Pilot Knob Mountain

Total Miles
0.2

Technical Rating

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Trail Type

Full-Width Road

Accessible By

Trail Overview

This will take you to the top of Pilot Knob Mountain. It is a short road, but the beautiful view is worth a detour if you haven't been. The elevation is 2,080 feet at the top. The first 200 feet of the climb is a rocky step that is mildly steep but doable in any 4x4 with a low range.

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Difficulty

There's a short steep rock ledge to climb at the start, around 18 inches in height. There's a large campsite at the top.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

We were up here the week of 4/21 and camped. You will need a pretty aggressive stock 4x4 vehicle to make it up this without dragging on some of the rocks, especially coming back down, so pick your line carefully. Low range is not necessary but helpful going up. It was upsetting to see the amount of trash and broken glass scattered around at the top. Nearly filled my spare tire trash bag picking up the worst of it, but there was still a lot. This is a popular camping spot with gorgeous views. Please pick-up after yourselves and leave this area nicer than you found it to prevent future closure. Thank you!

The trail was cool to drive up but the trees at the top have grown to a point of severely obstructing the views. I can imagine what it once was but can hardly see anything now.