Trail Overview

This is a lightly traveled, narrow dirt road with steep grades. It's one vehicle wide with places to pass. Uneven, rutted dirt trail with loose rocks and erosion leaves you staring over the edge of huge drops to rocky cliffs. There are potential water crossings up to a foot or more deep, mud holes, and obstacles up to 18inches, including ledges and tight turns.

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Difficulty

There are sections that are pretty narrow and tight turns with rock overhangs that are not for the faint of heart.

Technical Rating

Mario Buoni

Jun 28, 2026

2026 Ford Bronco

Open

NormalDusty

Nice trail with lots of great views of the Kern River. A few shallow creek crossings and deep ruts. Lots of vegetation so be prepared for a few pinstripes. A few gates were closed so just be respectful and leave them how you found them.

Craig Tomkins

Jun 01, 2026

Open

Normal

South to North run. Dry all the way except for three small spring crossings. Agree with previous ratings, not a technical route, but the pucker factor is definitely there. Shelf route at least half the trail. Take your time, reset the gates, respect the trail. ✌🏻

Casey

Jan 03, 2026

Open

Muddy/Wet

Went on a rainy day in and F250. There was one boulder obstructing the trail, but I was able to get around it with a few inches of clearance. This trail is not for you if you're afraid of heights!

Jacob Sklaver

Oct 17, 2025

Open

Normal

Couple sections still wet from the rain, lots of cows.

Chris Wills

Jul 25, 2025

2025 Chevrolet Colorado

Open

Dusty

Jacob deoca

Apr 20, 2025

Open

easier then I thought it would be. it is a shelf road. could be kinda scary for some people. couple of water crossing not nothing crazy. we used a 4x2 truck. so its not a difficult trail. very beautiful and fun. kinda a long trial. took us 4 hr to pass though. highly recommend for people getting into trailing.

Wesley Fisher

Apr 06, 2025

2006 Jeep TJ

Open

Normal

Lots of flowers, nice trip. Trail is narrow, leave gates how you found them.

Greg Hull

Jan 24, 2025

Open

Normal

This is a fun trail which gets pretty tight in spots requiring driver’s attention. Took us about 2 hours to complete starting from Breckenridge Rd and ending at Hwy 178. It is a shelf road so if you don’t like shelf roads, you may consider skipping this one. Had to open and close 3 gates and did have some light pinstripes due to the vegetation.

Brian Baker

Jan 18, 2025

Open

Normal

Awesome trail! Fun easy drive with creek crossings and canopies of trees! Some parts need more attention from the driver but other than that was a great time!

Ernesto Silva

Dec 15, 2024

Open

Normal

Nice trail for a chill drive

Anthony Chambers

Oct 20, 2024

2017 Jeep Renegade

Open

Normal

Not as bad as I thought it be, any normal suv could easily make it. One muddy bad spot but other than that it was an easy trial but narrow but easy. Did all of it with a front wheel drive Jeep renegade didn’t have 4 wheel drive and didn’t need it!

Josue Zavala

Sep 22, 2024

Open

Dusty

Finished trail from start to finish, some gates were closed but I opened and closed them as I crossed. It was narrow! but okay if you don’t mind some scratches.

James S

Sep 21, 2024

Open

Dusty

Started at the south side, Breckenridge Road. Once we got to the fork splits between the Stark non-motorized trail and the continuation of Cow Flat, the trail was fenced off by barbed wire and wood posts.

Richard Nykolayow

Sep 02, 2024

1997 Ford Ranger

Open

NormalDusty

Amazing views. This one is pretty narrow so full size pickups be advised. A stock Jeep or mid siz pickup does great on this one. Some of those narrow parts next to steep drop offs are not for the faint of heart. Stay focused and you're golden.

Colin N

Aug 13, 2024

Open

NormalDusty

Watch out for cows!