Where to Run · Idaho
St. Anthony Sand Dunes
BLM dune field of about 10,600 acres of pure white quartz sand, with Choke Cherry Hill as the signature climb. Free, no day-use fee, but a whip flag is required on the open dunes for visibility over the crests.
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Air down
- 15-18 psi
- Season
- Apr-Oct
- Mapped trail
- 386 mi
- Elevation
- 4,955 ft
Trail map & conditions
386 miles of motorized routes within twelve kilometres of the anchor point, drawn from OpenStreetMap. Green lines are the network; zoom for detail.
Drive to
Egin Lakes Campground/Day Use Area (main OHV staging area, St. Anthony Sand Dunes)
Egin Lakes Rd, St. Anthony, ID 83445 (from US-20, N. Rexburg exit 337, onto 1900 E/Salem Hwy, then follow signs to Egin Lakes Access)
- Search in your maps app
- “Egin Lakes Campground, St. Anthony, ID”
- GPS (entry)
- 43.98292, -111.88222
$10 per vehicle day-use fee; access via paved road off Salem Highway at the Egin Lakes Access sign; managed by BLM Upper Snake Field Office.
Entry info: blm.gov
The rules of this place
The fine white sand hides steep drop-offs on the back side of crests; crest slow the first time over any dune you have not seen.
Also worth the trailer miles
Glamis / Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area
The proving ground. Oldsmobile Hill, Razorback, Comp Hill, and China Wall separate the trucks from the trailer queens. Gecko Road and Wash Road are the mellow on-ramps if you are new to sand.
Johnson Valley OHV Area
Home of King of the Hammers, roughly 96,000 acres of open BLM land, free, no permit. The fast desert washes and graded roads out of Hammertown are Raptor territory; Backdoor, Sledgehammer, and Chocolate Thunder are built for buggies on 40s, not full-size trucks.
Moab
Slickrock and ledge country. Fins & Things and Hell's Revenge are doable in a full-size on 35s if you pick your line; Poison Spider, Top of the World, and Gemini Bridges are fine on the easier bypasses. Pritchett Canyon and the tightest slots on Hell's Revenge are not — a Raptor is too wide and the recovery bill is real.