TOP TRAILS | SWAN VALLEY

BEAR CREEK/JENSEN CREEK

LONG LOOPS WITH LOTS OF CREEKS. EASY TO INTERMEDIATE.

Starting at the trailhead/parking area just off Highway 26 at the Palisades Dam, the Calamity Boat Dock road will take you to Jensen Creek Road. This all-vehicle road that sees little traffic takes you south to McCoy Creek Road. From there you can loop over to Brockman Creek Road.

Eventually you can head back north up Skyline Ridge Road and then drop back down to Highway on the Fall Creek Road. Finally, you take the Snake River Road 14 miles back to the parking area. The total loop is about 90 miles.

Blacktail Canyon Trail

GREAT CLIMB UP TO SCENIC VIEWS. ALL SKILL LEVELS. On the upper end of the Fall Creek Road on FS 066 is the Blacktail Canyon Trail. This trail will climb up to Point Lookout and connect to the Pritchard Creek Trail that loops down on the Porcupine Creek Trail back to the Fall Creek Road.

Or you can head southwest along the Blacktail Canyon Trail where you can connect with the Nelson Trail that takes you west toward Antelope Creek or head south to the Indian Fork Connector.

ECHO CANYON/INDIAN CREEK

LOTS OF TWISTS AND TURNS. INTERMEDIATE TO CHALLENGING.

Starting at the Fall Creek Road just off of Highway 26 near the Snake River bridge, the Echo Canyon trailhead climbs is way east and connects to the Indian Creek Trail, and eventually to the Flat Iron Trail across from Swan Valley on the south side of the river. Indian Creek offers occasional grassy flats that make for easy staging.

Or about five miles up the trail you can turn south on the Dead Horse Ridge Trail that will eventually loop back to the Fall Creek Road when it connects the South Fork Fall Creek Trail. This trail carries a 50-inch width restriction usage.

Elevation changes are light to moderate.

Kepps Crossing Trail

EASY ACCESS FROM IDAHO FALLS. EASY RIDE FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS.

Just east of Idaho Falls along the Bone Road is the Kepps Crossing Road that will take you back to the Dan Creek Road and on up to Skyline Ridge. Although these roads are for all vehicles, they have become very popular for the wider ORVs that don’t meet the 50-inch maximum width limitations.

This trail system includes BLM roads that connect to the Fall Creek Road and other access points. For the most part, these roads are accessible, except due to snow closures, whenever they are passable.