John Bull Trail

Total Miles
6.7

Technical Rating

7

Difficult

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Trail Type

High-Clearance 4x4 Trail

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John Bull Trail
John Bull Trail

Difficulty

Difficult: Trail officially begins at Waypoint 03, not far from the Gate Keeper. A good spotter here will speed up the process. Winch points are hard to find. Many more boulders follow.

Technical Rating

7

Status Reports

Nick Parker
Apr 05, 2025
4x4
Open
Normal
Sunny Pinhero
Mar 22, 2025
1997 Lexus LX
Open
Normal
The Gatekeeper is an honest obstacle. If you can make that there’s a few more similar technical spots but didn’t have too much difficulty on 37’s and lockers. Heading east to west the uphill is harder. The trail was fairly dry with only patches of snow still there.
Esteban Gonzalez
Mar 08, 2025
4x4
Open
Snow/Ice
Muddy/Wet
Snow and mud added another level of difficulty. self recovered twice so make sure winch is in proper working order. Not many jeepers out on the trail just ran into one group with 3 jeeps. Sure was fun having the whole mountain to ourselves.
Zack Armijo
Jan 24, 2025
4x4
Open
Normal
Dusty
Snow/Ice
Minimal snow but I was lazy so I didn’t air down or really try to do much wheeling but looks like a fun trail, only got about a quarter way. Definitely not for just a quick 4 wheeling trip for a beginner, at least take someone.

Access Description

From Highway 18 east of Big Bear Lake, follow signs to Big Bear Landfill, heading northwest from mile post 58. Turn left before the substation and follow Holcomb Valley Road, F.S. 3N16, uphill 2.2 miles to F.S. 3N02 on the right.

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