Can you ride an ATV in the Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District?

Yes. The MVUM designates ATV use on about 800.4 miles across 383 routes here (varies by route). Confirm on the district's official Motor Vehicle Use Map before you ride.

Is this the official Motor Vehicle Use Map?

No. This page is an informational, searchable view of the MVUM route data. It is not a legal document. The controlling document is the district's official MVUM — always carry and follow it.

Are the routes open year-round?

Partly. About 894.8 miles are open year-round and 164.9 miles are seasonal (typically open Apr 1 to Dec 14). Each vehicle class can have its own season — see the access matrix above.

Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District

Q: How many miles of motorized routes are in the Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District?

1,059.7 miles total — 704.9 miles of roads and 354.8 miles of trails, across 504 designated routes on the Forest Service MVUM.

Salmon-Challis National Forest · Idaho · 1,059.7 mi of motorized routes · 504 routes · USFS EDW MVUM, retrieved 2026-07-11

The Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District in Salmon-Challis National Forest (Idaho) has 1,059.7 miles of motorized routes on the U.S. Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map — 704.9 miles of roads and 354.8 miles of trails across 504 designated routes. Vehicle access: ATV 800.4 mi · Motorcycle 1,059.8 mi · E-bike routes. Seasonal routes generally open Apr 1 and close Dec 14. Every route here is informational and derived from the MVUM data — it is not a legal document; carry and follow the district's official Motor Vehicle Use Map. Download the routes as GPX for your GPS or riding app.

Every designated motorized route in the Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District, drawn from the MVUM geometry (simplified, not to scale, north up). The static map is an instant preview — open the interactive map to explore the routes on a USGS topographic or satellite basemap. Download the routes as GPX below.

Motorized routes Salmon-Challis National Forest · Idaho

Total motorized miles: 1,059.7
Roads: 704.9 mi
Trails: 354.8 mi
Year-round miles: 894.8 mi
Seasonal miles: 164.9 mi

Vehicle access

What the MVUM designates for each vehicle class in this district — open miles, route count and season. A blank designation means the class is not designated here; it is shown as such, never guessed. ATV, motorcycle and e-bike classes are highlighted.

Per-vehicle-class access in the Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District, from the Forest Service MVUM.
Vehicle class	Open miles	Routes	Season
Core off-highway (OHV)
ATV	800.4	383	Varies by route
Motorcycle / dirt bike	1,059.8	504	Varies by route
Other wheeled OHV	800.4	383	Varies by route
Wider OHV (over 50 inches)
4WD > 50"	722.9	323	Varies by route
2WD > 50"	722.9	323	Varies by route
Tracked OHV > 50"	722.9	323	Varies by route
Other OHV > 50"	722.9	323	Varies by route
Narrow OHV (under 50 inches)
Tracked OHV < 50"	722.9	323	Varies by route
Other OHV < 50"	722.9	323	Varies by route
E-bikes
E-bike Class 1	1,059.8	504	Varies by route
E-bike Class 2	1,059.8	504	Varies by route
E-bike Class 3	1,059.8	504	Varies by route
Road-legal / licensed vehicles
Passenger vehicle	722.9	323	Varies by route
High-clearance vehicle	722.9	323	Varies by route
Truck	722.9	323	Varies by route
Bus	722.9	323	Varies by route
Motorhome	722.9	323	Varies by route

Seasons

Of the 1,059.7 motorized miles here, about 894.8 miles are open year-round and 164.9 miles are seasonal — the seasonal window generally runs from 04/01 to 12/14 (MM/DD). Each vehicle class can carry its own season; see the access matrix above, and always confirm current status on the official Motor Vehicle Use Map.

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Named routes

Show the 278 named routes in this district

Named routes on the MVUM and whether ATV and motorcycle use is designated on each. This is a per-district reference, not a separate page per route. Use the filter to find a route.

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Named routes in the Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District with ATV / motorcycle designations.

