Elk Summit - Monroe Creek
Idaho
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1.1 mi
Distance
1,220 ft
Gain
56 min
Time
We don't cover this trail yet
No agency boundary, access route or field report is mapped to it — so there is no verdict, and we won't guess. We'll tell you the moment this trail has something to say.
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Elk Summit - Monroe Creek
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,220 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,220 ft
- Highest point
- 6,389 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,360 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Elk Summit - Monroe Creek is a 2.28-mile out-and-back trail in Idaho with 1,220 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 6,389 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 5,360 ft
- High point
- 6,389 ft
- Total climbing
- 1,220 ft
- Total descent
- 1,220 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 33% grade around mile 0.7 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 2.3 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
It rolls up and down the whole way rather than holding one long climb.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Nearby
- Elk Summit-Monroe Creek TrailHiking0.7 mi
- ELK SUMMITHiking1.5 mi
- VICTORY CREEK /INDIAN TRAILHiking2.7 mi
- American RiverCamping3.8 mi
- Table MeadowsCamping3.9 mi
- South Fork Clearwater RiverCanoeing4.2 mi
- Sing LeeCamping4.7 mi
- Newsome CreekCanoeing5.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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