Trail Overview

This is a great intermediate trail featuring beautiful views of surrounding canyons and chaparral. On clear days you can see a long stretch of the LA Aqueduct to the north. Most of the trail is relatively mild, with some steep climbs, deep ruts, and mud holes adding a bit of challenge. There are numerous trail bypasses with more difficult obstacles that are not sanctioned;please respect the area and stick to the main trail. This trail dead-ends at a locked gate, but you can use Quarry Road 6N19 and Coarse Gold Road 5N24 to make this a through route. To prevent damage, avoid this trail after moderate to heavy rainfall.

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Difficulty

Most of this trail is easily drivable. Some sections feature deep ruts and mud, others are significantly eroded and off-camber. High clearance, 4WD, and good tires are strongly recommended. Airing down is not necessary but will make for a more comfortable ride.

Technical Rating

Joseph Ardon

Dec 16, 2025

Open

Trail is like a 3/10 but has little offshoots that can be challenging if you want to spice it up. Would definitely recommend high clearance in some sections. Lots of washboards

Lu Diaz

Dec 02, 2025

Open

Pretty cool trail with some really nice views. High drive through the mountains which was basically a fire road with some cool little offshoots nothing seemed particularly crazy. Easy run never dropped it into low range. I took this trail from Coarse Gold Rd entrance off Bouquet Canyon, ran North across Del Sur, and down Quarry Rd. Overall a great afternoon drive. Coarse Gold was pretty rutted, suggest high clearance.

Kevin Harbach

Nov 30, 2025

Open

Easy day, dirt perfect conditions. No mud! No rutted sections honestly easiest I’ve seen it in a long time. Essentially a mild fire road. Tons of offshoots that look actually challenging.

Ethan Worcester

Nov 14, 2025

Open

Entire trail has been thoroughly graded. Some bumpy spots, mostly smooth. No challenge for a 4x4. A few little offshoots that are fun. Ran the entire trail in heavy rain in 2wd.

Edward Sanderson

Sep 21, 2025

Open

Super fun trail where you can take a technical line or stay on a the fire road, beginning has some gnarly sand but most part it was a great trail with some lose rocks spots just be careful of dirt bikes and can-ams

Matt M

Sep 19, 2025

Open

Daniel Del Rosario

Aug 10, 2025

Open

Dusty and some good. Views . It does end at a gate . Out and back

Marconi Mendoza

Jul 26, 2025

Open

Service trail up top is super easy 2/10. But the chutes off to the sides can be steep 6/10.

Peter Ford

Jul 10, 2025

Open

The trail is enjoyable, but you're limited to going only as far as the gate. It includes some challenging sections and sand at the beginning of the trail.

Grant Beaumont

Jul 01, 2025

Open

Beautiful trail, technically more difficult than Id expected, but easy enough if you take it slow. Starts with a very dusty patch, but progresses to rock fairly quickly. Large drop to the east side of the trial makes some stretches higher stakes, but nothing perilous with some caution. N.B the trail suggests you can get to Bouquet Reservoir, however the last few miles of trail are private LADWP properly, closed with a gate (See image) so you have to turn around and descend via Quarry Road 6N19.

Juan Gonzalez

Jun 10, 2025

Open

Funny easy trail. Did scrape at some points during the ride. Many different side trails to take. Must try!

Troy Stubblefield

May 26, 2025

Open

It was a perfect day for a dive. The trail had some somewhat deep sand near the entrance and was full of deep ruts and a few off camber sections to get around some of the deeper ones. It has a few side roads that a truck could take that were gnarly and very steep climbs, others got narrow and were only suitable for motorcycles. You definitely need high clearance, but I was in 4-Hi the whole time with out problems, though I have 35's, so with much smaller tires I would pick line carefully or be sure to bring some traction boards just incase.

Kyrylo Kyrylow

May 04, 2025

Open

Something between green and blue ,but still be fun.It was around 7 miles and 3 hours (Lexus GX & Nissan Armada - stock both)

Kyle T

Apr 08, 2025

Open

Areg Petrosyan

Feb 13, 2025

Open