Trail Overview

Singletrack trail to connect Hayden Creek to the Spades Mountain Trails. The trail begins 5 miles up Hayden Creek Road from the end of the pavement. There is a parking area at the trailhead, although most people choose to ride the road to the trailhead. It can get heavy use. It is a 2-way trail, so watch for oncoming traffic. It can get dry in the summer months. A sustained but moderate climb for the entire trail and has a couple of nice views along the way. Nothing overly technical but can be challenging for a new rider. There is a small creek crossing as soon as you turn off Hayden Creek Road. The crossing is easily navigated.

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Difficulty

Moderate climb on single track. Has some areas with mild exposure. A small number of switch backs.

History

The original trail navigated up the old creek bed and had some challenging and technical rock features that had to be navigated. Roughly around 2008 the forest service rerouted the trail to prevent erosion in the creek bed, creating a more user friendly trail system.

Technical Rating

jack Cramer

Aug 29, 2025

Open

Fun trail because of the tight switchbacks and short rutted climbs make for a rough ride, not for a beginner. Most of the trail was a mellow fun ride with lots of whoops.

Avery Deeds

Jun 19, 2025

Open

Just a single flat trail only thing stopping it it from being a 1/10 is one out of the 3 switchbacks at the bottom is a little hard with a tree blocking 3/4 of the trail it’s easy to slide off and the switchback is a little hard but besides that anyone can go on it, over years it’s getting a little rough with some puddle made whoops on it but if you go slow on the trail anyone can do it

Luke Recanati

May 13, 2023

Open