5.6 mi of trail, end to end · about 900 ft of climbing · 2,100 ft of descent · 3,083 ft–5,232 ft · native material surface · trail No. 471 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide
Campgrounds
Along the wayBarlow Creek Campground
TrailheadsBonney Meadows Trailhead 5,247 ft Drive there · Catalpa Lake Trailhead 3,992 ft Drive there
Bonney Meadows Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
Restroom facilities area available as well as an information board.
Provides access to:
Bonney Meadows #471
Hidden Meadows Trail #472
Forest Creek Trail #473
Boulder Lake Trail #463
This trailhead accesses Badger Creek Wilderness and provides space for 4 vehicles.
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.