Cook Ranch Trail
Idaho
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7.9 mi
Distance
3,403 ft
Gain
4h 4m
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.
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Why you'll love it
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Cook Ranch Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 7.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,403 ft
- Elevation loss
- 3,403 ft
- Highest point
- 7,628 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,267 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Cook Ranch Trail is a 15.8-mile out-and-back route in Idaho with 3,403 feet of elevation gain and loss, reaching a maximum elevation of 7,628 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 5,269 ft
- High point
- 7,628 ft
- Total climbing
- 3,403 ft
- Total descent
- 3,403 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 24% grade around mile 2.5 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 16 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Red River Ranger District · Ranger district
- Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · National forest
- Mallard Roadless Area · Public land
- 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
- Bat Creek TrailHiking2.4 mi
- Mallard Creek CampgroundCamping2.5 mi
- SCOOPER CUTOFFHiking2.8 mi
- TRAPPER CREEK SOUTHHiking3 mi
- NOBLE CREEKHiking3.1 mi
- Ditch CreekCamping9.1 mi
- Red RiverCamping9.6 mi
- Sams CreekCamping9.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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