Trail 1

Total Miles
1.2

Elevation

1,642.07 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

2

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall

Trail Overview

Trail 1 is a 1.3-mile loop off of South Elks Road. It's a narrower Jeep trail on hardpack dirt, between small bushes and pinyon pine on a gravelly surface. It joins up with a wider Jeep road as it makes a loop. The surface of the trail is mostly dirt, but it has some embedded slab rock, one section that is more uneven on the slab, and larger loose rocks. It's pretty narrow in spots with branches sticking out but is wide enough for a Jeep. It's rutted in spots down the middle of the trail. You get nice views of the Abajo Mountains and it goes around a mine.

Photos of Trail 1

Trail 1
Trail 1

Difficulty

This is a 2 difficulty for narrowness, a rocky surface at times, and ruts, but there are no ledges or obstacles.

Technical Rating

2

Status Reports

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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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