Boulder Creek
Idaho
Free — you'll pick up right here.
3.7 mi
Distance
2,095 ft
Gain
1h 58m
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
Boulder Creek
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,095 ft
- Elevation loss
- 2,095 ft
- Highest point
- 6,614 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,642 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Boulder Creek is a 7.36-mile out-and-back trail in Idaho with 2,095 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 6,614 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 5,642 ft
- High point
- 6,614 ft
- Total climbing
- 2,095 ft
- Total descent
- 2,095 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 18% grade around mile 2.2 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 7.4 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing is in the middle stretch.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
When to go
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Dixie N, ID weather station, 1 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan31° high5° low
- Feb33° high8° low
- Mar38° high13° low
- Apr46° high20° low
- May57° high28° low
- Jun64° high35° low
- Jul76° high39° low
- Aug76° high36° low
- Sep65° high31° low
- Oct52° high24° low
- Nov36° high14° low
- Dec28° high5° low
Where it is
- Red River Ranger District · Ranger district
- Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Red River Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Red River Ranger District Road Closures
critical · posted Sep 1, 2026
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- FOURTH OF JULY CREEKHiking0.1 mi
- COLUMBIA RIDGEHiking1.4 mi
- Sams CreekCamping1.6 mi
- HERMAN CREEKHiking3.2 mi
- BLOWOUT MOUNTAINHiking3.4 mi
- Halfway HouseCamping4.5 mi
- Crooked CreekCanoeing5.3 mi
- Mallard Creek CampgroundCamping7.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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