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Difficulty

Difficult: Variety of obstacles includes mud bogs, a slippery log road and lots of big boulders. Thompson Hill is steep with large, loose boulders. Breakage is common. Experienced drivers with modified vehicles only. Don't go alone.

History

You can't talk about this trail without talking about the Four Wheel Drive Club of Fresno. They pioneered and built this trail starting in 1956 one section at a time starting on the north end. The final section between Dusy Meadow and Thompson Lake was broken through in 1968. In all, they built 10 trails in the Shaver Lake area, most of which are in this book. A big thanks to the club for their efforts. For details go to www.4wdcfresno.net.

Technical Rating

Scott Weis

Aug 16, 2025

Open

Courtright Reservoir is currently under mandatory evacuation due to the Garnet fire. But during this trip 2 weeks ago. We only did a small portion of the trail to the end of Courtright Reservoir. We were there to just camp (awesome), fish (awesome) and check out the trail (also awesome). The Gatekeeper wasn't much of a gatekeeper this year. Last year it was worse, but manageable. Trail is awesome from what we did. Watch for CalFire updates for this area.

Jmoua Shaa

Oct 06, 2024

Open

Front gate before entering Courtright is closed, believe it’s closed due to Dam repairs.

Michael bleck

Oct 04, 2024

Open

Alexandro Valdivia

Aug 23, 2024

Open

Steve Holland

Aug 13, 2024

Open

long

Rachel Corona

Jul 01, 2024

Open

James Garcia

Aug 31, 2023

Open