Trail Overview

Pillsberry to Black Butte Trail is a calm, scenic gravel road with some campsites along the river. It's an easy driving, wide road, not normally passable in the wintertime because of snow. There is one small landslide that you can fit a large 4 x 4 through; besides that, the trail is well maintained.

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Difficulty

Very calm trail. There's one section where there's a landslide, but not too difficult to pass with a raised 4x4.

Technical Rating

Ray

Jul 14, 2026

Open

Normal

Confirmed that the M6 is back open. Also see Mendocino NF Facebook post about it on 7/10/26.

Rick Mendez

Jul 05, 2026

Temporarily Closed

Posted Sign

I was heading south and ran into a "Road Closed" sign at 39.55313, -122.86213 just before 10N16. Tried to find another way around using 20N67, this was blocked with trees. Then 20N36, which was washed out. Turned around and headed all the way back North.