Oriflamme Canyon Loop

Total Miles
14.7

Elevation

1,263.22 ft

Duration

2.5 Hours

Technical Rating

3

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Trail Overview

This trail starts and ends in Banner and loops around Chariot Mountain and goes into the Oriflamme Canyon. The trail is open to all types of 4x4s and dirt bikes, although the entrance through Banner is only open to highway-legal vehicles as that entrance is only accessible by the highway. You will encounter a variety of obstacles such as steep switchbacks with deep ruts, rocky sections with large drop-offs, and unmaintained dirt scattered with mud puddles (depending on the time of year). A total of 3 gates will be on the trail, they will be closed but not locked, please leave the gates as you found them. Some sections of the trail are very tight and about the width of one car. There are also many trails in the area that intersect the main loop trail.

Photos of Oriflamme Canyon Loop

Oriflamme Canyon Loop
Oriflamme Canyon Loop

Difficulty

Most of the trail is relatively easy with a technical rating of 1. From around miles 6 to 7.5, the difficulty increases with large rocks and drop-offs up to 12". The trail is very uneven at times and very tight in some areas.

Technical Rating

3

Status Reports

Brian Cosgrove
May 25, 2024
4x4
Open
Normal
Fun trail but many areas where tough to pass. Drove the west side of the loop as a out and back after running into some obstacles we did not want to attempt solo (off-road newbie)
Owen Thomas
May 19, 2024
4x4
Temporarily Closed
Closed Gate
Spraypaint Stewart
May 18, 2024
2024 Jeep Wrangler
Open
Alejandro Cabrera
May 04, 2024
4x4
Open
Normal
Did half the trail starting from the 78. Took the split to the right so just did the west side coming down. First time at this trail. Was more rutted and with bigger rock obstacles than I expected but took my stock Bronco on 33s and with careful line choices didn’t bottom out. Crossed by three Wranglers heading up in the opposite direction - trail gets narrow in many places. Had to do some careful maneuvering and were inches apart as we passed each other.

Access Description

The trail can be found right off of the CA-78 and is named the California Riding and Hiking Trail. There is a small store across the road which is a good place to air down and up.

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