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French Creek
Idaho
Idaho
Free — you'll pick up right here.
4.6 mi
Distance
2,694 ft
Gain
2h 48m
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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Why you'll love it
Through-trail
Big climb
Out & back
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French Creek
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 4.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,694 ft
- Elevation loss
- 2,694 ft
- Highest point
- 8,304 ft
- Lowest point
- 5,943 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
French Creek is a 9.2-mile out-and-back trail in Idaho with 2,694 feet of elevation gain and loss. The route reaches a maximum elevation of 8,304 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 5,943 ft
- High point
- 8,304 ft
- Total climbing
- 2,694 ft
- Total descent
- 2,694 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 24% grade around mile 1.5 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 9.2 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)
Where it is
- Challis Field Office · Bureau of Land Management
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Source: USGS PAD-US 4.1
Nearby
- Central IdahoRock climbing1.6 mi
- Holman CreekHiking2.8 mi
- The. Old sawmill slabsRock climbing2.8 mi
- Holman Creek CgCamping2.9 mi
- Mill CreekHiking3.7 mi
- Sullivan - Corral CreekHiking3.9 mi
- JIMMY SMITH CREEKHiking5.6 mi
- Pia Soko NaokwaideCanoeing7.5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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