FSR 1409

Trail was fun and scenic, the school house was fun too check out too. Wish I had some cash to donate to the museum. I totally underestimated one of the mud holes though and we barely made it out. That section had three different paths through the mud but only the one on the right was safe to pass (after the big water crossing and coming from the school house schoolhouse). We sank in 1/4th up our doors and only by the grace of God we made it out. Thankfully lockers and Atrac were just enough. We’d been stuck without the A trac because rear lockers weren’t enough.

FS MVUM map shows FS1409 is restricted from county road JO-4670 to FS1424. Full-size rigs, highway-legal motorcycles, horses, bikes, and hikers. No OHVs allowed. Also, no motorized vehicles across the private property.

Note: We ran this in late December of 2025. We ran this trail coming FROM the schoolhouse, going east to west. I'll say right off the bat, this trail totaled our truck. The depth of the waterholes is no joke. If you have a full-size rig, are only slightly modified, or don't have a snorkel, I would 100 percent take the bypass to the mudhole that the other reviewer who ran this in a full-size rig mentioned. It was dark when we ran the trail and I didn't see the bypass and went for it. The spot is deceptive. Coming FROM the schoolhouse, it's only a few inches deep and has a rocky bottom for the first half, but the second half has a clay bottom with ruts that had water above my hip, and I'm 6'2. There's also a spot just before the bypassable hole with a choice of 3 mudholes and no bypass. All 3 are deep, and only one has a hard bottom. Since running this trail, I've seen multiple youtubers with fully modified rigs either have to recover or take note of the surprising depth of the pits on this trail.

Does this trail go thru? Other sources say it's closed at private property. Worked our way out of 1424. Great trail seems crazy to be marked as a "green" trail I think.

Trail was rutted with rocks up 12in and mud pit much deeper than that. No recent rain.

Water flowing well through Murray creek but no issues with any of the crossings in our group of broncos