Dirt Bike Trails
Near Spring Garden, California

Chandler is a fun intermediate option in the Mount Hough Trail System, located near the Four Corners Trailhead. This one has a couple intermediate rock features, plus a scenic view on the south end of the loop. It makes a 4.1-mile-long loop, that is mostly a gradual grade as it winds through the spa...
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Taylor Creek is a fun single track that starts near the Four Corners Trailhead in the Mount Hough trail system. It winds for 5.6 miles through the low alpine hills, gradually ascending over 1,600 feet elevation from south to north. A majority of the trail is fast and flowy with tight curves through ...
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The MX track is located at the Four Corners Trailhead, and it makes an easy loop that is less than half a mile long. It’s a more primitive track with a light layer of small loose rocks on it in spots, shallow ruts, and small embedded rocks. It’s lined with small pine trees and shrubs. There are a fe...
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Berry Creek is a 2.2-mile-long moderate dirt bike trail in the Mount Hough trail system. From the west end, it starts off flowy and flat along an old shelf, going through a shaded corridor. It crosses a small rocky dry ravine bottom, then goes up a couple of moderate switchbacks and gets pretty stee...
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The west end of Fireline starts across the road from the Berry Creek Tie, and it makes a .7 mile long loop to the main road (403) just south of the 4 Corners staging area. It’s a very easy and approachable trail, being a wide single track through a dry and sparse pine forest. The trail meanders alon...
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This is a short connector trail in the Mount Hough trail system. The south end starts across from the Fireline trail, and after .6 miles it joins the Berry Creek Trail. It’s overall very easy and gradual, with the steepest part being on the south end as it descends through a couple of gradual switc...
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Cleghorn Bar offers an adventurous off-road trek through Plumas National Forest, making it perfect for intermediate drivers seeking a scenic descent into a remote river canyon. This 11.7-mile route starts along a relatively easy gravel forest road, winding through beautiful mountain valleys and over...
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This is one of only a couple ATV options within the Mount Hough trail system. It is 1.9 miles long, and starts out on the west end by climbing straight up a hillside on a more primitive trail that looks like it used to be a road. It’s pretty smooth with a few ruts. It narrows up about half way throu...
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Huffleberry is a short connector trail – 1 mile long – that connects the road 10M20 to the Berry Creek Trail. It’s mostly a semi-steep descent from south to north, as it side-hills across some dry pine hillsides on a narrow shelfy single track. There are several really wide switchbacks right away th...
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The lower portion of Acorn Grotto is a fun new trail on the west side of the Mount Hough Trail System, and will also be popular with mountain bikers. The south end starts as an easy path meandering through the oak trees in flat dry terrain. It starts to get shelfier as it goes around the edge of the...
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The lower 4.3 miles of Tollgate are fun and technical. The east entrance starts off of Mount Hough Trail, and immediately crosses Tollgate Creek, which was shallow with a few embedded rocks. This was one of the only creeks with running water in the whole trail system in late summer as it is a really...
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The north end of Upper Tollgate drops off of the Mount Hough trail, and it descends through a scenic and rocky section of forest. This segment of the trail has been built up with lots of dirt jumps and rock features by the mountain bikers, making it a fun downhill descent. The majority of the rock f...
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The east end of this easy connector trail starts at the road intersection of 10M25 and 25N10Y, and it goes west to 403. There’s a small additional piece of trail that connects to the Mount Hough Trail on the west side of 403. From the east end, it weaves around a rock outcropping, then passes the in...
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Bonta Ridge (Forest Service Road 23N05Y) is an approachable, scenic climb ideal for beginners and scenic tourers looking to explore the rugged beauty of the Plumas National Forest. Starting from Bonta Creek Road just off CA-70, this 3.6-mile dirt and gravel route features a steady ascent with an ele...
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This is a short trail that connects Kings Crossing to the 4x4 road 10M52. It drops down from Kings Crossing with a few really wide and smooth switchbacks. It weaves through the pine trees with some tight turns and a few embedded rock surfaces and boulders lining the trail. The trail is pretty narrow...
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This is one of only a few ATV trails in the Mount Hough Trail System. It’s primitive and overgrown, mostly following the path of an old forest road. It climbs up a hillside next to a ravine, with grass in the trail, and big waterbars. It goes through a very dry and sparse pine forest, and will have ...
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Mix of fire roads and old logging roads. The area has been scorched by fire recently. There are a lot of downed trees that cross the trail, be prepared with a chain saw or chain/rope. Some trees are too big and require alternate routes. Trail is fairly easy for most of the way. There are a few secti...
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This is a 1-mile connecting piece of trail between the upper and lower segments of the Acorn Grotto Trail. This segment is easy, as it climbs up a hillside on a wide smooth path for the first half of the route, then descends back down. It’s a little bit shelfy as it hugs the hillside, but it does no...
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The upper 4.6 miles of Acorn Grotto are slightly easier than the Lower Acorn Grotto segment, as it doesn’t have as much exposure. The south end starts as a shelfy trail curving along the edge of the hillside, through a burn area. The trail was clear of logs, but there will always be potential for do...
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Keddie is a 2-mile-long singletrack on the west side of the Mount Hough Trail System that is less trafficked and more primitive. It starts on the east end at an intersection with Acorn Grotto, then crosses the road, and goes along an old shelf road. The shelf has overgrown grass and will likely have...
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Cleghorn Bar offers an adventurous off-road trek through Plumas National Forest, making it perfect for intermediate drivers seeking a scenic descent into a remote river canyon. This 11.7-mile route starts along a relatively easy gravel forest road, winding through beautiful mountain valleys and over...
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This is one of only a couple ATV options within the Mount Hough trail system. It is 1.9 miles long, and starts out on the west end by climbing straight up a hillside on a more primitive trail that looks like it used to be a road. It’s pretty smooth with a few ruts. It narrows up about half way throu...
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Bonta Ridge (Forest Service Road 23N05Y) is an approachable, scenic climb ideal for beginners and scenic tourers looking to explore the rugged beauty of the Plumas National Forest. Starting from Bonta Creek Road just off CA-70, this 3.6-mile dirt and gravel route features a steady ascent with an ele...
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This is one of only a few ATV trails in the Mount Hough Trail System. It’s primitive and overgrown, mostly following the path of an old forest road. It climbs up a hillside next to a ravine, with grass in the trail, and big waterbars. It goes through a very dry and sparse pine forest, and will have ...
Learn more about Cashman Ridge

Cleghorn Bar offers an adventurous off-road trek through Plumas National Forest, making it perfect for intermediate drivers seeking a scenic descent into a remote river canyon. This 11.7-mile route starts along a relatively easy gravel forest road, winding through beautiful mountain valleys and over...
Learn more about Cleghorn Bar

Bonta Ridge (Forest Service Road 23N05Y) is an approachable, scenic climb ideal for beginners and scenic tourers looking to explore the rugged beauty of the Plumas National Forest. Starting from Bonta Creek Road just off CA-70, this 3.6-mile dirt and gravel route features a steady ascent with an ele...
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Mix of fire roads and old logging roads. The area has been scorched by fire recently. There are a lot of downed trees that cross the trail, be prepared with a chain saw or chain/rope. Some trees are too big and require alternate routes. Trail is fairly easy for most of the way. There are a few secti...
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Cowell Mine Rd - FS 2308 has a bit of a barrier to entry with significant overgrown grass and greenery, along with puddles on each side of the track roughly 6 to 12 inches deep for about 50 yards. Once you pass these potholes, the trail opens up and becomes slightly wider. It is a very loose and une...
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