32020

Total Miles
2.7

Elevation

1,025.64 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

5

Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Winter

Trail Overview

The east end of this trail departs from 32019 and drops into a wash, with a big rock ledge obstacle right away. It's like a long ramp into a rock pinch, then up a foot-tall ledge. It continues in the wash, against cool rock walls, then climbs out on a rutted climb with an embedded rock face. The rest of the trail rides through the rugged desert hills, with lots of challenging climbs. Parts of the trail are really troughed and eroded, as you have to ride in a deep rut. There are also lots of unmarked intersections out here, tons of other tracks, and reroutes, so a map is essential. There's a really long and steep climb in particular that is rutted and loose. It's been troughed out to where you are riding in a 1-foot deep rut the whole way up the hillside. It does some shelfy side hilling at the tops of the hills, with really steep descents back down. It ends at the intersection with 32021.

Photos of 32020

32020
32020

Difficulty

This is an intermediate trail that has lots of challenging hill climbs that are extremely steep and loose and rutted all throughout the route, plus moderate rock ledge obstacles.

Technical Rating

5

Access Description

There are several ATV and singletrack trails on State Trust Land and BLM accessed from North Castle Hot Springs Road. Vehicles are limited to existing routes. There are several large dispersed campsites on the State Trust Land near the trails. Arizona State Trust Land requires a permit for recreation and camping that you can obtain at https://land.az.gov/applications-permits.

Popular Trails