Lick Creek
Idaho
Free — you'll pick up right here.
3.7 mi
Distance
1,624 ft
Gain
1h 30m
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
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
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
Lick Creek
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,624 ft
- Elevation loss
- 1,624 ft
- Highest point
- 5,403 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,341 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
LICK CREEK is a 7.36-mile out-and-back trail in Idaho with 1,624 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 5,403 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 5,373 ft
- High point
- 5,403 ft
- Total climbing
- 1,624 ft
- Total descent
- 1,624 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 30% grade around mile 0.3 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 7.4 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
- 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
- O'Hara Saddle CampgroundCamping1.8 mi
- Limber Luke TrailHiking2.4 mi
- Table MeadowsCamping2.6 mi
- Boundary TrailHiking3.1 mi
- Limber LukeCamping3.2 mi
- American River TrailHiking3.2 mi
- OharaRiver fishing8.3 mi
- Newsome CreekCanoeing8.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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