Trail Races & Routes in Idaho
Explore 92 trail running and hiking routes across Idaho. 1 organized races and 91 training routes covering distances from 2.8 mi to 71.7 mi. Elevation gains range from 177 ft to 20,560 ft. Preview every trail in 3D flyover with segment breakdowns.
Key Takeaways
Total Routes
92
Races / Routes
1 / 91
Distance Range
2.8 mi - 71.7 mi
Elevation Range
177 ft - 20,560 ft
Most Popular Distance
Other (51)
Surface Type
100% Trail
| Route Name | Location | Distance | Elevation Gain | Type | Race Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duck/Hum Lake 50k | Yellow Pine, Idaho | 32.7 mi | 8,172 ft | race | Sep 19, 2027 |
| Chinese Peak (ID) | Bannock County, Idaho | 2.8 mi | 1,715 ft | route | — |
| Myrtle Peak (ID) | Boundary County, Idaho | 2.9 mi | 1,709 ft | route | — |
| Upper Hazard/Hard Creek Basin Trail | Payette National Forest, Idaho | 4.1 mi | 651 ft | route | — |
| Borah Peak Trail | Salmon-Challis National Forest, Idaho | 4.5 mi | 1,260 ft | route | — |
| Kinport Peak (ID) | Bannock County, Idaho | 4.7 mi | 2,574 ft | route | — |
| Trail 097 | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 5.0 mi | 691 ft | route | — |
| Trail Creek Trail | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 5.1 mi | 2,787 ft | route | — |
| Twin Creek Ridge Trail | Salmon-Challis National Forest, Idaho | 5.2 mi | 2,740 ft | route | — |
| Goose Creek Trail | Payette National Forest, Idaho | 5.4 mi | 234 ft | route | — |
| Diamond Peak (ID) | Butte County, Idaho | 5.5 mi | 3,957 ft | route | — |
| Fishhook Trail | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 5.6 mi | 177 ft | route | — |
| Caribou Ridge | Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Idaho | 5.8 mi | 2,372 ft | route | — |
| Trail 257 South | Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Idaho | 5.8 mi | 1,510 ft | route | — |
| Lava Ridge National Recreation Trail | Idaho County, Idaho | 6.4 mi | 1,979 ft | route | — |
| Pettit Creek Trail | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 6.5 mi | 2,027 ft | route | — |
| North Fork Baron-Sawtooth Lake Trail | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 6.7 mi | 216 ft | route | — |
| Hyndman Peak (ID) | Blaine County, Idaho | 7.0 mi | 4,969 ft | route | — |
| Idaho 11ers | Butte County, Idaho | 7.1 mi | 4,154 ft | route | — |
| Paddy Flat Lake Fork Pack Trail | Payette National Forest, Idaho | 7.3 mi | 1,908 ft | route | — |
| Benedict Trail | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 7.4 mi | 1,922 ft | route | — |
| Mt Borah (ID) | Custer County, Idaho | 7.4 mi | 5,217 ft | route | — |
| Scotchman Peak Trail #65 | Clark Fork, Idaho | 7.5 mi | 3,587 ft | route | — |
| Trail D | Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Idaho | 7.5 mi | 1,752 ft | route | — |
| He Devil & She Devil (ID) | Idaho County, Idaho | 7.9 mi | 3,379 ft | route | — |
| Mount Cramer Trail | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 8.4 mi | 1,433 ft | route | — |
| Mount Baird | Bonneville County, Idaho | 9.2 mi | 4,125 ft | route | — |
| Selkirk Crest High Traverse | Boundary County, Idaho | 9.4 mi | 4,101 ft | route | — |
| Southside Loop Trail to Paradise Point | Moscow, Idaho | 10.0 mi | 1,923 ft | route | — |
| Grand Mogul Trail | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 10.2 mi | 1,754 ft | route | — |
| Thompson Peak (ID) | Custer County, Idaho | 11.8 mi | 3,908 ft | route | — |
