(February 4, 2019 / Author: Tim Bondy) This mountain bike ride up Trinity Mountain Road outside of Featherville, Idaho was a strenuous ride on a doubletrack heading north into what I call the Featherville-Atlanta Mountains. The air was quite smoky from wildfires in Oregon so the long-range vistas were missing. It was still a great ride and I’ll likely be up there in 2019.
See https://photos.app.goo.gl/LyrixGCXEQjhJAiy6 for the full version of the featured image.
Introduction to the Adventure
This August 21, 2018, adventure up Trinity Mountain Road was a strenuous ride with many opportunities to walk my bike up the dirt road 😎 . The goal for this ride was to make it to Trinity Ridge Road or FSR #129. I fell well short of this goal.
The scenery was blotted out on this day by thick and persistent smoke from a wildfire in south-central Oregon. Overall, the ride was quite good with an acceptable amount of vehicle traffic.
Do not attempt this during big game hunting season.
Trinity Mountain Road Ride Trip Report Basic/Stats
- Adventure Date: August 21, 2018
- Starting Location: 43.619610, -115.295652
- Turn-Around Point or Furthest Out Point: 43.631527, -115.378435
- 7.5 Topo Maps: Featherville, Rocky Bar, and Little Trinity Lake
- Mileage: 13.0 miles
- +Vertical Feet: 2,828 feet
- Avg Slope from Google Earth Vertical Profile of the GPX File: 5.9%
- Google Photo Album Link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/jgnaEBTMU2oKpiZx8
Summary of Ride: I started this ride 1.5 miles northwest of the snowmobile park outside of Featherville. The ride is straightforward until you get to the intersection of FSR #183 and Trinity Mountain Road … bear right and keep on going.
There are a few options to deviate and explore during this ride. Understand that this is rather rough and steep country so these options will likely be more strenuous than the already tough FSR #172.
- Johnson Creek or FSR #170 follows Spring Creek and then Johnson Creek for about 4.5 miles.
- The “Cutoff” Trails in this area are restricted to motorcycles, mountain biking, and hikers and go under the name FSR #172A01 / #172B01.
- Wagontown or FSR #183 wanders over some pretty steep terrain.
Overall, this FSR #172 has the potential to be an extremely scenic ride and I’ll probably go again when wildfire smoke clears the area. But definitely before hunting season.
“I’ll ride FSR #172 again but before hunting season. That means before Labor Day.” ~ Tim Bondy
Originally published elsewhere on August 25, 2018
Sincerely,
~ signed ~
Tim Bondy – Freelance Writer