ALDER CR.	✓	✓
ALLISON CR.-N.FK.COW CREEK	✓	✓
ALLISON CREEK	✓	✓
AMERICAN CR.	✓	✓
ANNIE ROONEY CR	✓	✓
ANNIE ROONEY CREEK SPUR A	✓	✓
ANNIE ROONEY SPUR	✓	✓
ARENTSON SPUR 1	✓	✓
ASHER CR. POLE RD.	✓	✓
ASHER CR. SPUR 1	✓	✓
ASHER CR.-KNAPP CR.	✓	✓
ASHER CREEK SPUR 2	✓	✓
BANNER CR. REST STOP	✓	✓
BASIN BUTTE - RED MTN.	✓	✓
BASIN BUTTE L.O.	✓	✓
BASIN CREEK	✓	✓
BAYHORSE	✓	✓
BAYHORSE LAKE C G	✓	✓
BEAVER CR C G	✓	✓
BEAVER CREEK	✓	✓
BEAVER-LOON	✓	✓
BENCH CR. REST STOP	✓	✓
BIG A	✓	✓
BIG GULCH	✓	✓
BIG HILL GULCH	✓	✓
BIG HILL GULCH SPUR	✓	✓
BIG HILL RIDGE	✓	✓
BLIND CREEK C G	✓	✓
BLOCK CR. SPUR	✓	✓
BLOW FLY	✓	✓
BONANZA CCC	✓	✓
BONANZA SPRING	✓	✓
BONANZA YCCC	✓	✓
BOOT HILL	✓	✓
BORDERLINE	✓	✓
BOY SCOUT CAMP	✓	✓
BOY SCOUT CUTOFF	✓	✓
BROKEN RIDGE	✓	✓
BUCK CREEK RIDGE	✓	✓
BUFFALO CAMP	✓	✓
BUFFALO RIDGE	✓	✓
BUFFALO RIDGE SPUR	✓	✓
BULL TROUT LAKE	✓	✓
BUSTER LAKE	✓	✓
CABIN CR.-CASH CR. JEEP TRAIL	✓	✓
CAPE HORN - DRY CREEK	✓	✓
CAPE HORN CR. ACCESS	✓	✓
CAPE HORN FRONTAGE	✓	✓
CAPE HORN GS	✓	✓
CAPE HORN JEEP RD.	✓	✓
CAPE HORN LAKE	✓	✓
CAPEHORN BORROW	✓	✓
CARLSON LAKE	✓	✓
CAYUSE CANYON	✓	✓
CHALLIS CR. LAKES	✓	✓
CHALLIS CREEK	✓	✓
CHAPLAIN RD.	✓	✓
CHARLES DICKENS MINE	✓	✓
CHRISTIAN GULCH	✓	✓
CHRISTIAN GULCH SPUR	✓	✓
CHRISTIAN GULCH SPUR #1	✓	✓
CINNABAR CR.	✓	✓
CINNABAR SPUR #1	✓	✓
CINNABAR SPUR #2	✓	✓
COAL CR.	✓	✓
COMO ROAD	✓	✓
COPPER MTN.	✓	✓
COW CAMP T. S.	✓	✓
COW CAMP T.S. SPUR 1	✓	✓
CRANE BASIN	✓	✓
CRANE BASIN RIDGE	✓	✓
CUSTER C G 1	✓	✓
CUSTER C G 2	✓	✓
CUSTER MOTORWAY	✓	✓
DARLING CREEK	✓	✓
DAUGHERTY GULCH	✓	✓
DAUGHERTY RIDGE	✓	✓
DEAD CAT CANYON	✓	✓
DOUBLE SPRINGS PASS	✓	✓
DRAKE DRAW	✓	✓
DRY CANYON	✓	✓
DRY CR. POLE RD.	✓	✓
DRY CR. RIDGE	✓	✓
DRY CR. SPUR #1	✓	✓
DRY CREEK_SPUR 2	✓	✓
DRY GULCH	✓	✓
EAST BASIN	✓	✓
EAST EIGHTMILE	✓	✓
EAST NORANDA SPUR	✓	✓
ELKHORN	✓	✓
ELKHORN RIDGE	✓	✓
ELLIS CR.	✓	✓
ESTES MTN. - EIGHTMILE	✓	✓
FALLS CR	✓	✓
FALLS CREEK SPUR	✓	✓
FIR CR. TRANSFER CAMP	✓	✓
FISH TRAP	✓	✓
FISHING ACCESS ROAD	✓	✓
FLAT CR. MEADOW	✓	✓
FLAT CREEK	✓	✓
FLATROCK C G	✓	✓
FLUORSPAR MINE	✓	✓
FOURTH OF JULY	✓	✓
FRED AND MARY DRAW	✓	✓
GERRY GULCH	✓	✓
GOOSEBERRY	✓	✓
GOOSEBERRY ROAD SPUR-1	✓	✓
GOOSEBERRY SPUR 2	✓	✓
GOOSEBERRY SPUR 3	✓	✓
GRANITE REST STOP	✓	✓
GREYLOCK C.G.	✓	✓
GROUSE CR.	✓	✓
GROUSE CREEK SPUR	✓	✓
GROUSE PEAK	✓	✓
GROUSE RIDGE	✓	✓
HALSTEAD CR. TRAIL HEAD	✓	✓
HAPPY HOLLOW	✓	✓
HOLE IN ROCK CR	✓	✓
HOLE IN ROCK SPUR 1	✓	✓
HOLE IN ROCK SPUR 2	✓	✓
HOLE IN ROCK SPUR 3	✓	✓
HOLE IN ROCK SPUR 4	✓	✓
HORSE HEAVEN PASS	✓	✓
HORSE HEAVEN UCR	✓	✓
HORSEHEAVEN RIDGE	✓	✓
IMA MINE ACCESS	✓	✓
INYO CR.	✓	✓
JEFF'S FLAT	✓	✓
JEFF'S FLAT SPUR #4	✓	✓
JEFF'S FLAT SPUR #5	✓	✓
JEFF'S FLAT SPUR #6	✓	✓
JERRYS CREEK	✓	✓
JOES GULCH	✓	✓
JOES GULCH RIDGE	✓	✓
JONES RANCH	✓	✓
JULIETTE BASIN	✓	✓
KEEFER ROAD	✓	✓
KELLY CREEK	✓	✓
KEYSTONE MINE RD. #1	✓	✓
KEYSTONE MINE RD. #2	✓	✓
KEYSTONE MTN	✓	✓
KEYSTONE MTN.	✓	✓
KINNIKINIC	✓	✓
