344 ft
- Total descent
- 344 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 14% grade around mile 0.5 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 1.6 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing comes late, so save something for the end.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- North Fork Ranger District · Ranger district
- Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for North Fork Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
critical · posted Oct 1, 2026
Moose Mountain Fire Area Closure
critical · posted Sep 11, 2026
critical · posted Sep 1, 2026
Barnyard Timber Sale Road and Trail Closures
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- BALD MOUNTAINHiking0.1 mi
- Nimiipu TrailHiking0.3 mi
- BALD RIDGEHiking1 mi
- Castle Butte LookoutCamping1.3 mi
- Weitas Creek TrailHiking3.1 mi
- Liz Butte CabinCamping4.9 mi
- Wilderness Gateway CampgroundCamping8.5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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