Old Owl Creek ATV

Total Miles
4.2

Elevation

3,009.82 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

3

Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Trail Overview

The Old Owl Creek ATV trail is 4 miles long, riding below the Spruce Ridge and Owl Creek Pass through the Owl Creek drainage. The trail's east end starts at a pinch point between two boulders off of Owl Creek Pass and descends the mountainside on a loose, rocky two-track. It has loose rock filling in shallow ruts and gradual curves, and watch out for baby heads. It drops down to a shallow rocky stream crossing before the intersection with the B Spur. It continues west on a rocky two-track and comes up to the intersection for the Stealy Mountain Spur to the left, but this trail continues to the right. After it crosses the Stealy Mountain Trail and continues west, it's an extensive path, more like an old road, at the bottom of a hillside covered in aspens. Watch out for downed trees and sticks in the trail. The next few miles are smooth, easy, and gradually descending through the drainage. There are a couple of narrower spots on the west half of the trail, one that goes along a shelfy section overlooking the Pinnacle Ridge and beautiful valleys, the other a narrow section at the bottom of a loose hill reinforced with wood beams. The trail continues past the Spalding Park ATV and the A Spur before ending at the west trailhead at a big dirt parking area off Owleek Pass.

Photos of Old Owl Creek ATV

Old Owl Creek ATV
Old Owl Creek ATV

Difficulty

This is an easy ATV trail that has small features such as rocky sections, narrow sections, steeper spots of climbing and descent, and small creek crossings, but should still be navigable for newer ATV riders.

Technical Rating

3

Status Reports

There are no status reports yet for this trail.

Access Description

There is a large dirt parking lot (the Vista Point Winter Trailhead) at the west entrance to the Old Owl Creek ATV Trail that can be used as a staging point for this trail system. There are several dispersed camp sites and other parking areas along Owl Creek Pass, which is a graded 2WD road.

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