Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Paul, Idaho

Cotterel Mountain Road is an engaging, scenic ridge route near Burley, Idaho, perfect for high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicles and SxSs seeking sweeping valley views. This unpaved track traverses the spine of the Cotterel range, offering drivers a mix of dirt paths, bumpy sections, and rocky cha...
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The road to Bear Trap Cave follows the Minidoka-Arco Road. The road changes conditions frequently depending on weather and the amount of traffic. It is an easy road but can be muddy and washboarded at times. The trail begins where farmland ends and leads you through a southern Idaho desert landscape...
Learn more about Bear Trap Cave

From the old highway, you will start on an excellent gravel road lined with sagebrush and basalt rock, which will turn into a dirt two-track with some basalt rock. As you make your way along the fence line, you will get great views of the reservoir and the high desert. This trail runs right beside a...
Learn more about Ride to the Dam

A very well-maintained gravel road leads right to the lake through the bird refuge. Although this is a short trip off the main road, it gives you access to the lake, which is very limited due to the wildlife refuge. You would not know this area was here unless you took this trail to a shallow reserv...
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Expect a fairly easy trail here in the southern Idaho desert. This trail opens up with a few options to discover. As you head out, the road is fairly level, packed dirt and pretty dusty. You will not find many people out at the same time as you, so you can take your time or bring out some dirt bikes...
Learn more about Wilson Butte

Travel along the California Historical Trail and pass by the Parting of the Ways. Turning off Yale Road and onto the two-track dirt road with some basalt outcrops, you can't help but imagine a wagon making its way across this landscape. Although it may look desolate from the interstate, there is qui...
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This route follows the road past Oakley Reservoir. The gravel road around the reservoir is a little rough with many rocky spots as you follow the shelf road high above the reservoir. The final half mile of the trail is the most technical with some steep and very narrow sections around some juniper...
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Starting From the Raft River Side, you will pass by dry farms on a well-maintained gravel road as you make your way up the Sawtooth National Forest. As you make your way from the high desert and into more forest, full of aspens and pine trees, the elevation of the limestone mountains around you dras...
Learn more about North Heglar

Skull is a short and twisty single track in the South Hills Trail System near Twin Falls, Idaho. The entire trail is very tight curves through sage brush valleys. It has some embedded slab rock on the surface of the trail in the beginning to go over, but is mostly rock free. You'll likely see mounta...
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This is one of several short and easy single-track trails in the northeast corner of the South Hills Trail System near Twin Falls, Idaho. There are several short trails all within a couple-mile radius that can be used as a great practice loop for beginner riders. This one in particular goes very str...
Learn more about Dry Gulch Access

This is one of several short and easy single track trails in the northeast corner of the South Hills Trail System near Twin Falls, Idaho. There are several short trails all within a couple mile radius that can be used as a great practice loop for beginner riders. This one has lots of very tight curv...
Learn more about Jummi

Middle Skills is one of the curviest trails in the northeast corner of the South Hills Trail System near Twin Falls, Idaho. This part of the trail system has several short and easy trails that are great for beginners. This one is slightly harder than the rest of the trails in this couple mile radius...
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Raggitt is a short single track in the South Hills Trail System. There are several short trails in the northeast corner of the trail system all within a couple mile radius that can be used as a great practice loop for beginner riders. This one in particular is a faster and straighter one, with less ...
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Matt's Gulch is a fun desert single track in the South Hills Trail System south of Twin Falls, Idaho. It is similar to many of the trails in the system as it is an easy trail, but narrow and sometimes rocky. Matt's Gulch climbs up from the intersection with Upper and Lower Dry Gulch, through sagebru...
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Lower Dry Gulch is very similar to Upper Dry Gulch, except it doesn't have much elevation change. It's relatively flat and it flows alongside a gulch with a small stream where the cattle normally graze. The trail is very narrow above the gulch but is mostly smooth and rock-free. The trail crosses th...
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Seemingly leave Idaho and transport yourself into the terrain you would find in the Western Desert. Grey rock, grey sand, Juniper trees, and even cacti welcome you on this fun short adventure. Pick your adventure if you'd rather take the more difficult direction from south to north, or the easier, q...
Learn more about Slow Poke

This is one of the short desert single tracks in the South Hills Trail System that is right by the staging area. You'll likely see locals here for an afternoon ride or mountain bikers. It's a mostly fast and flowy single track through fields of sagebrush. It has gradual curves and some sections with...
Learn more about Sweet N Low

Sidewinder is a single track full of very tight turns through sagebrush that makes for a great practice trail or warm-up for your day ride since it's close to the staging area and the quick curves will get you warmed up fast. The first half is through pretty flat land with minimal rock. It's aptly n...
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This section of Swami is an easy single track that connects to the staging area off of Indian Spring Road. It starts after about a mile of Swami Part 1, as the trail is getting easier and the rock obstacles are ending. It descends from the rim of the hillside from part 1 and crosses a power line roa...
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Lower Sugarloaf is one of the first trails accessed from the staging area for the South Hills trail system, and will likely be taken to access other trails in the system. It starts from the staging area in flat sage brush desert terrain, and lightly snakes through the brush. There are some big rocks...
Learn more about Lower Sugarloaf

Cotterel Mountain Road is an engaging, scenic ridge route near Burley, Idaho, perfect for high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicles and SxSs seeking sweeping valley views. This unpaved track traverses the spine of the Cotterel range, offering drivers a mix of dirt paths, bumpy sections, and rocky cha...
Learn more about Cotterel Mountain Road

The road to Bear Trap Cave follows the Minidoka-Arco Road. The road changes conditions frequently depending on weather and the amount of traffic. It is an easy road but can be muddy and washboarded at times. The trail begins where farmland ends and leads you through a southern Idaho desert landscape...
Learn more about Bear Trap Cave

From the old highway, you will start on an excellent gravel road lined with sagebrush and basalt rock, which will turn into a dirt two-track with some basalt rock. As you make your way along the fence line, you will get great views of the reservoir and the high desert. This trail runs right beside a...
Learn more about Ride to the Dam

A very well-maintained gravel road leads right to the lake through the bird refuge. Although this is a short trip off the main road, it gives you access to the lake, which is very limited due to the wildlife refuge. You would not know this area was here unless you took this trail to a shallow reserv...
Learn more about Lake View

Cotterel Mountain Road is an engaging, scenic ridge route near Burley, Idaho, perfect for high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicles and SxSs seeking sweeping valley views. This unpaved track traverses the spine of the Cotterel range, offering drivers a mix of dirt paths, bumpy sections, and rocky cha...
Learn more about Cotterel Mountain Road

The road to Bear Trap Cave follows the Minidoka-Arco Road. The road changes conditions frequently depending on weather and the amount of traffic. It is an easy road but can be muddy and washboarded at times. The trail begins where farmland ends and leads you through a southern Idaho desert landscape...
Learn more about Bear Trap Cave

From the old highway, you will start on an excellent gravel road lined with sagebrush and basalt rock, which will turn into a dirt two-track with some basalt rock. As you make your way along the fence line, you will get great views of the reservoir and the high desert. This trail runs right beside a...
Learn more about Ride to the Dam

A very well-maintained gravel road leads right to the lake through the bird refuge. Although this is a short trip off the main road, it gives you access to the lake, which is very limited due to the wildlife refuge. You would not know this area was here unless you took this trail to a shallow reserv...
Learn more about Lake View