Trail Overview

This Trail starts past the Skyline sign and heads up the hill to the right. The first hill is steep and rocky. If wet it can be slick. It continues up the side of the mountain and levels off for around half a mile. The trail has some areas that can hold water and have some sandy mud. The trail meets the start of Tates cove trail and turns to the right where the elevation climbs. This part of the trail is mostly dirt with some areas of larger slick rock that stick up and make step-ups in places. About halfway there is a steep rutted hill that can be very slick in the rain. This section should be taken with caution as there are deep washouts on both sides of the trail. Once past these, the trail eases up and there are a few spots to pull off and hike the areas and take pictures.

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Difficulty

This is an overall 3/4 trail but went with the higher rating due to the few areas that can be a challenge when wet and due to the steepness of the incline.

Technical Rating

MUDSLGR Burkett

Oct 25, 2025

Open

This trail was awesome lots of ups and downs, loose gravel and steep inclines. Didn’t experience much mud but it hadn’t really rained lately. Big word of caution is most of the trail has NO AT&T cell phone service. Didn’t see any wildlife or other people. There really weren’t any spots to pull off the trail and chill. I ran 4 Low with my sway bar disconnected and I breezed right through. Just challenging enough for me to have fun alone.

Chris B

Jul 01, 2025

Open

Road has a yellow state gate across the road at the southern end.

Andrew Paradis

May 15, 2025

Open

Starting from the south and going north the hill you climb it very steep. Would be very difficult/ impossible to climb if the ground is wet. Near the south end about 0.3 miles up the trail there is a deep rutted section on the incline of the hill. The path is barely wide enough for a stock 4runner. The western side of the path has a sheer drop into a ditch. Our group ran this route going south from the Tate's Cove trail onto Evan's Ridge road going south so we ran this section going downhill. The trail description is accurate for what we experienced on the southern end of the trail

Ryan Engle

May 19, 2024

Open

Brandon Kramer

Nov 25, 2023

Open