All motorized uses are allowed. The trail is ideal for off-highway adventure. If you desire the calm and solitude of a lonesome trail this probably isn't the place for you but the upper reaches offer a more natural setting.
The lower half of Northwest Peak Trail (169) is the easiest climb, with an average grade of 10 percent; the climb to the top of Northwest Peak has grades from 10 to 35 percent. Drinking water is not available enroute. The trail is closed to motorized travel from April 1 to November 30.
There is a new graveled parking area with adequate parking for vehicles pulling horse trailers. The trail is maintained every year. It is closed to all motorized vehicles during the summer. Be prepared to get your feet wet as you cross bogs.
Ogden Mountain Trail is a very easy hike which follows the ridge line from Dalton Mountain to Ogden Mountain. The hike is through a closed canopy, with only glimpses of the Avon Valley. This is an excellent trail or family hiking. access is also available from Trail 401.
Old Baldy Trail is an excellent trail to use if planning a 2 to 4 day trip into the Deep Creek area. The recommnded season of use is mid-spring to late autumn. The trail is only a fair access route top reach either Smith River or Tenderfoot Creek.
Old Highway 2 Trail.This trail is part of the old highway from Libby to Troy. It is an easy hike and offers spectacular views of the Kootenai River. Although an old dirt road that is now overgrown with softwoods and wildflowers, the path may be easily followed.
Olson Creek Trail (415) offers opportunities for average day hikes and short backpacking trips. Parking is limited to turnouts, located within 0.5 mile above and below the trailhead. No stock facilities or restrooms are available.
To get to these lakes you make a steep but short hike along Oregon Lakes Trail (109) to the lower lake. Good campsites at the trailhead and lake. The trail from the lower lake to the middle lake isn't as steep.
A glacier lily droops between furry paws. A marmot surveys the meadow from its perch on a sun-warmed boulder. Flower and marmot share a tenuous existence in the alpine basin of Our Lake. Seasons are short, winters bitter.
The primary use on Packer Creek Trail (266) is hunting. There's an outfitter camp about 3 miles in. It's not advisable to drink the water in the area of Tar Box Mine until rehabilitation if finished, due to tailing contamination.
The 6-mile long Palisade Mountain Trail skirts the northern edge of the 20,000 acre Skalkho Game Preserve and ends at Burnt Fork Lake in the Sapphire Mountains. Travel along the ridge trail offers views of the scenic Bitterroot Mountains and opportunities to see big game.
Parker Ridge Trail (309) is one of the few access routes to the Smith River from the National Forest. First 2 miles of the trail is used by 4x4 vehicles. Last mile of the trail is very steep and rough. Most of the trail is in open country and provides a good view of the surrounding area.
The lower 3 miles of Parmenter Creek Trail (140) is unusual for the Cabinets, as the valley is wide and flat enough to provide many camping spots along the creek. An unmaintained trail also goes downstream from the end of the road which leads to the back of Woodway Park, a housing development.
From the streambottom trailhead in Parsnip Creek, Parsnip Creek Trail (65) follows a gentle grade for 1.5 miles and then climbs on a steep, switchbacking trail out of the valley bottom where the grade lessens to the junction with Road 4874.
Passage Creek/Mill Creek Ski Trail begins at the Snowbank Trailhead and travels up the ridge above Passage Falls. The first 3 miles make up a groomed snowmobile trail, no grooming on the last 2 miles of the trail. Travel from the end of the trail to Passage Falls is not recommended.