KLUG GULCH	✓	✓
LANGER PEAK ACCESS	✓	✓
LAWSON CR., SOUTH FORK	✓	✓
LAWSON-MIDDLE FK	✓	✓
LEATON GULCH - LAWSON CR.	✓	✓
LEATON GULCH RIDGE	✓	✓
LICK CREEK	✓	✓
LIGHTNING LAKE	✓	✓
LIME CR. - GROUSE CR.	✓	✓
LIME CREEK	✓	✓
LITTLE BAY HORSE LAKE	✓	✓
LITTLE WEST FORK	✓	✓
LOLA CREEK	✓	✓
LOLA CREEK CAMPGROUND	✓	✓
LOST PACKER	✓	✓
LOWER HARDEN	✓	✓
LOWER HARDEN SPUR #4	✓	✓
LUCKY BOY AREA	✓	✓
LYON CR.	✓	✓
LYON CREEK MINE	✓	✓
MAHOGANY CREEK	✓	✓
MAHOGANY CREEK BENCH	✓	✓
MAHOGANY CREEK CUTOFF	✓	✓
MAHOGANY HILL	✓	✓
MAHOGANY HILL SPUR 1	✓	✓
MARSH CREEK	✓	✓
MAYFIELD TRANSFER	✓	✓
MEADOW SPUR	✓	✓
MILL CREEK	✓	✓
MILL CREEK C.G.	✓	✓
MONTE CRISTO C.G.	✓	✓
MORGAN CR-PANTHER CR	✓	✓
MORGAN CR. SUMMIT	✓	✓
MORGAN CREEK	✓	✓
MORGAN CREEK SUMMIT SPUR A	✓	✓
MORGAN CREEK SUMMIT SPUR B	✓	✓
MORSE CR C G	✓	✓
MORSE CR.	✓	✓
MORSE-FALLS BLM	✓	✓
MOSQUITO FLAT BOAT RAMP ACCESS	✓	✓
MOSQUITO FLAT C.G.	✓	✓
MOSQUITO FLAT DAM	✓	✓
MOSQUITO FLAT TERRACE	✓	✓
MUD SPRINGS	✓	✓
MULKEY GULCH	✓	✓
NEWMAN BORROW	✓	✓
NOHO	✓	✓
NORTH FORK BIG CR	✓	✓
NORTH FORK GOOSEBERRY	✓	✓
PAASASIKWANA BASIN	✓	✓
PAASASIKWANA NAOKWAIDE	✓	✓
PATS CR. WEST FORK	✓	✓
PATS CREEK	✓	✓
PATTERSON SPUR #3	✓	✓
PATTERSON-EIGHT MILE	✓	✓
PEACH CR	✓	✓
PENNAL GULCH	✓	✓
PENNAL GULCH,SOUTH FORK	✓	✓
PIG CREEK	✓	✓
PIGLET POINT	✓	✓
PINE SUMMIT SHORT CUT	✓	✓
PINE SUMMIT WOOD ROAD	✓	✓
PINYON PEAK	✓	✓
POLECAMP C G	✓	✓
POND SERIES CAMPING 1	✓	✓
POND SERIES CAMPING 2	✓	✓
POTATO MOUNTAIN	✓	✓
POTATO SPUR #1	✓	✓
POTHOLE	✓	✓
RAMEY CR	✓	✓
RAMSHORN	✓	✓
RANKIN CR	✓	✓
RAT CR. TRANSFER	✓	✓
RED ROCK CR.	✓	✓
RESERVE CAMP CUTOFF	✓	✓
ROCK CREEK	✓	✓
ROCK SPRING - DEAD CAT	✓	✓
ROCK SPRINGS CANYON	✓	✓
SAWMILL CREEK	✓	✓
SAWMILL TRANSFER	✓	✓
SAWMILL TRANSFER SPUR A	✓	✓
SHEEP CAMP	✓	✓
SHEEP CR SPUR A	✓	✓
SHEEP CR SPUR B	✓	✓
SHEEP CR. - GOOSEBERRY CR.	✓	✓
SHEEP DRIVEWAY RD.	✓	✓
SILVER BELL	✓	✓
SILVER CREEK	✓	✓
SILVER CREEK SPUR	✓	✓
SLAB BARN	✓	✓
SLEEPING DEER	✓	✓
SOUTH FORK CHRISTIAN GU*	✓	✓
SOUTH FORK OF TWIN CR.	✓	✓
SPRING BASIN	✓	✓
SPRING ROAD	✓	✓
SPRING SPUR 1	✓	✓
SPRUCE LAKE	✓	✓
SPUD BASIN - GROUSE PEAK	✓	✓
STANLEY-LANDMARK ROAD	✓	✓
STEPHENS GULCH	✓	✓
SUMMIT REST STOP	✓	✓
SWAMP CREEK	✓	✓
TABLE MTN.	✓	✓
THATCHER CR. C.G.	✓	✓
THATCHER CR. O.L.	✓	✓
THOMPSON CREEK	✓	✓
TRAIL CR. ADM. SITE	✓	✓
TRAIL CR. SPUR	✓	✓
TRAIL CREEK	✓	✓
TRAIL CREEK RIDGE	✓	✓
TRAIL CREEK SPRING	✓	✓
TREALOR CREEK	✓	✓
TWIN PEAKS	✓	✓
TWIN SPRINGS	✓	✓
TWIN SPRINGS LOOP	✓	✓
UPPER ALLISON CR.	✓	✓
UPPER ALLISON CR. SPUR	✓	✓
UPPER MAHOGANY	✓	✓
UPPER PAHSIMEROI	✓	✓
UPPER RIVERVIEW MINE	✓	✓
VADER CR. REST STOP	✓	✓
VALLEY CR. JEEP	✓	✓
VALLEY CR. RIDGE	✓	✓
VAN HORN CR	✓	✓
VAN HORN SPUR	✓	✓
WAGON TOWN REST STOP	✓	✓
WATER TANK	✓	✓
WEST FORK BEARDSLEY CR.	✓	✓
WEST FORK CHRISTIAN GULCH	✓	✓
WEST FORK MORGAN CREEK	✓	✓
WEST FORK PAHSIMEROI	✓	✓
WEST FORK YANKEE FORK	✓	✓
WHITE VALLEY CCC	✓	✓
WINNEMUCCA JEEP RD.	✓	✓
YANKEE FK	✓	✓

