Trail Report for the Sawtooth NRA **Early season expect snow above 8,000 feet high, high creek crossings and possible downed trees** Due to Covid 19 please be aware of closures, limits to number of people, and as always use leave no trace practices Wood River Area Maintained in Date Name Trail # Trail Segment Difficulty Distance Wilderness Area Hike, Bike, Motorized Description/Regulations Conditions, Hazards and General Notes on Trails 2020 Multi-use trail for hikers and bikers going from Sawtooth NRA to Galena 6/11/2020 Volunteers Harriman Easy 18 miles Hike and Bike Lodge; Interpretive signs along the trail; can be accessed along Hwy 75. Mountain Biked 9 miles up the trail. Easy- Hemingway-Boulders Hike, Bike only the 1st Wheelchair accessible for the first mile. Bicycles only allowed for the first 6/25/2020 210 Murdock Creek Moderate 7 miles RT Wilderness mile mile and then it becomes non-motorized in the wilderness area. Trail clear except for a few easily passible downed trees Hemingway-Boulders 127 East Fork North Fork Moderate 7 miles RT Wilderness Hike Moderate-rough road to trailhead. Hemingway-Boulders Drive to the end of the North Fork Road, hikes along the creak and 128 North Fork to Glassford Peak Moderate 4.5 Wilderness Hike through the trees, can go to West Pass or North Fork. North Fork Big Wood River/ West Moderate- Hemingway-Boulders Hike up to West Pass and connects with West Pass Creek on the East Fork Fallen tree suspended across trail is serious obstacle for horses one third mile 6/7/2020 Volunteers 115 Pass Difficult 6.3 Wilderness Hike of the Salmon River Road. Hazardous for horses. from trail head. ICL Wilderness Moderate- Hemingway-Boulders The West Fork of the Big Wood River rose quickly while on the hike so it was a 6/4/2020 Stewards 129 West Fork Difficult 3 Wilderness Hike Trail finding can be a challenge at the trailhead. challenge to cross the river again to get back to the trailhead after the hike. Hemingway-Boulders 391 Amber Gulch Moderate 8 miles RT Wilderness Hike Hike up to a meadow and then out to the lake. Many downed trees & high creek crossings, large amount of snow at 3.84 miles. Wood River Campground Starts in the Wood River Campground Ampitheatre and is a nice easy half The SNRA gives a campfire program at the ampitheatre on Friday nights starting 7/3/2020 187 Interpretive Trail Easy 0.5 Hike mile trail. 7/3/20 at 7pm. Great for families and kids, short hike u pot the lake with great views, can 6/5/2020 Volunteers Baker Lake Easy 4 miles RT Hike see fire damage along the way. 4 miles RT. Clear to the lake. KRD performed maintenance on portions of the trail. Drive down Baker Lake Road and take a right onto #170 and head towards Norton Lake, Make sure to take a right out of the parking lot to head There was snow above 8500 feet on the trail. KRD performed maintenance on 5/26/2020 Volunteers 135 Norton Lake Moderate 6 miles RT Hike towards the lake. There are multiple lakes. 6 miles RT. portions of the trail. Trail to Prairie creek was clear with a few patches of snow and miner was clear. There are few creek crossings at the beginning but all were easy to cross with Drive to the end of Prairie Creek Road and hike towards Prairie Lakes and logs that you can walk on. There are lots of trees down at Prairie Lake and miner 10.3 Loop with then if want to turn into a loop head towards Miner before returning to lake was clear with good views. There were pretty flowers and western tanagers 6/19/2020 Volunteers 134 Prairie Creek Moderate Miner Hike Prairie Creek Trail. 10.3 RT if you do both lakes. at the lake. KRD performed maintenance on portions of the trail. Hikes up to Mill Lake and back, sometimes lake can dry up. Trailhead will be moved to the start of Prairie Creek this year for Big Wood 6/9/2020 Volunteers 136 Mill Creek Easy 4 miles RT Hike Management Plan. Snow free to the lake 10.3 Loop with Moderate- This trail is steep if you up to Miner, can be added to Prairie as 6/19/2020 Volunteers 135 Miner Lake Moderate Prairie Hike a loop. Head towards Prairie first and then to Miner. Trail was clear to miner lake with some flowers and good views. Drive north on Hwy 75, there is a parking lot on the side of the road just Easy- before Galena Summit, 3 miles RT or can be hiked from Galena Lodge at 6 Trail still has snow patches on it, but you can follow the trail to the lake. It was 6/11/2020 Volunteers 190 Titus