Trail Overview

This road accesses the Palouse to Cascades, or Iron Horse trail, as well as a number of other trailheads and forest service roads. While the main road is relatively tame, there is a small 4x4 area with some fun climbs and obstacles ranging from mild to wild, that are great for beginners to test out a new vehicle or practice their spotting and driving abilities. Bring along an extra trash bag and help do your part to leave this place better than you found it, as many have abused this privilege in the past. The road is closed in winter and is often covered in snow in early spring and late fall.

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Difficulty

The road is well maintained, besides the abundance of potholes.

Technical Rating

Dominique Cameron

Dec 28, 2025

Open

H J

Nov 22, 2025

Open

Easy scenic trail, honestly a car could do it if you drove carefully. Good beginner trail, a handful of other people out there.

Tyler Wilcox

Oct 22, 2025

Open

Went up to watch the sunrise. Beautiful view as always

Andreas Kaltsounis

Oct 10, 2025

Open

Stacked rocks blocking the trail about a 1/4 way in.

Tyler Wilcox

Jul 23, 2025

Open

I went out super early. I think I got there at 4 am. To go watch the sunrise. Easy trial. Kinda rough the further you go but it’s not that bad. Always a fun little spot to go on and just try some rough stuff. My stock lx fully flexed out basically.

Tyler Wilcox

Apr 22, 2025

Open

Tyler Wilcox

Mar 27, 2025

Open

amazing view as always, in a previous report I made, I talked about going further up past, minecreek. I went to about 2900 ft before I turned around Becuase there was some very slick snow drifts and didn’t wanna do anything stupid because I was by myself. That upper section is definitely a level 3 very similar to minecreek.

stacy w

Jan 27, 2025

Open

One spot with a tad bit of ice but nothing bad. Conditions were fine otherwise.Good trail for a newb like me to throw on 4 low and get a feel for it. Just did the short Garcia route no Mine Creek.

Tyler Wilcox

Jan 07, 2025

Open

Never got a pic of it but. It looks like a grader smoothed out the trail till the closed off power line trail. Same as normal no snow on the ground just solid frozen ground some icy spots before the shooting range on the hill after mine creek turn off so watch out.

Tyler Wilcox

Dec 30, 2024

Open

No snow on the main part of the trail. Maybe little bit here and there but it’s just slush. If you were to go up to mine creek and didn’t turn right and followed the “main road” left And you keep going up. Snow starts about 2400-2500 feet didn’t go up much further Becuase they are pretty steep and I’ve never been up there before so we turned around.

Tyler Wilcox

Dec 23, 2024

Open

I was with cousins didn’t take any pics. No snow up there right now.

Tyler Wilcox

Dec 17, 2024

Open

Went about half way up. Becuase I just got my lights put on by mule. And stopped half way up Becuase well I didn’t feel comfortable driving in the snow on these steep roads. I stopped before the big hill after the shooting range. Snow was no more than 1.5”

Tyler Wilcox

Dec 09, 2024

Open

Little bit of snow. the look out at the power lines is pretty muddy and getting kinda rutted up nothing to crazy tho trails same as it was last time

Tyler Wilcox

Nov 26, 2024

Open

Clear all the way to the end same as normal besides a couple of trimmed trees. The turn off to go to mine creek has a tree over it but I was short enough to drive under it. It’s still blocked further up tho.

Tyler Wilcox

Oct 15, 2024

Open

Trail was very wet had no issues with mud. there was incredible dense fog up there(last picture shows the view from between the power lines). Same as last time saw a couple people who spent the night up there.