Dirt Bike Trails
Near Somerset, California

Forebay Road is a short but fun forest road that snakes through the trees and brush with plenty of opportunity for fun hill climbs off either side. Loosely following the high power lines, Forebay can connect you to a few different forest roads and trails with glimpses of the Sierras at times.
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Gasparni takes you through the pine trees and brush connecting the dirt section of Forebay to the pavement leading to Brush Creek Reservoir. Nearly all of the trail is wide enough for a full-width truck, except one section about 100 yards long nearest to the pavement is too narrow.
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Gold Note 4WD (FS 8N91) is a moderately challenging Gold Note trail system segment. The trail is single-vehicle width and features areas of overgrown brush, adding to the difficulty. Riders will encounter deep ruts and tight sections, with some spots where fallen trees have been cleared just enough ...
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Brushy is a quick detour off Gasparni. The trail includes a steep and technical hill climb with large buried rocks as well as loose rock. The top of the hill has a nice overlook of the valley below. After the hill climb, the trail quickly turns to a tight single track that flows through thick manzan...
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Gold Note (FS 8N55) is an easy trail in the Eldorado National Forest, sitting at approximately 4,400 feet. It acts as a critical connector, linking various trails within the Gold Note trail system and providing access to large dispersed camping sites and OHV staging areas. A restroom facility is ava...
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Five Corners (FS 8N54) is an easy trail that connects multiple trail systems in the area. Located at an elevation of approximately 4,100 feet, it offers several dispersed camping spots along its route, making it a convenient option for outdoor enthusiasts. During summer, riders should anticipate dus...
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This is a seasonal ATV loop, open to motorized use from May 11 to November 9. The trail looks mostly ridden by dirt bikes, as it doesn’t connect to any other ATV trails in the area. The trail is a 1.5-mile-long loop off a road portion of the Rock Creek Loop. It’s mostly flat, with long straight sect...
Learn more about Trail 1-2 (11E36)

This is a 1.5-mile-long dirt bike trail that makes a loop with part of Trail 6. Most of it is a wide shelf-road-like trail, lined with tall oaks and pines and thickets. It’s mostly flat and straight, on smooth dirt, with a few dips and some gradual curves. The south end starts at a marked intersecti...
Learn more about Trail 6-2 (11E52)

The north end of Trail 6-1 starts from an intersection with Trail 1, and goes through a tree corridor of curving Big Manzanita trees, on dry dusty dirt, with lots of loose rock. It curves through the trees, with some root bands across the trail creating small drop-offs. There are a couple of moderat...
Learn more about Trail 6-1 (11E28)

This is an advanced section of the Rock Creek Loop. From its west entrance, the trail starts off with some deep ruts as it starts steeply climbing into the forest from a forest road on a semi-steep grade. It goes through a corridor of manzanita trees forming a tunnel-like canopy where you have to wa...
Learn more about Trail 1 (Advanced) (11E23)

This is a 0.7-mile-long dead-end spur that branches off the Rock Creek Loop. It goes up to a shelfy section overlooking the mountains with a really scenic view. The first tenth of a mile climbs up to the viewpoint, then it descends down for the rest of the route on a steep slope covered in loose roc...
Learn more about Trail 5-3 (11E54)

This is a short cutoff trail that bails you out from Trail 5, back to the road portion of Rock Creek Loop, and out to Rock Creek Road. The trail is 1.2 miles long, and mostly gradually ascends from south to north, gaining about 450 feet in elevation. The trail is shelfy, but not overly narrow, as it...
Learn more about Trail 5-1 (11E32)

This starts on Trail 1 off of Darlington Ridge Road and continues to Trail 6 over the bridge and through Slate Mountain. From Slate Mountain, you're presented with more trail options. Lots of single tracks are to be found from beginner to difficult trails.
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This is a short loop trail off of the Rock Creek Loop that is unmarked at both entrances and is kind of hidden due to forestry work along the Rock Creek Loop. The west end starts out on a dry, exposed hilltop, then goes through low tunnels of California black oak trees and manzanita trees. The trail...
Learn more about Trail 1-5 (11E51)

