Trails › United States of America › Idaho › Soldier Mountains
Hunter Creek-Lime Creek
Next nearby hike: Slickear 2.5 mi · 4.0 kmExplore Soldier Mountains →
Hunter Creek-Lime Creek other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
Get directions · Google MapsApple Maps
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain) · OpenStreetMap · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 13–27 °C (55–81 °F)
- J-1°-9°94
- F1°-8°75
- M5°-5°70
- A9°-2°56
- M15°2°58
- J21°7°37
- J27°11°16
- A27°11°10
- S21°6°23
- O13°1°56
- N4°-6°88
- D-2°-10°128
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
This trail in Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho, United States of America, is about 3.2 km (2.0 mi) long. It is in the Soldier Mountains. It lies about 30 km west of Fairfield.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length
- 3.2 km · 2.0 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- US Forest Service
- Data from
- U.S. Forest Service
- Mountain range
- Soldier Mountains (Rocky Mountains › North American Cordillera; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 30 km W of Fairfield (Camas County, Idaho) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Sawtooth National Forest
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Idaho
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 43.4424, -115.1348
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
More trails in the Soldier Mountains
All 35 →Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreSlickear
2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Boise National Forest
Porcupine Gulch
4.1 mi · 6.6 km · Boise National Forest
Middle Fork Lime Creek
4.8 mi · 7.7 km · Sawtooth National Forest
S. Fork Deer Creek Connector
4.9 mi · 7.9 km · Boise National Forest
Deer Creek Ridge
5.0 mi · 8.1 km · Boise National Forest
South Fork Lime Creek
5.0 mi · 8.1 km · Idaho
All trails in Idaho → · All 36,834 trails in United States of America →