First Notch 1

The west end of First Notch 1 starts on First Notch Road, about 1.5 miles north of the staging area. The staging area is a dirt parking area on First Notch Road just a half mile north of Highway 160. This ATV trail goes through gambel oak bushes and ponderosa pine, on a hardpacked dirt trail with no major obstacles. There are several small logs down in the trail, but they are easy to go over. The trail has bits of loose rock but is mostly smooth. It has a couple of steeper and more challenging sections that have more of the loose rock while the trail is descending or climbing. The trail mostly descends in the clockwise direction, dropping over 500 feet elevation. It goes through free-range cattle areas, so you may see cows on the trail.