Payette National Forest · Idaho
Lava Ridge
6.7 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 149 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike, motorcycle, e-bike · motorized use allowed
Trailhead Big Dave Creek Trailhead Drive there
Big Dave Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
Big Dave Creek Trailhead is in the Hazard Lakes Area on the New Meadows Ranger District , and provides access to the Lava Ridge National Recreation Trail #149 .
Directions: From Big Hazard Lake, travel north on Goose Lake Road #257, then turn right on FS Road #308. Follow FS Road #308 for less than a mile, taking the first road on your left which will bring you to the Big Dave Creek Trailhead on the north side of the road. Lava Ridge National Recreation Trail #149 leaves from FS Road #308 just beyond Big Dave Creek Trailhead. There is a pullout with additional parking on the south side of the road near the entrance to the trail.
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.
