Trail Overview

This trail begins at the fork off of Temple Junction. The trail crosses an airstrip that is still maintained and, rarely, used today so keep an eye out for airplanes. The trail passes the airstrips and continues down some technical switchbacks to access the San Rafael River and a large campsite. There are several campsites along the river here as well. After the airstrip, the trail turns hairy and becomes quite technical, but nothing a stock rig wouldn't be able to handle.

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Difficulty

The trail traverses down some switchbacks that are narrow, exposed, and rocky.

Technical Rating

Jason Sumsion

May 30, 2026

Open

Road was easy enough getting to the airstrip. Getting down to the river was a little more technical, but a stock high clearance vehicle should be able to handle that just fine. Turns out this is an active airstrip, I had no idea! Pretty cool watching the plane take off of that very rudimentary air strip. Too bad OnX won’t let me upload a video.