Lake Moderate 3-6 miles RT Hike miles RT. clear. There are numerous trails for hiking and biking at Galena Lodge. Check Some trails are opening up at Galena but some remain closed due to wildlife out the https://summertrailink.bcrd.org/ for trail information. Galena closures. Check out the https://summertrailink.bcrd.org/ for trail information. Easy- 35 miles of Trails, Lodge is planning to open June 13th, check out their hours: Galena Lodge is planning to open for the season, check out their hours: BCRD Galena Trails Moderate all ability levels Hike and Bike https://www.galenalodge.com/. https://www.galenalodge.com/ 108 Gladiator Creek Moderate 2.4 Hike and Bike Goes from Galena along Gladiator creek to the pass. Sawtooth Valley Trails Hike, Bike, and.or Maintained in Date Name Trail # Trail Segment Difficulty Distance Wilderness Area Motorized Description 2020 Conditions, Hazards and general Notes Moderate- Grand Prize starts at Pole Creek and is motorcycle then turns into Trail cleared by wilderness rangers. 6/25/2020 Trail Crew 112 Grand Prize Trail-Bowery Creek Difficult 12.5 motorized motorized to Bower Creek. 215 Salmon River Headwaters 2 Hike, motorized Single Track Motorized, Starts at Salmon River Headwaters and connects with West Smokey Creek Many snow patches first 2 miles. Did not go further due to snow. Minimal blow 5/24/2020 Trail Crew 198 Lower Muley Creek 7.2 Hike Trail. down 1st 2 miles but snowy. Not recommended for stock. 63 Emma Creek 6.4 motorized Open to all vehicles the first .73 miles and then motorized use. 224 West Fork Big Smoky Creek 9 Single Track Motorized Starts off of Smiley Creek Road can connect with Mule Creek or Emma. 72 Big Smokey 17.8 Motorized Trail starts at Alturas Lake Creek TH at the end of Road #205 and enters Trail in good condition but with several large trees down over the trail and mud into the Sawtooth Wilderness, non-motorized, no horses, and in a no on trail 2.5 miles in. After the fork heading to the Alpine Creek Lakes the trail is 6/28/2020 ICL Stewards 94 Alpine Creek Moderate 3 Sawtooth Wilderness HIke campfire area. not much of a trail anymore. 34 Alturas Lake Creek Motorized 93 Jake's Gulch 1.5 miles up hit snow patch and turned around. Talked to another group made it 5/24/2020 Trail Crew 106 Horton Peak Difficult 5 RT Hike Steep hike to an old Fire Lookout. 2.5 miles and turned around due to snow. Clear first 1.5 miles. Drive down road 207 and stay left to the Trailhead, crosses wilderness boundary at milepost 4 so non-motorized and no campfires at the Cabin 191 Cabin Creek Moderate 3.4 Sawtooth Wilderness Hike Creek Lakes. Can make it to the lakes, patchy snow, passable. Pettit Lake Trails Hike, Bike and/or Maintained in Date Name Trail # Trail Segment Difficulty Distance Wilderness Area Motorized Description 2020 Conditions, Hazards, and General Notes Clear to Alice Lake, patchy snow to Twin Lakes (still snowy & frozen), a lot of snow on snowy side pass (to Toxaway); log-free up to snowy side pass. There is a large rock in the trail, but stock should be able to walk around; muddy with some snow patches around Alice Lake, might be difficult to find a camp spot. 6/13/2020 Trail Crew 95 Pettit Lake Moderate 7 Sawtooth Wilderness Hike, backpacking Loop This is the start of the popular Pettit-Toxaway backpacking loop. Several downed trees from Pettit to Farley Lake. This trail starts at the Tin Cup TH and heads over the moraine towards the 6/20/2020 Trail Crew 41 Pettit Lake Cutoff Moderate 2.2 Sawtooth Wilderness Hike, backpacking Loop Yellowbelly Lake and then meets up with the trail out to Toxaway Lake. First 1.3 miles are clear of trees. 6/25/2020 Trail Crew Tin Cup (Horse Access) 1.4 RT Clear of trees Can be hiked from Pettit or from Road #365 or you can use that road to 96 Yellow Belly Lake Moderate 7 Hike drive to the lake. Clear to the lake Moderate- This through hike starts at Pettit Lake and goes to Toxaway and then 92 Alice-Redfish Lake Difficult 22 Sawtooth Wilderness Hike, backpacking Loop heads towards Redfish Lake instead of returning back to Petit. Popular backpacking loop goes from Pettit-Alice Lake-Twin Lakes and Toxaway, and then returns to Pettit Lake. Need a Wilderness Permits for groups of 8-12, maximum is 12 people in a group. No Campfires in the area. 6/27 (Volunteer) after a warm week, little snow south of Snowyside Pass, but trail was obscured first half mile on North side.