Payette National Forest · Idaho

Upper Hazard/Hard Creek Basin

4.3 mi of trail, end to end · about 650 ft of climbing · 6,940 ft–7,540 ft · native material surface · trail No. 169 · trail class 2 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle, e-bike · motorized use allowed

7,052 ft 7,045 ft · 4.1 mi high 7,540 ft

Trailheads Hard Creek Trailhead 7,047 ft Drive there · Upper Hazard Lake Trailhead 7,052 ft Drive there

Upper Hazard Lake Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Access to Upper Hazard Lake from the north. Upper Hazard/Hard Creek Basin Trail #169 is open to motorcycles. The area is popular for hiking, mountain bikes and motorcycles. The trailhead is just south of the Hazard Lake Campground.

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.