Payette National Forest · Idaho

Westy

2.0 mi of trail, end to end · about 150 ft of climbing · 400 ft of descent · 5,091 ft–5,446 ft · native material surface · trail No. 404 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · hiking, bike · seasonal: hiking 05/01-10/31

5,446 ft 5,211 ft · 1.9 mi high 5,446 ft

Trailhead West Face Trailhead 5,078 ft Drive there

West Face Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

The West Face Trailhead is used primarily in the snow season as a snowmobile trailhead parking area. There is summertime use as a trailhead for hiking to Goose Creek Falls and mountain biking.

Directions: Travel west from McCall on Hwy 55 4.5 miles to the trailhead. It is located on the north side of the road.

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.