Shafer Butte
Campground
Campground · 0.8 mi from the trail
Idaho · Hiking · Near Idaho City
Packing
Photo: FunGi_ (Trading), CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- 1.5 mi
- round trip
- 815 ft
- climb
- 7,469 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Is Packing open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Boise National Forest. It doesn't name Packing, so check the source for the area it covers.
UPDATED Sept. 19 - Crooked Fire Area, Road, and Trail Closure
Agency closure covering Boise National Forest · Order 0402-03-140 · USFS · Boise National Forest
Lava Fire Road Closure
Agency alert covering Boise National Forest · Order 0402-06-84 · USFS · Boise National Forest
As of · Source: USFS · Boise National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Packing is an easy, out-and-back hike in the Mountain Home Ranger District of Idaho's Boise National Forest, about 1.5 miles long. It climbs roughly 800 feet from the starting point, reaching a high of about 7,469 feet, and the trail is natural-surfaced and not accessible. The Forest Service manages the land. The climb starts gently but gets steep within a few hundred yards, with a grade of about 23% at the 0.18-mile mark. Because the trail is short and the grade is steep at the start, plan on about an hour for the round trip. Mountain biking is allowed on the trail, and two routes sit right next to it: #95 Tempest and National Forest Development Road 374, both about 0.1 mile away. Bogus Boulders, a climbing area, and Shafer Butte Campground are each about 0.8 mile off.
Around this trail
Add any of these when you start a tripSleep close Eat after Pioneer Lodge
Restaurant
On your way back · 1 mi
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Route details
- Distance
- 1.5 mi round trip
- Climbing
- About 815 ft
- Summit
- 7,582 ft
- Difficulty
- Easy
Other routes up Shafer Butte
Questions about this route
How long is the Packing on Shafer Butte?
About 1.5 mi round trip.
How much elevation gain is on the Packing?
About 815 ft of climbing round trip.
How hard is the Packing?
It is rated easy.
How many routes go up Shafer Butte?
2: Packing and Cabin Traverse.
Conditions and forecast on Shafer Butte
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit and route start for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
