Dixie Summit Trail
Idaho
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0.8 mi
Distance
413 ft
Gain
26 min
Time
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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
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Dixie Summit Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.8 mi
- Elevation gain
- 413 ft
- Elevation loss
- 413 ft
- Highest point
- 6,498 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,212 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Dixie Summit Trail is a 1.7-mile out-and-back hike in Idaho with 413 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 6,498 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 6,224 ft
- High point
- 6,498 ft
- Total climbing
- 413 ft
- Total descent
- 413 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 16% grade around mile 0.5 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 1.7 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.
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, 3.2 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
- DIXIE WAGON SNOW TRAILHiking0.1 mi
- DIXIE SUMMITHiking0.7 mi
- Noble Creek TrailHiking3.1 mi
- COLUMBIA RIDGEHiking4 mi
- Sams CreekCamping5.6 mi
- Mallard Creek CampgroundCamping7 mi
- Orogrande Summit CampgroundCamping8 mi
- Crooked CreekCanoeing8.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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