The Snake River National Recreation Trail #102 is in Hells Canyon, on the Idaho side of the River. The North terminus trail head is at Pittsburg Landing. From Pittsburg Landing, the trail goes to the south, upstream, along the Snake River for approximately 31 miles. The trail is normally maintained from Pittsburg Landing to Granite Creek. The trail above, upstream, from Grainite Creek to Lamont Springs, was never fully completed and should be considered a “primitive” trail.

The trail section from Pittsburg Landing to Granite Creek is considered to be in “good” condition and is passable by foot, horse, and bicycle, however, I am told this is a marginal trail for mountain bicycle use. A video exists (Outdoor Idaho production) that shows moutain bikers using this trail.

The “primitive” section of the trail from Granite Creek upstream to Lamont springs is not passable (March, 2018) by either bicycle nor horse.

The bridge that crossed Granite Creek was washed out sometime in the 1980’s and was never replaced. The water crossing can be difficult depending upon water flows at the time. In the spring of 2016, the water flows were high and water crossing was not advisable, however two trees were across the stream that provided a crossing. On March 30, 2018, the water levels allowed wading across the stream at the old bridge location/abutments. The trees/logs, downstream from the bridge crossing were still in place and passable. It appears a horse could cross the stream with help of a little brush cutting on the south side of the stream.

The riverside trail near the mouth (but down stream of) Granite Creek begins to flood at 30,000 CFS. At 35,000 cfs you will have wet feet and at 42,000 cfs is impassable. A “high water route” around this section does exist but should be considered for emergency purposes only.

Water sources (other than Snake River): Lamont Springs, Brush Creek, Warm Springs (a hot springs that registered only 72 degrees in March, 2018), Granite Creek, Three Creek, Bernard Creek, Bills Creek, Sheep Creek, Steep Creek, Willow Creek, Hutton Creek, Caribou Creek, Myers Creek, and Kirkwood Creek.