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Idaho
BIRCH BASIN TRAIL
0.7 mi
Distance
228 ft
Gain
17 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.
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What's missing
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BIRCH BASIN TRAIL
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 228 ft
- Elevation loss
- 228 ft
- Highest point
- 7,074 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,986 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Birch Basin Trail is a 1.36-mile out-and-back route in Idaho with 228 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 7,074 feet.
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