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1.START-END WEST:jct Logan Canyon - Franklin Basin Rd 2.profile turns right onto FR415 3.TOP,8520ft 4.profile turns left towards Bear Lake 5.FR411 Egan Basin Rd s(u), 8500ft 6.START-END EAST:jct FR411 Green Canyon Rd - Main Street in St Charles

Approaches

From West. The strictly increasing elevation profile on this side would go up from Preston up Hilyard Canyon. But that is partially a very rough, torn up ATV track. It is so much easier, pleasant and scenic to come up from Utah over FR406 Franklin Basin Rd. The profile crosses that wide summit valley, eroded by the Logan River, and that is probably the most scenic point of this whole ride. The road descends less than 300ft on the Idaho side, and then a very ridable forest road climbs up higher to cross over into Egan Basin.

There really are no further views. From the top you can quickly walk up a bare knoll, but it does not deliver any views across the ridge to the east.

From South. The high shallow valley on this side is called Egan Basin. The surface is a little slower than on the Franklin Basin side. A very well signed intersection of a total of 4 roads gives the opportunity to ride to a airplane wreck, climb over FR411 to Bear Lake , or continue straight back to US89 along Logan Canyon.