This loop is an absolute Jarbidge classic! Consider starting at Slide Creek Trailhead, walk over to the Hummingbird Springs Trailhead and into the Wilderness. I went over 4th of July weekend and there was good water coming out Hummingbird Springs about 2.5-3 miles down the trail. Cottonwood Creek appeared to have a good amount of water flowing another 1-2 miles down the trail also. I had a bunch of small water sources along God’s Pocket Peak Trail but not sure how reliable any of the other water sources are. Plenty of water once you go over the passes at Mary’s River Peak and hit Emerald Lake. This trail goes from aspen meadows, high craggy mountains, Emerald Lake (good Brook trout fishing), and down into a desert canyon before climbing back out Slide Creek. Red band trout fishing excellent along East Fork Jarbidge River. Slide Creek Trail is a very well designed trail so it isn’t as much of a chore coming out as one might think.
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Very remote, only come out here with a high clearance vehicle. Lonely, beautiful, good camping at the trail head.
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