Lower Hull's Gulch - Red Cliffs Hike

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Features Birding · Views · Wildflowers · Wildlife

This is the quintessential loop at Lower Hull's Gulch. It provides a complete run from an easily accessible parking area for a variety of trail users and four-legged friends. Trail users can expect better views near the high point at the westernmost point of the run.

Multi-use trails. Note that Lower Hull's Gulch is only open to hiking on even-numbered calendar days. This is according to the new Special Trail Management rules in the Boise foothills. If it is an odd-numbered day then you won't be able to hike the loop as shown because on those days Lower Hull's is only open to downhill mountain bike traffic.

Great spot for a run. Winding trails with sustained grades, good footing, and not a lot of shade opportunities.

This particular route, heading clockwise, ascends the steeper Lower Hull's Gulch Trail #29, allowing hikers and runners to see oncoming mountain bikers, who may be descending with more speed. The trails in this area can be traveled in either direction so visitors can switch it up for variety.

From the high point at the intersection with the 8th Street Motorcycle Trail (#4), the route turns right along a short section of the 8th Street Connection Trail before continuing east down along the Crestline Trail #28, for a final mile along the Kestrel Trail #39A.

Native grasses, forbs, wildflowers e.g. sagebrush, balsamroot, buckwheat.