Black Canyon OHV Trail

Well I Have to say this is a beautiful trail and would be real good trail to bring out friends that are newish to 4x4 wheeling. Now I would have to say that the trail for the most part is easy. The area between way point 14-15 is more difficult then the trail rating of 3. The steep angle of the trail and the large boulders that high center your rig are concerning. There are 3 hard areas inside way point 14-15 that will hang up rig and make this trail harder then noted. I also ran this trail south to north alone and that might have also given me a little more anxiety about the difficulty of the area. All in all a great trail and a must do to see the views. I would say running this trail from North to south would make the treble spots easer with gravity on your side.

Combined this with Little Pan and Indian Fort for an interesting midday drive. After Slate Creek, it definitely became "difficult"; I learned a lot going through this section about the abilities of my JK setup. I avoided most of the pin striping by going slow and angling more....until Slate Creek and after....nothing a good buff job shouldn't be able to pull out.

Fun desert hill trail. Definitely overgrown so you’ll here the scratches lol. But awesome winding trail that goes on for a while.

My daughter and I ran this from south to north today on my 2021 Royal Enfield Himilayan. Got hairy in a few spots, the large rocky climb was a bit more then I wanted to deal with but got the bike through. Really pretty trail.

What a great trail! One section was a bit more on the "difficult" side than expected but a total blast to run. There were a few ass pucker moments but that just made it more fun. Total run time including a couple of pit stops and lunch was almost 4 hours. Now, something I learned about this trail is the proper etiquette is to run from south to north, which we did, starting at Table Mesa Rd. and ending in the northern part of Black Canyon City. Most of this trail is very narrow with NO ROOM to turn around or pull off to the side if you meet someone coming from the other direction.

Just ran this Trail on Friday, scoping it out for a possible jamboree. I had previously attempted this trail from the north and ran about a third of it. There were no major issues with the trail, the rock garden was cool, the scenery was awesome, and I really enjoyed the trail. Thank you for recording this on Trails Offroad road. You can see my video of our trip below.

Ran this trail last night. The trail has been washed out bad due to the heavy rains. Extreamly heavy rock and large ruts. Rocks to 35"s on the steep sluice sections. 2 VERY dangerous side hill sections that carry a large risk of rollover for vehicles. Thick overgrown brush and cactus ensure heavy pin striping even on a side by side. I ran this trail 6 months ago and it is twice as difficult now as it was back then. Vehicles attempting this trail should have at LEAST: -33" Tires with good beefy sidewalls and a good spare. (Plug kit strongly advised) -Quality suspension lift with good articulation and travel. (4" lift or greater....) -At least 1 FULL LOCKER is either axle. DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS TRAIL ALONE! I cant stress this enough. There are no bypasses....very few spots safe to attempt to turn around..and no early ways out. The most difficult section is a uphill sluice thats about 3/4 of a mile long and on a 20 degree incline. It is strewn with rocks exceeding 30" high and there is only one line you can attempt due to a cliff on your left and a wall on your right. Tire placement is critical here. As well as moderate diff clearance. There are some small trees to winch off of if nesessary. The Slate creek wash crossing is before the difficult section if you started at table mesa. If you are uncomfortable with the climb up out of the wash or any other section of the trail you have traveled up to this point....NOW IS THE TIME TO TURN AROUND. It gets much more difficult after this point and much more dangerous.