Cheese and Raisins

Total Miles
3.9

Elevation

1,764.02 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

3

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall

Trail Overview

This is a narrower Jeep trail on dirt, through sagebrush and pinyon pine in the Cheese and Raisins Hills. The trail is less trafficked, with ruts and washouts on the side of the trail to watch out for. It has some slab rock and a couple of steeper loose downhills that are full of loose rocks, making it a bit harder. It has primitive sections that are more faint and overgrown where you can easily get off track, but there are still enough tracks to follow it through. It dips down low for ravine crossings where you need high clearance. There's also one small rock ledge under a foot tall. The south end of the trail starts on South Elks Road, and it makes a loop up north to 274 Shumway Mines Road, crossing several other unmarked intersections throughout the 4-mile trail.

Photos of Cheese and Raisins

Cheese and Raisins
Cheese and Raisins

Difficulty

This is a 3 difficulty for a couple of steeper sections of loose rock, rock slab, narrow spots, ruts and washouts, and primitive route finding.

Technical Rating

3

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Access Description

The Butler Wash/Brushy Basin area is off of Highway 95 west of Blanding, Utah. There's an extensive network of dirt roads to explore off of South Elks Road that is used for camping, OHV use, and hunting access. This area is less frequently trafficked on a mix of BLM and Utah State Trust Land. It's a high desert terrain that can see extreme heat in the summer and snow in the winter, so it is best in fall and spring.

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