17 mi of trail, end to end · about 1,000 ft of climbing · 3,600 ft of descent · 3,284 ft–5,962 ft · native material surface · trail No. 116 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle, e-bike · motorized use allowed
TrailheadFrench Creek Trailhead 5,922 ft Drive there
French Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
French Creek Trailhead on the McCall Ranger District offers access to several trails in the area, and also the historic Trapper's Cabin at the end of Forest Service Road #260. French Creek, Little French Creek and Cloochman Saddle areas are accessed from here.
The French Creek Trail #116 originates at the end of the road traveling north all the way to Jenkins Crossing and into the Hazard Lakes Area once crossing over Center Ridge. Center Ridge Trail #504 starts in North Fork Meadows and intersect with the French Creek Spur TRail #308 which if traveling south, terminates at Fisher Creek Saddle near Black Tip Peak (elevation 8, 292') - traveling north, trail #504 terminates near Lava Lakes Trailhead in the Hazard Lakes area. The north bound Bear Pete Ridge Trail #142 terminates in the meadows having traveled all the way from Bear Pete Trailhead in the Burgdorf/French Creek Area.
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.
