Trail Overview
This quiet, unmaintained out-and-back forestry spur in the Ta Ta Creek area provides deep access into the surrounding timber. It serves as a great jump-off point for backcountry exploration, featuring several smaller spur trails ("fingers") branching off the main track that lead to secluded dispersed campsites. If you visit during the autumn months, the drive is especially scenic, with vibrant golden larches and aspens contrasting sharply against the dark green evergreens. Because this road receives zero maintenance, drivers need to pay close attention to trail conditions right from the start. The route ends for full-size 4x4s at a large, man-made deactivation berm that blocks further vehicle access. Just before the berm, there is a clearing with enough room for a few vehicles to park and turn around. From here, you can continue up the reclaimed corridor on foot, and you can clearly see narrow ATVs and dirt bikes squeezing past the blockade. You will find weak, intermittent cell service (about one bar) that fades in and out along the route.
Difficulty
Rated 3 in dry conditions (potentially impassable when wet). The primary technical challenges on this spur are several very deep, dug-out water drainage diversion ditches (cross-ditches) cutting across the road that require good high clearance, careful approach and departure angles, and low-range gearing. Additionally, the beginning of the trail features a long section of deep, dried ruts and minor washouts. During the spring freshet after the snowmelt or after heavy rainstorms when the soil is saturated this rutted section turns to deep mud and is likely impassable without significant recovery gear.
