Whiskers Draw

Total Miles
3.2

Elevation

1,794.64 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

3

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall

Trail Overview

This 3.3-mile trail goes west from South Elks Road, connecting to another Jeep trail that makes a loop back to South Elks Road. It goes between pinyon pine and sagebrush with big ruts running alongside the trail. It has lots of big dips and G-outs as it crosses ravines running perpendicular through the trail--you'll need high clearance for these dips. The surface is mostly dirt with some loose rock and embedded flat slab rock. A couple of small hill climbs are rockier, with small rock ledges up to a foot tall. It goes along the top of the mesa with views of the other mesas in the area. It has a shallow water crossing over Cottonwood Creek, but it's smooth across a sandy bottom. Although a lot of the trail is wider, it does have a few more narrow sections between the bushes, faint sections, and unmarked intersections. The trail is probably mostly ridden by UTVs and ATVs.

Photos of Whiskers Draw

Whiskers Draw
Whiskers Draw

Difficulty

This is a 3 difficulty for rocky steep climbs and ledges up to a foot tall.

Technical Rating

3

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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