Slaughterhouse Gulch

water crossings are not too bad, various depth options. The western half of the trail becomes quite steep. ruts and loose rock are a bit of a challenge, BLUE rating for motorcycle. I am writing this from the perspective of a motorcycle; SxS and lifted 4x4 should be fine as a GREEN.

We ACCIDENTALLY did the portion of this trail coming down from Union Park Trail after visiting Tin Cup. Easy, maintained road. Note that the trail going south merges with Slaughterhouse Gulch heading west... See circle on 1st screenshot. Inexperienced driver's with longer wheelbase stock rigs should NOT take this route. If you're at the spot where my pic shows the fence, you've begun this portion. About halfway down, heavy runoff has caused the creek to encroach on the trail for approx 1/8 mile.... hard to distinguish the trail... but fun to roll down the creek. Overall, absolutely beautiful... but we barely made it through without damage... particularly on south end approx. 1/2 mile from Lottis Creek Camground... see second circled screenshot. The rocky pics do not do justice to how rough it is, and two immovable boulders in particular make for a nearly impossible line for a stock Gladiator Mojave.