Powder Gulch

Trail Overview

Powder Gulch is an easy alpine single track near Gibbonsville, Idaho. It starts right off of Lick Creek Road #60078. The entrance is unmarked from Lick Creek Road, but there is a trail sign partway through. It starts with a couple of tiny creek crossings, more like muddy ravines. It's a very narrow trail through a lush forest of pines and overgrown bushes that can be muddy in spring. It parallels a small creek/ravine through the bottom of the forest floor. There are lots of downed trees, although most have been cut. Be prepared for some tight sudden corners through the trees. The trail climbs out of the gulch up to a mountainside, gaining about 1,000 feet in elevation, and it traverses across the side of a steep mountain slope. There's a steep downhill in the second half of the trail as you go south, and it loses that same 1,000 feet in elevation, with a couple of gradual switchbacks. It ends at an intersection with Sheep Creek trail.

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Difficulty

Overall the trail is pretty easy for the entire 3 miles. The harder parts of the trail are the narrow sections that side-hill across the mountain slope with a bit of exposure, but this one is less exposed compared to some of the other trails in the surrounding area. There are no notable big obstacles.

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