Shafer Butte
Campground
Campground · 1.6 mi from the trail
Idaho · Mountain biking · Near Idaho City
#96 Brewer's Byway
- 1.2 mi
- round trip
- 1,002 ft
- climb
- Mixed
- surface
- Out and back
- route
Is #96 Brewer's Byway open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Boise National Forest. It doesn't name #96 Brewer's Byway, 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.
Brewer's Byway #96 is a short, easy mountain biking route in Idaho's Boise National Forest, within the Mountain Home Ranger District. It's managed by the Forest Service and lies about 1.2 miles from the center of the area. The trail is an out-and-back that covers about 2.4 miles round trip, with a one-way climb of roughly 127 feet from a start elevation of about 6,919 feet to a high point of about 6,952 feet. The steepest stretch is near the 0.6-mile mark, where the grade reaches about 15 percent. The low point on the route sits at about 6,806 feet. The Byway sits just 0.1 mile from #91 Deer Point, another mountain bike route, and close to the Shindig and The Face hikes. Bogus Boulders, a climbing area, is about 1.2 miles away.
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