Trail Overview

This trail provides a scenic alternative to 150 when driving up through the Uintas. Running along the foothills of Pitt and Paige Hill as well as Haystack Mountain, this well-maintained mild dirt road is easily traversable in the summer by most vehicles. The trail is dotted with more challenging turn-offs as well as numerous camping spots, making this a great area to explore dispersed camping options. Other views feature small lakes with beaver dams or similar.Most crossover vehicles with AWD should have no trouble with the entire length of this trail, and even sedans should be fine on either end relatively close to the highway. Do watch for the weather though, as there are some low spots that can have water running across the trail after a major rainfall. The trail is also closed during the winter and is not plowed to open it up in the spring.

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Difficulty

Barring weather, this trail is very easy. Portions of the road are definitely graded on a regular basis.

Technical Rating

Kyle Stewart

Jul 04, 2026

2021 Toyota Tacoma

Open

NormalDusty

Trail was in great shape, but a capable vehicle is required, especially if you venture off to the lakes off the trail.

Kevin Crandall

Jun 02, 2026

2023 Ford Bronco

Open

Normal

Rocky road that doesn’t require airing down but nicer ride if you do. A few wet spots and the meadows were still marshy with runoff. Beautiful ride.

Jasper off-road

Sep 27, 2025

2000 Land Rover Discovery

Open

Dusty

Easy trail but the trailsto get to the lakes get a little more challenging

Landon Herning

Sep 03, 2025

2023 Husqvarna TE150

Open

Normal

james B

Jul 17, 2025

2023 Honda Trail 125

Open

Rough/DeterioratedWashboard

the trail was very rocky on the south side with one hill almost impassable on a motorcycle.

Austin Hammer

Jul 12, 2025

Open

Dusty

Open and dusty. Mostly small rocks with some rockier parts. Traveled N-S

Gareth Martinez

Jun 21, 2025

2022 Toyota Tacoma

Open

NormalDustyRough/DeterioratedWashboard

Kevin Aguirre

Jun 15, 2025

Open

NormalDusty

Started from South to north, only saw 4 vehicles was not to Rocky did not have to air down, only went through a little stream towards the very end, went with my family, so it was safe.

Gabe Griffith

Dec 13, 2024

2020 Toyota Tacoma

Open

Snow/Ice

Some snow, the deepest was about half a foot. Currently accessible if you've got decent-sized tires. Airing down will help significantly but we didn't necessarily need to. We had 2 Toyotas on 33s, a Subaru on 31s, and a Tacoma on 32s. All were fine besides the Tacoma getting caught in the ditch on the side about a third of the way up. I think later in the year this will be very hard to access but right now quite doable.

Eric Gonzalez

Sep 20, 2024

2017 Ford F-Series

Open

DustyRough/DeterioratedWashboard

Very rocky at parts, washboards, probably better to go north-south instead of south-north. Not too many people

Nathan Brown

Sep 14, 2024

2006 Chevrolet Suburban

Open

Normal

Never noticed this road as driving over the Mirror Lake Highway. Drove up from South to North. Very easy trail, very few people towards the south. Lots of campers to the north. The “natural” feel of the forest was ruined by literally thousands of wood teepees of dead wood… which were I’m sure forest fire controls. The temperature was perfect. Windows down the majority of the drive. It got a bit rocky in some parts, But MANY large travel trailers were up on top, so not too rough to get them up there. Will probably never drive again, no big highlights to see.

Nathan Jensen

Jun 10, 2023

2019 Ford Ranger

Open

Snow/IceMuddy/WetNormal