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Sheep Creek Trail
Idaho
Idaho
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13.1 mi
Distance
7,583 ft
Gain
4h 48m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
3 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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Why you'll love it
Through-trail
Out & back
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Sheep Creek Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 13.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 7,583 ft
- Elevation loss
- 7,583 ft
- Highest point
- 7,129 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,253 ft
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Sheep Creek Trail is a 26.22-mile out-and-back hike in Idaho with 7,583 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 7,129 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 7,129 ft
- High point
- 7,129 ft
- Total climbing
- 7,583 ft
- Total descent
- 7,583 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 47% grade around mile 8 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 26 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
- Hells Canyon Wilderness · Wilderness
- Hells Canyon National Recreation Area · Ranger district
- Wallowa-Whitman National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Source: Wilderness.net boundaries; USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1
Conditions
Active alerts for Hells Canyon National Recreation Area as of Oct 9, 2026:
Hells Canyon Wilderness Occupancy and Use
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Occupancy and Use of Wild and Scenic Snake River Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Sheep Lake Climber's TrailHiking0.5 mi
- Heaven's Gate TrailHiking1.4 mi
- North Boise TrailHiking1.4 mi
- Undertow WallRock climbing3.6 mi
- Funky Buddha AreaRock climbing3.6 mi
- Projects, TheRock climbing3.6 mi
- Sheep CreekCanoeing6.2 mi
- Rapid RiverCanoeing7.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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