North Idaho Coeur D'alene Area

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Sandpoint Steve

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Okay, so this wasn’t an epic trip, but a fun day none the less. We started at the intersection of Hwy 95 and Hwy 54 north of Coeur D’Alene Idaho. We had a few destinations we wanted to hit.
1. Bernard Peak
2. Spades Mt. Lookout
3. Honeysuckle Campground
4. Monument Lookout
We quickly made it to Bernard Peak where we aired down for the remainder of the trip. We were stopped 1/2 mile short of reaching Spades Mt. by downfall across the road. After braking out the chainsaw we were then stopped by a broken saw. Next we headed down to Honeysuckle Campground to find it closed for the season. Not a big deal as there are plenty of dispersed campsites to be found along the road. So that’s what we did. Quickly opened up the trucks and fired up the stoves for a hot lunch and plenty of trail talk. After lunch we headed to Monument Mt where we found a locked gate. Oh Well. All in all we had a great time even in the poring rain talking on the radio and getting to know each other. It was nice to get out in the woods with a couple of new friends with no expectations other than to go and have an adventure. Thanks to Michael and Dillon for being willing to head out into the mountains on a nasty rainy day and in the end call it FUN.


Yep. It just rained ALL day.


About the best view we got all day.


4Runners in their natural habitat. Dillon had to head back early in his cool little pickup.

Elevation ranged from 2114 to 5126. Off-road track distance 90.4mi over 7 hours and 40 minutes.


Elevation Plot.



If you want to take a look at the track it can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5DYbSgkfWVOZjBoT0hBcjI0eWs

All the roads were in great shape other than the trees blocking the last half mile to Spades Mt.
 

DB Overland

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sandpoint steve i use to live in coeur d alene idaho and if you find yourself looking for some new adventures i know a lot of great trails.
 

.shark.

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I'll be up in that area around early June, hopefully going to run the Magruder rd.
 

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I am a newbie here, but I've been up there a lot last summer. My fiancee and I love it we started off down by Hayden Creek and explored from there to horse haven then ended up out by Canfield. Many more trips planned out that way this year.
 
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britz

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I'd love to have any input on destinations.

I'll be doing the Magruder and the lolo with the Northwest Overland group in July .

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I'll be floating in and out of that run as well, grabbing a few segments with the Northern ID NWOL posse and hitting up parts of the with the Treasure Valley crew in Aug.
 
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I was just up that way the other day. I kept looking up at the mountains that I haven't seen for years, thought about this thread, and wish I didn't have to deal with responsibilities I had at the time. Someday I hope to be back up that way.