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Crab Creek
Idaho
Blocked todayIdaho
Blocked today
Free — you'll pick up right here.
4.0 mi
Distance
3,319 ft
Gain
1h 49m
Time
Conditions: Blocked
for hike, todayAn agency closure order is in effect for this area; weather is good
2 factors · 2 sources
Newest 20 h ago · oldest 20 h
problem: Agency alerts
5 active alerts in Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest; most severe: Updated 250 Road Closure
USFSPosted Sep 15 · checked 20 h ago
clear: Weather
Clouds, high 40°F / low 40°F, 0% precip — 92/100 for hike
OpenWeather20 h ago
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Through-trail
Out & back
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Crab Creek
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 4.0 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,319 ft
- Elevation loss
- 3,319 ft
- Highest point
- 5,899 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,459 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Crab Creek is a 7.9-mile out-and-back trail in Idaho with 3,319 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 5,899 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 5,891 ft
- High point
- 5,899 ft
- Total climbing
- 3,319 ft
- Total descent
- 3,319 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 32% grade around mile 2.5 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 7.9 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
- Lochsa/Powell Ranger District · Ranger district
- Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Lochsa/Powell Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
critical · posted Sep 1, 2026
Knife Edge Camping Partial Closure
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
NFSR 520 Reconstruction and Timber Harvest Closure
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- SIAH LAKEHiking2.6 mi
- Savage Ridge TrailHiking3.4 mi
- MAUD - DAN RIDGEHiking3.5 mi
- White Sand CampgroundCamping5.6 mi
- White Sands CampgroundCamping5.6 mi
- Colt Killed CreekCanoeing6.4 mi
- Crooked ForkCanoeing8.5 mi
- Whitehouse CampgroundCamping9.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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