6.5 mi of trail, end to end · about 600 ft of climbing · 8,861 ft–9,247 ft · native material surface · trail No. PST 86 · trail class 3 · hiking, bike, e-bike
TrailheadsMiddle Box Creek Trailhead 9,003 ft Drive there · Upper Box Creek Trailhead 8,890 ft Drive there
Middle Box Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
season June to November
Middle Box Creek Trailhead is located along FR068 in a high elevation (9,000 feet) meadow with aspen trees for shade. Facilities include parking and a vault restroom. Hunting, wildlife viewing, and OHV riding on designated routes is available. Box Creek reservoir provides a fishing opportunity. Please pack-out what you pack-in.
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.
