Elk Clarke Contour Trail
Idaho
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1.5 mi
Distance
1,652 ft
Gain
58 min
Time
No verdict for this trail
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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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Elk Clarke Contour Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,652 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,652 ft
- Highest point
- 4,089 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,717 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Elk Clarke Contour Trail is a 2.98-mile out-and-back route in Idaho with 1,652 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 4,089 feet and returns via the same path it traveled out on.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 3,717 ft
- High point
- 4,089 ft
- Total climbing
- 1,652 ft
- Total descent
- 1,652 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 15% grade around mile 0.4 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 3 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
When to go
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Headquarters, ID weather station, 9.7 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan35° high18° low
- Feb39° high20° low
- Mar46° high23° low
- Apr52° high27° low
- May63° high34° low
- Jun70° high40° low
- Jul80° high44° low
- Aug80° high41° low
- Sep70° high35° low
- Oct55° high28° low
- Nov42° high25° low
- Dec33° high20° low
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
- SHAKE CREEKHiking0.1 mi
- SHAKE CREEK AHiking0.3 mi
- SHAKE CREEK BHiking0.3 mi
- ELK MOUNTAIN RIDGEHiking0.9 mi
- CLARKE MOUNTAIN AHiking1.3 mi
- Orogrande CreekCanoeing2.1 mi
- Washington Creek CampgroundCamping6.5 mi
- Weitas CampgroundCamping8.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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