Fossil Creek Road

Total Miles
13.9

Technical Rating

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Trail Type

Full-Width Road

Accessible By

Trail Overview

This 13.2-mile point-to-point trail goes to the Fossil Creek Area. The trail ends in a permit-required area from 1 April to 1 October and must be purchased prior to arriving. There are several hiking trails that are connected to this trail. Once at the end of this trail, you can continue on to Child's Campground or to Irving Trailhead.

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Difficulty

This is a maintained dirt road.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

Gate is closed at the start. No alerts anywhere online about closures, may be related to weather.

Road 708 was open all the way to lot 1. Washboard for a good portion of it. A couple rocky spots where a couple washouts occurred in the last 2.5 miles, but very passable. Someone in a Honda Civic made it to lot 1. The walking trail to the waterfall was fine. Obvious that there were a couple recent washouts, but they have been repaired and manageable.

Rough washboard from entry to split. Otherwise, easy route.

Washboards 95% of the way