Payette National Forest · Idaho
Big Creek
33 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 196 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse
Trailhead Big Creek/Smith Creek Trailhead Drive there
Big Creek/Smith Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
This trailhead is located just past the Big Creek Station, and is a major access point for the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. Access to Big Creek for recreational boating.
Restrictions Trail enters Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, no motorized, no mechanized travel allowed.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Payette National Forest
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.