Shafer Butte
Campground
Campground · 0.6 mi from the trail
Idaho · Mountain biking · Near Idaho City
Lodge Cat Track
- 0.1 mi
- round trip
- 150 ft
- climb
- Singletrack
- surface
- Out and back
- route
Is Lodge Cat Track open right now?
Closure in the area
There's a closure order in Boise National Forest. It doesn't name Lodge Cat Track, 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.
Lodge Cat Track is a short, steep mountain biking route in the Mountain Home Ranger District of Boise National Forest in Idaho, managed by the Forest Service. It sits about 0.13 miles from the Lodge, and the whole trip is an out-and-back of about 0.26 miles with a one-way climb of 26 feet. The route is rated hard, and the steepest stretch comes early, at about 17% grade. The track is a short, back-loaded climb, with the high point at 7,155 feet and the low at 7,113 feet. Dogs are allowed. Shafer Butte Road and the Lodge hike both start about 0.1 miles away, and Shafer Butte campground is about 0.6 miles off. Climbers can head to Bogus Boulders, roughly a mile away.
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