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Just north of downtown Salmon lies Discovery Hill, our only "developed" trail system. It offers 25-30 miles of singletracks, doubletracks, and dirt roads demanding various physical and technical abilities. Options range from a lunch-hour escape to a good two- or three-hour workout to an all-day all-out. You wild and crazies can join the excitement and exhaustion of the “12 Hours of Disco” endurance race in late May.
Whatever your physical and technical appetites, the area is a treat on skinny bikes, fat bikes, cyclocross bikes, or even your baby sister’s bike. These trails flow over a healthy sagebrush habitat, swooping gentle hills, crossing rocky washes, and giving non-stop views of three mountain ranges: the dramatic Beaverheads (aka the Continental Divide), the Lemhis, and the Salmon Rivers. You know about cactus? Ride Slime or ride carefully, but pack an extra tube.
Disco Hill has the area’s earliest open trails, generally by March, and the latest closing, often not until December. Prime time is spring, when wildflowers flash bits of color in the sage, whites and purples, reds, blues, and yellows, bitterroot and phlox, cactus and paintbrush, lupine and locoweed. Cattle graze there in the summer--this is the wild west, after all--and some trails can get very dusty.
Try not to confuse the flowers with the colored arrows that mark the loops. Following the arrows will eventually get you back to the trailhead. Following the flowers will get you ... lost, possibly. If that happens, look at the Continental Divide and you’ll be oriented. And besides, being lost is a good way to explore the miles of potential rides rolling beyond these markers.
Whatever your physical and technical appetites, the area is a treat on skinny bikes, fat bikes, cyclocross bikes, or even your baby sister’s bike. These trails flow over a healthy sagebrush habitat, swooping gentle hills, crossing rocky washes, and giving non-stop views of three mountain ranges: the dramatic Beaverheads (aka the Continental Divide), the Lemhis, and the Salmon Rivers. You know about cactus? Ride Slime or ride carefully, but pack an extra tube.
Disco Hill has the area’s earliest open trails, generally by March, and the latest closing, often not until December. Prime time is spring, when wildflowers flash bits of color in the sage, whites and purples, reds, blues, and yellows, bitterroot and phlox, cactus and paintbrush, lupine and locoweed. Cattle graze there in the summer--this is the wild west, after all--and some trails can get very dusty.
Try not to confuse the flowers with the colored arrows that mark the loops. Following the arrows will eventually get you back to the trailhead. Following the flowers will get you ... lost, possibly. If that happens, look at the Continental Divide and you’ll be oriented. And besides, being lost is a good way to explore the miles of potential rides rolling beyond these markers.
Primary Trail Type: Cross-Country
AKA: Disco
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Region Details
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- 1
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- 28
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- 1
- 15
Open on Nov 3, 2018
Stats
- Avg Trail Rating
- Global Ranking
- #4,183
- State Ranking
- #80
- Trails (view details)
- 74
- Trails Mountain Bike
- 74
- Trails E-Bike
- 1
- Trails Hike
- 74
- Trails Trail Running
- 74
- Trails Dirtbike
- 1
- Trails ATV
- 1
- Total Distance
- 64 miles
- Total Descent Distance
- 32 miles
- Total Descent
- 10,613 ft
- Total Vertical
- 1,222 ft
- Highest Trailhead
- 5,100 ft
- Reports
- 680
- Photos
- 13
- Ridden Counter
- 510
Popular Discovery Hill Mountain Biking Trails
| status | title | difficulty | rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery Hill | |||
| Discovery Hill | |||
| Enduro | |||
| Discovery Hill | |||
| Lewis And Clark (Rd 123) | |||
| Lewis And Clark | |||
| Scorpion | |||
| Speedgoat | |||
| Hillside | |||
| Spare Rib | |||
| Sheriff Cutoff | |||
| Rib Cutoff |
Recent Trail Reports
| trail | date | user | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendigo | Nov 3, 2018 @ 7:30pm Nov 3, 2018 | wildbillmac | ||
| Discovery Hill | Aug 21, 2018 @ 1:52pm Aug 21, 2018 | hairball-dh | ||
| Enduro | Aug 21, 2018 @ 1:52pm Aug 21, 2018 | hairball-dh | ||
| Spare Rib | Aug 21, 2018 @ 1:52pm Aug 21, 2018 | hairball-dh | ||
| Speedgoat | Aug 21, 2018 @ 1:52pm Aug 21, 2018 | hairball-dh |
Current Trail Warnings
Photos of Discovery Hill Mountain Bike
Videos of Discovery Hill Mountain Bike
162 |
Jan 23, 2017
trail: Owl Canyon
419 |
Oct 3, 2014 , Salmon
trail: Enduro
512 |
Oct 3, 2014 , Salmon
Discovery Hill Mountain Bike Routes
| title | rating | distance |
|---|---|---|
| Disco Hill Loops featured | 23 miles | |
| Owl Canyon Loop | 6 miles | |
| Slump Gulch Loop | 8 miles | |
| Enduro Loop | 9 miles |
Recent Comments
| username | type | title | comment | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | report | Great work! Will check it out soon. Thx. | Mar 11, 2015 @ 8:02am Mar 11, 2015 |
Recent Activity
| username | action | type | title | date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | wildbillmac | add | ridelog | Jan 17, 2019 ride log | Jan 17, 2019 @ 5:35pm 2 days |
| wildbillmac | add | ridelog | Jan 16, 2019 ride log | Jan 16, 2019 @ 6:21pm 3 days |
| wildbillmac | add | ridelog | Jan 13, 2019 ride log | Jan 13, 2019 @ 7:47pm Jan 13, 2019 |
| wildbillmac | add | ridelog | Jan 11, 2019 ride log | Jan 11, 2019 @ 8:53pm Jan 11, 2019 |
 | bikegreasemonkey | add | ridelog | Jan 11, 2019 ride log | Jan 11, 2019 @ 11:55am Jan 11, 2019 |
Nearby Areas
| name | distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barracks Lane - Mulkey Creek | 1 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 9.7 km |
| Williams Creek | 16 | 18 | 12 | 13.4 km | |
| CDT - Upper Bighole | 11 | 21 | 1 | 15.9 km | |
| Stormy Peak | 4 | 5 | 16.2 km | ||
| CDT - North Beaverheads | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16.3 km |
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