Trail Overview

Poverty Gulch is a fun ride with a variety of obstacles. For this reason, the trail has been separated into shorter segments to highlight the different areas. This trail is adjacent to the beautiful Zion National Park's eastern and southern boundaries. The upper portion is a relatively flat Forest Service Road that starts the descent into the drainage for the East fork of the Virgin River. The road wanders through beautiful Cypress pines and colored hillsides. At the end of this section is a short side trail that takes you to an overlook that provides some great picture-taking opportunities and shows where you're headed.

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Difficulty

This section of the trail is approximately 1 1/2 lanes wide with most of it easily navigable by most higher clearance vehicles. There are some narrow areas with over hanging trees so wider vehicles may get some scratches and there are rocks to be avoided that can cause damage to vehicles.

Technical Rating

Doug Turnquist

Dec 26, 2023

Open

The first section of this trail I would rate a 2. No 4x4 required. The second portion of this trail is much more difficult (see that trail report)

Warren Chick

Mar 18, 2023

Open