Data: U.S. Forest Service, Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) Motor Vehicle Use Map — Roads (layer 1) and Trails (layer 2), retrieved 2026-07-11. A work of the U.S. Government, public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). State assignment: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb state boundaries.

Important — informational, not a legal document

This page is a searchable summary of the Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map data — it is not the official MVUM and not a legal document. Route designations, closures and conditions change. The controlling document is the district's official Motor Vehicle Use Map: carry it and follow posted signs when you ride.

Official Motor Vehicle Use Map for Salmon-Challis National Forest →

Data vintage: USFS EDW MVUM, retrieved 2026-07-11.

Nearby districts

The six nearest ranger districts by centroid distance (great-circle) — cross-forest and cross-state neighbours included — for planning a wider trip.

Nearby ranger districts, with total motorized miles and distance.
District	Forest	Total miles	Distance
Middle Fork Ranger District	Salmon-Challis National Forest, ID	147.6	43 km
Sawtooth National Recreation Area	Sawtooth National Forest, ID	516.8	51 km
Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District	Salmon-Challis National Forest, ID	928.9	75 km
Leadore Ranger District	Salmon-Challis National Forest, ID	358.7	83 km
Lost River Ranger District	Salmon-Challis National Forest, ID	584.3	86 km
Lowman Ranger District	Boise National Forest, ID	552.2	90 km

Frequently asked questions

Can you ride an ATV in the Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District?: Yes. The MVUM designates ATV use on about 800.4 miles across 383 routes here (varies by route). Confirm on the district's official Motor Vehicle Use Map before you ride.
How many miles of motorized routes are in the Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District?: 1,059.7 miles total — 704.9 miles of roads and 354.8 miles of trails, across 504 designated routes on the Forest Service MVUM.
Is this the official Motor Vehicle Use Map?: No. This page is an informational, searchable view of the MVUM route data. It is not a legal document. The controlling document is the district's official MVUM — always carry and follow it.
Are the routes open year-round?: Partly. About 894.8 miles are open year-round and 164.9 miles are seasonal (typically open Apr 1 to Dec 14). Each vehicle class can have its own season — see the access matrix above.

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See every ranger district in Salmon-Challis National Forest, browse all Idaho national-forest routes, or read the methodology behind these figures. New to MVUMs? Start with what a Motor Vehicle Use Map is.