Trail 6 starts out as an easy single track meandering on the edge of a hillside underneath a canopy of trees like a tunnel, with some tight turns along the hillside, moderate exposure, and a few chunky, large embedded boulders in the beginning. Watch for downed logs or roots sticking out over the tr...
Learn more about Trail 6 (12E50)

This trail is 1.1 miles of fun and easy winding single track through a dry and dusty forest of firs and pines. The trail has lots of big roots present, with tight twisty turns, and silty banked corners. Expect some deeper ruts as well, and natural drop-offs from the roots and ruts. The roots are dry...
Learn more about Trail 5-2 (11E29)

This is a really unique and fun dirt bike trail that goes through a mix of terrain, including through low tree canopies, and out onto an exposed hillside lined with embedded rock. Overall, the trail is pretty easy, but there are sections with moderate exposure, so it isn’t ideal for brand-new riders...
Learn more about Trail 1-4 (11E42)

This single track is over 3 miles in length, full of scenic and moderately easy riding through the Eldorado National Forest. The trail is mostly fast and flowy, but is shelfy in sections, as it winds down the edge of a forested hillside, along mossy rock walls, through some tight tree gaps, with a b...
Learn more about Trail 5 (11E31)

4-2 is a moderate dirt bike trail in the Rock Creek Trail System. The southern end starts out as a shaded wide path climbing up from the south entrance, in between scraggly manzanita trees. Watch for root bands across the trail, small loose rocks, dips, bumps, and a bit of embedded rock. The trail w...
Learn more about Trail 4-2 (11E25)

This is an area of BLM land on the North Fork of the Mokelumne River off Highway 26, just outside of Red Corral, California. Parts of the trail are un-maintained dirt roads, sections of which are rocky and washed out. The other part of the trail is in the abandoned flume or up on the levee alongside...
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Forebay Road is a short but fun forest road that snakes through the trees and brush with plenty of opportunity for fun hill climbs off either side. Loosely following the high power lines, Forebay can connect you to a few different forest roads and trails with glimpses of the Sierras at times.
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Gasparni takes you through the pine trees and brush connecting the dirt section of Forebay to the pavement leading to Brush Creek Reservoir. Nearly all of the trail is wide enough for a full-width truck, except one section about 100 yards long nearest to the pavement is too narrow.
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Gold Note 4WD (FS 8N91) is a moderately challenging Gold Note trail system segment. The trail is single-vehicle width and features areas of overgrown brush, adding to the difficulty. Riders will encounter deep ruts and tight sections, with some spots where fallen trees have been cleared just enough ...
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Gold Note (FS 8N55) is an easy trail in the Eldorado National Forest, sitting at approximately 4,400 feet. It acts as a critical connector, linking various trails within the Gold Note trail system and providing access to large dispersed camping sites and OHV staging areas. A restroom facility is ava...
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Forebay Road is a short but fun forest road that snakes through the trees and brush with plenty of opportunity for fun hill climbs off either side. Loosely following the high power lines, Forebay can connect you to a few different forest roads and trails with glimpses of the Sierras at times.
Learn more about Forebay

Gasparni takes you through the pine trees and brush connecting the dirt section of Forebay to the pavement leading to Brush Creek Reservoir. Nearly all of the trail is wide enough for a full-width truck, except one section about 100 yards long nearest to the pavement is too narrow.
Learn more about Gasparni

Gold Note 4WD (FS 8N91) is a moderately challenging Gold Note trail system segment. The trail is single-vehicle width and features areas of overgrown brush, adding to the difficulty. Riders will encounter deep ruts and tight sections, with some spots where fallen trees have been cleared just enough ...
Learn more about Gold Note 4WD

Gold Note (FS 8N55) is an easy trail in the Eldorado National Forest, sitting at approximately 4,400 feet. It acts as a critical connector, linking various trails within the Gold Note trail system and providing access to large dispersed camping sites and OHV staging areas. A restroom facility is ava...
Learn more about Gold Note