Wapiti Meadows
Idaho
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1.2 mi
Distance
58 ft
Gain
22 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Salmon-Challis 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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Wapiti Meadows
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.2 mi
- Elevation gain
- 58 ft
- Elevation loss
- 133 ft
- Highest point
- 7,440 ft
- Lowest point
- 7,375 ft
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About this trail
Wapiti Meadows is a 1.19-mile trail at Phelan Mountain in Idaho managed by the Forest Service. The trail gains 164 feet of elevation within its short distance.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 7,389 ft
- High point
- 7,440 ft
- Total climbing
- 58 ft
- Total descent
- 133 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 6% grade around mile 0.9 from the start
- Length
- 1.2 mi
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District · Ranger district
- Salmon-Challis National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Salmon-Challis National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:
Salmon River Corridor (Wild and Scenic Section)
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
FRANK CHURCH-RIVER OF NO RETURN WILDERNESS
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
14 Day Stay Limit - Occupancy and Use
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Traffic & Alcohol - Occupancy and Use
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Commercial Hauling Restrictions
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Gold Bug Hot Spring Occupancy and Use
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Salmon River Road Use and Occupancy
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Middle Fork of the Salmon Wild and Scenic River
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- WAPITI MEADOWS LOOPHiking0.1 mi
- Aspen LoopHiking0.1 mi
- Wapiti Meadows TrailHiking0.1 mi
- Meadow TrailHiking0.3 mi
- MeadowCross-country skiing0.3 mi
- Williams Lake CampgroundCamping7 mi
- Shoup Bridge CampgroundCamping8.9 mi
- Salmon-Cobalt Ranger DistrictRiver fishing9.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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