Bitterroot National Forest · Montana, Idaho

Kim Creek

5.7 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 26.0 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide

Lodges

Along the way Magruder Ranger's House

Trailhead Kim Creek Saddle Trailhead Drive there

Kim Creek Saddle Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Kim Creek Saddle Trailhead has adequate parking for cars. It offers access to trail #26 and #89 and the Frank Church Wilderness. Facilities include an old wooden outhouse, and hitching rails.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Other trails from the Kim Creek Saddle Trailhead

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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.