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Learn more about Spur Meadow
Spur Meadow

Spur Meadow

Spur Meadow is an out-and-back single-track trail. It features hard-packed dirt with rocks and a few tight switchback turns. Be mindful that this trail travels in both directions. There are a few rocky sections with…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Spur Roads - BLM C2319 - C2352
Spur Roads - BLM C2319 - C2352

Spur Roads - BLM C2319 - C2352

This short, sandy 1-mile spur road is broken into two separate numbered segments - BLM C2319 AND BLM C2352. It accesses a small parking area at the Bighorn Mountain Wilderness boundary and a single remote…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about SR2013 Red Canyon Jeep Trail
SR2013 Red Canyon Jeep Trail

SR2013 Red Canyon Jeep Trail

Right off the 10 Freeway just South of Joshua Tree National Park is the Red Canyon Jeep Trail. A 13-mile trail that winds its way through the mountains into the Bradshaw Trail. The trail is…
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Total Miles
13.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about ST 2W16 MOTO
ST 2W16 MOTO

ST 2W16 MOTO

This Single Track Moto trail is an enjoyable, easy route. It is also an excellent Moto-only cutover trail for the White Mountain 4x4 route. There are plenty of Joshua Trees to see and stunning lumpy…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Winter, Fall, Spring
Learn more about ST 3221 Moto
ST 3221 Moto

ST 3221 Moto

This route is an enjoyable intermediate single-track trail. It begins with sandy gravel and progresses into large whoops and deep washouts. There are several lengthy steep hill climbs and plunging descents with loose rocks and…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Fall, Winter, Spring
Learn more about Stanislaus Forebay
Stanislaus Forebay

Stanislaus Forebay

This a very easy trail and is mostly forest roads that zig-zag up the hill to the Forebay. This can be accessed from many ways whether it be from Columbia, Twain Harte, or Camp 9.…
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Total Miles
7.0
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Steele Pass
Steele Pass

Steele Pass

This is a 36-mile long Death Valley classic. You'll traverse silt beds, canyons and ever changing washes. This route is doable in a variety of vehicles, but requires skill with larger vehicles as some of…
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Total Miles
35.9
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Winter
Learn more about Stevens Mine Loop
Stevens Mine Loop

Stevens Mine Loop

A scenic sandy trail that passes by Stevens mine in the Spangler Hills OHV area. The trail can be run in either direction and right in the eastern section; there is an exploration of the…
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Total Miles
6.5
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Winter, Fall, Spring
Learn more about Stoddard Mountain Road
Stoddard Mountain Road

Stoddard Mountain Road

This is the main graded trail into the OHV area. It is mostly well-graded with plenty of washboard bumps and mild transition to make life easier for those towing trailers. There is a pit toilet…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Winter, Fall, Spring
Learn more about Straight Shot to the White Fluffy Stuff
Straight Shot to the White Fluffy Stuff

Straight Shot to the White Fluffy Stuff

This is a mostly straight trail with some sandy sections and deep washouts. The trail ends at the military border in the lakebed. The lakebed may be impassable when wet. There seems to be some…
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Total Miles
7.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Winter, Fall, Spring
Learn more about Sugarloaf Train Tracks Loop
Sugarloaf Train Tracks Loop

Sugarloaf Train Tracks Loop

This trail is a fun loop around the abandoned train track side of sugarloaf hill. There are many left-behind and falling-apart things to look at along the way. Old concrete pads, trash piles, abandoned bicycles,…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Sugarpine - NF22N55
Sugarpine - NF22N55

Sugarpine - NF22N55

Dirt Forest Service road accessing a network of roads climbing Beckwourth Mountain just outside of Portola, California. This looks to be the primary route accessing the summit from town. The road is wider and looks…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Sugarpine Spur A - NF22N55A
Sugarpine Spur A - NF22N55A

Sugarpine Spur A - NF22N55A

Dirt Forest Service road accessing a network of roads climbing Beckwourth Mountain just outside of Portola, California. This spur accesses the communications tower equipment on private property at the summit of Beckwourth Peak. There is…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Sunbonnet Pass
Sunbonnet Pass

Sunbonnet Pass

We ran the trail in both directions; however, running from South to North takes you up the bigger rocks and has you go down the more mellow side. The views from the top are amazing;…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
9 Difficult
Best Time
Winter, Fall, Summer, Spring
Learn more about Swamp Lake
Swamp Lake

Swamp Lake

Contrary to what its name implies, Swamp Lake Trail is a high-elevation mountain route climbing over 9,500 feet at one point. Although much of the trail is heavily forested, the scenery is very impressive from…
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Total Miles
14.4
Tech Rating
7 Difficult
Best Time
Summer, Fall
Learn more about Swansea-Cerro Gordo Road
Swansea-Cerro Gordo Road

Swansea-Cerro Gordo Road

Road climbs rapidly through wilderness corridor to ridge atop Inyo Mountains. Great views, wildflowers and historical mining structures including a large tramway station. Route goes past Cerro Gordo Mines and Ghost Town. This private property…
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Total Miles
31.7
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Summer
Learn more about Tack Hammer
Tack Hammer

Tack Hammer

Tack Hammer is a relatively easy trail with a couple of fun challenging obstacles, each with an easy bypass. This trail can be fun for just about anyone. There is a fun little optional rock…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Tamarack Lakes 12E33
Tamarack Lakes 12E33

Tamarack Lakes 12E33

This trail starts across from Packer Lake. There is a staging area at the bottom if you need to trailer your rig. The trail heads up to Tamarack Lakes. The two lakes are almost the…
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Total Miles
1.0
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Tanglefoot Canyon
Tanglefoot Canyon

Tanglefoot Canyon

This trail is located in the El Dorado National Forest in Amador County, FS Road 8N14. It's a nicely graded gravel route for a quarter of the way in. You will cross two bridges across…
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Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Tassajara
Tassajara

Tassajara

This is a beautiful, graded, well-maintained dirt road surrounded by the Ventana Wilderness. The road initially climbs an easy grade to Chews Ridge, then narrows and starts to descend a slightly more rocky and steep…
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Total Miles
14.0
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Summer, Spring, Fall
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