Cascade Creek

Took this coming down from Saxon Mountain in a stock 2023 Tacoma Sport. Lightly scraped my lower cross member a few times. There are some challenging and tight rock obstacles that I felt very oversized for in my "modern midsize" I wished I had larger tires and another few inches of clearance many times. I was grateful to get the hell off this trail after spending hours crawling at a literal snails pace down this dried creek bed. This will be a challenge with stock vehicles, bring a spotter and give yourself an extra hour for stacking rocks

Larger rock obstacles, can get pretty technical can be done in a stock Sasquatch bronco. Pretty fun trail and satisfying to complete. You will probably bottom out and can hit your front or rear bumpers and rocker panels if you don’t pick the right lines.

We took the south side of the trail. A couple technical spots but other than that it’s just a super bumpy trail. There is a lot of cool dispersed camping spots along with some shooting areas. It is a little confusing when you end up driving through some areas with private property on both sides with a bunch of abandoned cars and junk. We ended up taking this way up to Saxon mountain. If you’re looking for a camping spot with no one around I recommend it. But other than that nothing special.

Not a fun trail.....I'm running a '18 Tundra Crewmax on 35s, 3inch lift, full armor and sliders. Have a lot of wheeling experience in this rig on tough trails. Came up via 103 side. dirt FS road turns into a slightly washed out bump fest. After the shooting areas it's 4lo territory and you pass by a hoarder's junkyard. Slow, technical, and narrow all the way. past 712.2b cut off, difficulty starts pushing into 7.5-8 in my opinion. I wheel with my family for views and to get away from people. This is more of a test your rig/skills type trail. No real payoff views wise. First time turning around on a trail at this rating. SxS or shorter wheelbase and narrower vehicles would fair better. Few pullouts and turnaround points. aired down to 15 and still felt beat up....never wanted to get off a trail this bad.

Trail had a little bit of snow melt and a little bit of mud/water in sections, but was overall in good shape. Used lockers on some sections just to keep from ripping up the trail, but probably not necessary with good lines.

Seemingly Pretty easy trail, not many places to turn around, I didn’t go all the way but there wasn’t anything I encountered that I would be worried about in my 4Runner on 33s

Deep snow on the back side of the loop. Ran it counterclockwise and was able to make the loop. Clockwise would be more of a challenge. Large sheet of ice at the fork.

Some ice in sections. Some of the wet crawling was challenging without lockers engaged. After the storms coming up might not be passable without larger tires

Pretty easy trail. I took the Idaho Springs route down from Saxon. Easier path down than Saxon Trail. No issues in my stock Rubicon.

The asccent from Highway 103 demands that you air up as soon as you're off the highway. We went counter-clockwise on the loop and checked out Griffith Mountain. We broke the last few snow banks between Griffith and Cascade Creek and were first up there for the year, and it offers great views! The trail itself, eroded largely by rainfall, will offer some mildly challenging obstacles that will catch any armor you have on your vehicle if you're sitting below 37" tires and smaller lifts. Our 4-Runner had consistent armor kiss throughout the entire run, and my Gladiator with 35s and a 3.5" lift had to rub rock rails on some of the obstacles on the ascent. Once up to the start of the loop though, the trail becomes a bit more manageable. I didn't hit anything else on the loop with my rig, but if you don't have articulation, expect some more armor bumps. But hey! That's what you're out there for. Sorry for not getting photos of the obstacles or trail this time!

Snow drifts still deep in some areas causing high center issues. We did it counter clock wise. Could have probably winched through the snow but would have taken a while. Bigger rig would probably be ok.

I entered from the 103 in Idaho springs and was trying to make it to Georgetown. There was a huge downed tree right before the loop, making it impossible to pass.

Trail is clear 2/3 of the way up last 1/3 is still snow covered. Deep ruts from snow in certain spots.

very beginning of the tail is clear except for the trash. please pack it out more than what you packed in. other than that, before we actually got the trail circle snow and ice made it fun for a minute but we turned around.