| Cranky Gulch Ridge | Wallace, Idaho | 12.3 mi | 2,832 ft | route | — |
| Twenty Mile Lakes Trail | Valley County, Idaho | 12.4 mi | 2,257 ft | route | — |
| Trail A | Idaho Panhandle National Forests, Idaho | 12.8 mi | 1,931 ft | route | — |
| Queens River Trail | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 13.5 mi | 3,576 ft | route | — |
| Trail 460 | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 14.0 mi | 577 ft | route | — |
| Trail 024 | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 15.0 mi | 3,692 ft | route | — |
| Lochsa River Historic Trail | Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho | 15.9 mi | 3,445 ft | route | — |
| Yellowbelly Trail | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 16.7 mi | 1,473 ft | route | — |
| Boulder Crest Traverse (ID) | Blaine County, Idaho | 17.3 mi | 7,921 ft | route | — |
| East Boyd-Glover Roundtop NRT | Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, Idaho | 17.7 mi | 5,963 ft | route | — |
| ID Orofino Big Eddy to Freeman Creek Campground in Dworshack State Park (Out and Back) | Clearwater County, Idaho | 17.9 mi | 4,019 ft | route | — |
| Alpine Way Trail | Custer County, Idaho | 18.0 mi | 4,237 ft | route | — |
| Alice-Toxaway Loop (ID) | Blaine County, Idaho | 18.3 mi | 3,172 ft | route | — |
| National Forest Development 104 Pack | Payette National Forest, Idaho | 18.5 mi | 3,974 ft | route | — |
| Pioneer Trifecta (ID) | Blaine County, Idaho | 19.5 mi | 9,882 ft | route | — |
| McGown Peak Circumnavigation (ID) | Custer County, Idaho | 20.1 mi | 3,386 ft | route | — |
| The Capitol is Bogus | Boise County, Idaho | 20.2 mi | 5,942 ft | route | — |
| Grandjean Sawtooth Lake Loop (ID) | Boise County, Idaho | 20.3 mi | 4,088 ft | route | — |
| Three Kings (ID) | Blaine County, Idaho | 20.4 mi | 9,396 ft | route | — |
| Anderson Butte National Recreation Trail | Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, Idaho | 20.6 mi | 3,240 ft | route | — |
| Preist Lake Loop | Nordman, Idaho | 21.3 mi | 5,226 ft | route | — |
| Moscow Mountain | Latah County, Idaho | 21.6 mi | 3,699 ft | route | — |
| South Fork Payette River Trail | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 22.6 mi | 4,550 ft | route | — |
| Seven Lakes Loop (ID) | Idaho County, Idaho | 23.1 mi | 5,910 ft | route | — |
| Lochsa Peak Loop | Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, Idaho | 23.3 mi | 6,774 ft | route | — |
| Boise River Greenbelt (ID) | Ada County, Idaho | 23.7 mi | 198 ft | route | — |
| Shefoot Loop | Avery, Idaho | 23.7 mi | 6,239 ft | route | — |
| Alice Lake - Redfish Lake Trail | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 24.5 mi | 5,419 ft | route | — |
| White Clouds Wilderness Loop | Custer County, Idaho | 24.6 mi | 5,638 ft | route | — |
| Imogene Peak Circumnavigation | Custer County, Idaho | 25.2 mi | 3,829 ft | route | — |
| Grandjean Loop | Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho | 25.4 mi | 6,113 ft | route | — |
| Hell's Canyon Devil Loop | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Idaho | 25.5 mi | 5,726 ft | route | — |
| Meadow Creek National Recreation Trail | Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, Idaho | 26.4 mi | 7,609 ft | route | — |
| Seven Devils Loop (ID) | Idaho County, Idaho | 26.6 mi | 4,820 ft | route | — |
| Lower Foothills Traverse | Ada County, Idaho | 28.9 mi | 4,611 ft | route | — |
