Payette National Forest · Idaho

Scribner Lake

0.4 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 168 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 45.2538, -116.1062 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Lava Lakes Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

The Lava Lakes Trailhead provides access to the Lava Butte, Lava Butte Lakes, Lava Peak Area, and the nearby trail to Scribner Lake. From the trailhead the Clayburn Creek Trail #505 heads to the west where it intersects with Cirque Basin Tail #506 . By taking trail #506 you will reach Lava Butte Lakes where the trail intersects with the Lava Ridge Trail #149 (Lava Ridge Trail #149 originates at the Big Dave Creek Trailhead ). You can choose to not take trail #506, and continue on trail #505 to the west where it too intersects with the Lava Ridge Tail #149. To the east of the trailhead, Elk Meadow Trail #500 crosses the Center Ridge at Jenkins Crossing to Bear Pete Mountain via the North Creek Trail #145 in the Burgdorf/French Creek Recreation Area , or once crossing Jenkins Crossing, to North Fork Meadows (formerly Squaw Meadows) to the south via the French Creek Trail #116 in the McCall Recreation Area .

Other trails in this area are: Scribner Lake Trail #168 ; Scribner Ridge Trail #501 ; north end of Center Ridge Trail #504 from North Fork Meadow (formerly Squaw Meadow) in the McCall Recreation Area; north end of the Little French Creek Trail #348 from Fisher Creek Saddle originating from the end of FS Road #281; south end of Elkhorn Creek Trail #115 from Elkhorn Creek Road #309 on the Main Salmon River Recreation Area the Salmon River. The north end the Center Ridge Trail #504 intersects with the Scribner Ridge Trail #501 and heads south to North Fork Meadow.

Lava Butte Lakes Trail Recreation Opportunity Guide PDF

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.