Wilson Creek

The first half of the trail a is flat wide washboard road. when you hit the turnoff onto the other part of this trail is when it gets technical. The trail turns into a tighter rutted road. Once you get to the top there is a side road on the left that will take you up to the tower. If you continue on straight you come to a sign that says the trial gets harder. This is when the rock obstacles come in and steep grades with large off camber ruts and switch backs. I wouldn’t suggest a stock 4x4 unless you’re okay with some body damage. I also would come early in the day. If you try it at night it would definitely be more difficult to see.

We went up the north side down the south side of the trail. Exposed rocks were pretty dug out, several 18”+ drops. Had to choose lines carefully in the sidekick but made it down without issues. We probably wouldn’t have made it up the other direction without at minimum a rear locker. I’d say 5 is a pretty true rating compared to other similar trails.

Perfect soil conditions, no snow or mud, slightly tacky surface crust. Hit a couple bonus lines this round which are fun but require at least one locker. Take a second vehicle, use a spotter, and watch your tire placement, that is key on this trail. Bad tire placement could land you on your lid very easily. Extremely windy at summit, 30mph+ constant wind velocity.

super fun trail, some very steep, rocky, deeply rutted climbs, a few very off camber sections where a spotter would be nice, really pay attention or you could end up on your side. 35" tires or larger and dual lockers strongly recommend. ran the trail clockwise, went left before the cattle yard.