Mendocino Scenic Corridor

Trail was open and a lot of fun. Only had time to do about 25 miles out of the whole trail and had to turn back because we ran pub of time. The first 20 miles i would say are maybe a 3/10 in difficulty. After that it started deteriorating a little, and even though we didnt get to the fun part, im pretty sure around mile 30-35 it starts getting a little rougher. Had some fun puddles, and there was a pretty deep creek crossing we had to do that was fun just a few yards from the CrabTree. Ran into a guy on a quad that said there was a big tree knocked over up ahead that we didn’t get to, and if we would, we would have needed at least a 16” chainsaw to get passed it so something to consider if you are trying to do the whole trail. Overall fun trail, not too hard but u will need clearance.

No snow on the trail as of yet. Although I passed through during the start of a storm. Very wet throughout the whole trail. You can tell they’ve had a lot of downed trees. Had to squeeze through a couple tight areas that had downed trees (nothing blocking the trail)

Rained about 48 hours earlier but trails were surprisingly dry other than some puddles. No dust! Easy, well maintained for westernmost 15 miles or so. Not particularly difficult, just lots of ruts and puddles after that. Bailed out due to time of day and took road 16N01 to get back to pavement. Big tree cross the road, which appears to have fallen very recently-but you can get around it. Reported to ranger station email so hopefully they address it soon. Look forward to completing the trail when I have more time-and a chainsaw.

First time attempting this trail. A lot of rain in recent days so anticipated slick conditions w/lot of water crossings & deep puddles. Started from UpperLake going East, very easy & wide road for the 1st 10 miles, going up & over some ridges & down into valleys. Increasing number of deep ruts, steep sections and slick mud the further you went. By about 15-20 miles, started getting tighter and more pinstriping. At 23 mile mark starting to head up another ridge I turned around because it was so overgrown my truck was barely fitting through. Was happy to turn back. Found a different route out, turned south on Twin Valley Road which was more maintained than the previous 5-8 miles I’d been doing, with 1 sketchy spot where the road is off-camber, has a tree overhanging which reduces clearance, collapsing 15ft into a creek and supported by a few slippery logs. Changed my pants after that obstacle. Anything bigger than my 2door bronco probably wouldn’t make it. Beautiful views the entire time.