Bitterroot National Forest · Montana, Idaho

Shoup-Elk City

23 mi of trail, end to end · about 5,100 ft of climbing · 6,891 ft–8,517 ft · native material surface · trail No. 19.0 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide

7,706 ft 8,454 ft · 22 mi high 8,454 ft

Trailhead Salmon Base Camp Trailhead 7,707 ft Drive there

Salmon Base Camp Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Salmon Base Camp Trailhead has adequate parking for both cars and trailers. It offers access to trail #27, #19, the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness and the Frank Church Wilderness. Facilities include a wooden outhouse, stock ramp, and hitching rails.

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.