| Foothills Tour | Boise, Idaho | 28.9 mi | 4,611 ft | route | — |
| Lower Foothills Tour | Boise, Idaho | 28.9 mi | 4,611 ft | route | — |
| Diamond > Mormon Gulch > Saddle Tour | Butte County, Idaho | 29.4 mi | 15,682 ft | route | — |
| Southern Lemhi Crest Traverse (ID) | Butte County, Idaho | 29.4 mi | 15,682 ft | route | — |
| Seven Devils Loop tagging Dry Diggins Lookout | Idaho County, Idaho | 30.1 mi | 5,976 ft | route | — |
| Jerry Johnson > Grave Peak | Kooskia, Idaho | 31.5 mi | 5,464 ft | route | — |
| Parker, Long and Pyramid Ridge | Boundary County, Idaho | 32.1 mi | 7,985 ft | route | — |
| Sawtooth Loop | Custer County, Idaho | 32.2 mi | 5,983 ft | route | — |
| Sawtooth Loop | Stanley, Idaho | 32.2 mi | 5,982 ft | route | — |
| McConnell to Warm Springs | Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, Idaho | 34.0 mi | 7,917 ft | route | — |
| McConnell Mountain > Warm Springs | Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, Idaho | 35.7 mi | 8,199 ft | route | — |
| Portneuf Boundary Trail | Caribou County, Idaho | 37.4 mi | 8,626 ft | route | — |
| Starvation Peak Loop | Irwin, Idaho | 39.4 mi | 11,296 ft | route | — |
| Southern Selkirk Traverse (ID) | Boundary County, Idaho | 41.1 mi | 8,373 ft | route | — |
| Hoodoo Mine / Castle Peak | Clayton, Idaho | 43.1 mi | 14,377 ft | route | — |
| Sawtooth Range Traverse | Boise County, Idaho | 43.4 mi | 7,411 ft | route | — |
| Boise Skyline Traverse | Ada County, Idaho | 43.7 mi | 10,318 ft | route | — |
| Boise Skyline Traverse | Ada County, Idaho | 43.7 mi | 10,318 ft | route | — |
| Central Sawtooth Wilderness Loop (ID) | Custer County, Idaho | 45.9 mi | 8,398 ft | route | — |
| Snake River National Recreation Trail (SRNRT) #102 (ID) | Idaho County, Idaho | 50.2 mi | 9,051 ft | route | — |
| Hell's Canyon R2R2R (ID, OR) | Idaho County, Idaho | 51.3 mi | 18,246 ft | route | — |
| The heart of the Sawtooths! | Custer County, Idaho | 56.2 mi | 11,726 ft | route | — |
| River of No Return | Cascade, Idaho | 61.3 mi | 20,560 ft | route | — |
| Boise Grand Slam (ID) | Elmore County, Idaho | 63.8 mi | 11,748 ft | route | — |
| Pocatello Round | Bannock County, Idaho | 69.7 mi | 16,179 ft | route | — |
| Grand Sawtooth Loop (ID) | Boise County, Idaho | 71.7 mi | 14,681 ft | route | — |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many trail races are in Idaho?
There are 1 organized races and 91 self-supported routes available in Idaho.
What is the average elevation gain in Idaho?
The average elevation gain is 5,540 feet, with routes ranging from 177 to 20,560 feet.
What distances are available in Idaho?
Available distances include: 50K, 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon, 50 Mile, 100K, 100 Mile.
Can these trail routes in Idaho be used for hiking?
Yes. 100% of these routes are on trail surfaces, making them suitable for both trail running and hiking. The terrain analysis and elevation profiles help hikers plan their adventures just as effectively as runners.
What's the best time of year to run trails in Idaho?
Trail running conditions in Idaho vary by season and elevation. Check the race date column for organized events, which are typically scheduled during optimal weather windows. For year-round training routes, elevation profiles help you plan for seasonal conditions.
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