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Idaho
COOL CREEK
3.4 mi
Distance
3,378 ft
Gain
2h 12m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
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What's missing
No access route mapped
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COOL CREEK
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3,378 ft
- Elevation loss
- 3,378 ft
- Highest point
- 5,455 ft
- Lowest point
- 4,493 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Dogs
- unknown
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Cool Creek is a 6.82-mile out-and-back trail in Idaho with 3,378 feet of elevation gain and loss, reaching a maximum elevation of 5,455 feet.
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