| NATIONAL PARKS QUICKLINKS |
Also on Backpacker.com
Backpacker Magazine – November 2010
Best Hikes Ever: Gospel Hump Loop Trail, ID
Find private valleys, mountain passes, and riverside campsites.
Salmon River, Gospel Hump Wilderness (Leon Werdinger)
-
Tags:
- Gospel Hump Wilderness |
- Idaho |
- Gospel Hump Loop Trail |
- Destinations |
In Idaho, the holy trinity for backpackers is the Sawtooth Range, the Bob Marshall Wilderness, and the Snake River, which is why the surprisingly peak-packed Gospel Hump Wilderness has remained off the radar. Dayhikers head to the Oregon Butte Trail, but for quality alone-time, plan for a week on the 68-mile Gospel Hump Loop Trail. You’ll track across sandy beaches along the Salmon River, and gain views from 8,000-foot buttes.
Starting along FR 444 outside of Grangeville, spend six to eight days lunching along the Salmon; walking through meadows dusted with a confetti of wildflowers, shimmering lakes, and ponderosa pines; and camping next to gushing Salmon River tributaries. Your companions will be only kayakers, moose, rattlesnakes, and black bear. September is primo.
Map USGS quad Gospel Hump Wilderness
Contact (208) 983-0696; fs.usda.gov/nezperce
Subscribe to Backpacker magazine
Sign up for our free weekly e-newsletter
Reader Rating:
-
My Profile
Join Now
Most recent threads
Trailhead Register
Stupid Pointless Post Padding Thread
Posted On: Jun 19, 2013
Submitted By: Dicentra
Submitted By: Dicentra
Editors' Choice 2013
412 trail-tested products
Boost Your Apps
Add powerful tools and exclusive maps to your BACKPACKER apps through our partnership with Trimble Outdoors.
Carry the Best Maps
With BACKPACKER PRO Maps, get life-list destinations and local trips on adventure-ready waterproof myTopo paper.
FREE Rocky Mountain Trip Planner
Sign up for a free Rocky Mountain National Park trip planning kit from our sister site MyRockyMountainPark.com.
Get 2 FREE Trial Issues and 3 FREE GIFTS
Survival Skills 101 • Eat BetterThe Best Trails in America
YES! Please send me my FREE trial issues of Backpacker
and my 3 FREE downloadable booklets.
Free trial offer valid for US subscribers only.
Canadian subscriptions |
International subscriptions
and my 3 FREE downloadable booklets.
READERS COMMENTS
This readers comment is correct. Whomever entered the article is either not a backpacker or is not from Idaho. Two thirds of his comment is untrue.
The Bob Marshall Wilderness is in Montana. In Idaho the holy trinity for backpackers is the Sawtooth Range, the White Cloud Mountains and the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness.
ADD A COMMENT