Trail Overview
The Squaw Creek single track is 4 miles long, and is primarily an easy trail, except for several thin downed trees, sometimes elevated a foot above the ground, that have to be ridden over. Quite a few downed trees still need to be cut, which adds time and energy to your ride and could be significantly more complex depending on the number of downed logs each season. The south end starts from the end of the Squaw Creek ATV trail, in the middle of a steep climb up a dry hillside through many cut downed logs. It winds through small aspen and pine trees on a pretty wide path. The trail has sticks, roots, and small pieces of rock, but it is relatively fast and flowy. You have to ride over a metal grate pinch point, then it drops into a lovely grassy meadow with cows, and the trail narrows up into more of a single track. It goes through a small, easy creek crossing. There are small logs down that you must ride over, and some at head height you must duck for, too. Besides the logs, the trail is mostly easy, having infrequent embedded rocks, a few tighter turns with roots, and a few steeper spots with loose stones. Near the north end, it goes past a grassy pond and ends on the McKay-Eleven single track. This trail is open 7/1 - 9/30 for motorized use.
Difficulty
Squaw Creek is an easier trail, with only a few more moderate features such as small loose hill climbs, or roots and tight turns. The trail itself is mostly a 3 difficulty, with lots of fast and flowy sections, but the presence of downed logs, which changes every season, makes this one harder because you have to get over several logs that are elevated a foot above the trail. This trail could be significantly harder with more logs.
