Trail Overview

This rugged "Jeep Trail" cuts between the Calico Mountain Wilderness and the Black Rock Lake Wilderness in northeast Nevada. It connects Soldier Meadow Road to Black and Smokey Canyons before ultimately terminating at the High Rock Canyon route. It is an alternate adventure route used to connect High Rock Canyon to Black Rock playa. Traveling east to west, this trail leaves Soldier Meadow Road, passes through Jackass Flats, and then through a cattle gate just after an abandoned ranch before winding its way up to the summit and then dropping down into McConnell Canyon. It climbs over 7,000 feet at the summit and there are numerous sections of shelf roads, so this road should be avoided during winter.

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Difficulty

This is a rugged rocky two track.

Technical Rating

Joe Genshlea

May 05, 2025

Open

Very easy but very bumpy trail. Traveling from East to west expect to travel at idling speed at beginning. Trail takes about 4 hours. The west side of the trail has spectacular views.

Jacob Olsen

May 18, 2024

Open

Mike Ballz

May 18, 2024

Open

A challenging route for a novice. Long, extremely bumpy, rocky, and rutted out. We sort of stumbled onto this trail exploring around the Black Rock Desert. Headed west to east only saw one other person. Incredible route with mind blowing views. Definitely not challenging but not ‘easy’. Probably went about 10 mph most of the way.