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Packsaddle Mountain
Idaho
Blocked todayIdaho
Blocked today
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5.3 mi
Distance
5,275 ft
Gain
2h 43m
Time
Conditions: Blocked
for hike, todayAn agency closure order is in effect for this area; weather is good
2 factors · 2 sources
Newest 3 h ago · oldest 4 h
problem: Agency alerts
8 active alerts in Idaho Panhandle National Forests; most severe: Idaho Panhandle Seasonal Food Storage Order
USFSPosted Jul 15, 2024 · checked 4 h ago
clear: Weather
Clouds, high 58°F / low 35°F, 22% precip — 88/100 for hike
OpenWeather3 h ago
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Why you'll love it
Through-trail
Big climb
Out & back
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Packsaddle Mountain
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 5.3 mi
- Elevation gain
- 5,275 ft
- Elevation loss
- 5,275 ft
- Highest point
- 6,352 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,148 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Packsaddle Mountain is a 10.62-mile out-and-back trail in Idaho with 5,275 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 6,352 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 4,605 ft
- High point
- 6,352 ft
- Total climbing
- 5,275 ft
- Total descent
- 5,275 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 45% grade around mile 0.8 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 11 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)
Where it is
- Sandpoint Ranger District · Ranger district
- Idaho Panhandle National Forests · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Sandpoint Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Beehive Lake Trail #279 Closure
caution · posted Sep 18, 2026
Evans Landing Trail 64 Closure
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- BRANCH NORTH GOLD CREEKHiking2.5 mi
- GRANITE CREEKHiking2.9 mi
- FALLS CREEKHiking4.1 mi
- GREEN MOUNTAINHiking4.3 mi
- Whiskey Rock BayCamping5.7 mi
- North Fork Coeur d'Alene RiverCanoeing6.4 mi
- Independence CreekCanoeing8.3 mi
- Maiden RockCamping9.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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