A9416

Total Miles
2.6

Elevation

654.43 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Winter

Trail Overview

This mid-width desert trail, ideal for 50" vehicles, starts in the Boulders OHV Area and goes into BLM and Arizona State Trust Land for 2.7 miles. It's a typically fast and flowy ATV trail, with whoops and sweeping banked corners through the saguaro cactus fields. It has no significant obstacles, but it has big dips, some sharper corners, and 1-foot-deep ruts. It's mostly over loose dirt with small loose rocks, making the route somewhat slippery at times. T here are a couple of spots of embedded flat rock within the dirt. The route is square as you make a right-hand turn going west, cross a paved road, then make another 90-degree turn to the right along a fence line. T ere are some unmarked trail splits, as it ducks off a main road at times. Most of the trail is easy, but some steeper hilly spots make it slightly more complicated. I sometimes narrow between the bushes and don't get too close to the cholla cactus lining the trail. Nice this trail is partially on Arizona State Trust Land, it requires the recreation permit you can obtain online.

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Difficulty

A lot of this trail is straight and fast with only small ruts and loose rocks, with a couple steeper spots. It's overall very easy for most beginner skill levels.

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Access Description

To access the Boulders OHV Area, take North Picacho Wash Road north from the West Carefree Hwy. There is a huge staging area a mile up North Picacho Wash Road, with one pit toilet, a couple picnic tables, and about 20 nice dispersed camp sites for big rigs. There's a youth training area as well that is a fenced off area for young or new riders to practice without cars nearby. This riding area gets very crowded on weekends. Most of the trails are unmarked, so a GPS map is extremely helpful here. Look out for wild burros.