Federal Gulch
10 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 7169 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 43.6691, -114.1513 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
Federal Gulch Campground and Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
Non-fee campground. · reservation required
Federal Gulch Campground is a non-fee, non-reservation campground located on the East Fork of the Wood River. The campground is composed of 3 campsites on the East Fork of the Wood River. The trailhead provides access to Federal Gulch Tr. No. 169, which connects to the remote and seldom-visited Little Wood River country. The campground is generally accessible May through October. Campground amenities include a vault toilet is located in the campground, and each site has a fire ring and picnic table. Stock is permitted in designated areas and hitching rails are provided.
Restrictions Camping limit 16 days.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Sawtooth National Forest
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.
