Bitterroot National Forest · Montana, Idaho

Canyon Creek

13 mi of trail, end to end · about 3,900 ft of climbing · 3,727 ft–7,428 ft · native material surface · trail No. 2.0 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide

3,727 ft 7,428 ft · 13 mi high 7,428 ft

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 45.8880, -114.6103 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Canyon Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Canyon Creek Trailhead offers adequate parking for approximately 6 vehicles. It accesses the Blodgett Overlook Trail #101 which offers views of Blodgett Canyon and the Canyon Creek Trail #525 to Canyon Lake and East Lake. Facilities consist of a vault toilet.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.