Fourmile Area: Little Cottonwood Creek

This trail is a blast, fun carving through forest. Highly recommend. Used 4 low once downhill. 2dr JL on 37's

Made the run-up 185D (from 300 to 185) on a rainy Friday morning. The road is in good condition overall and suitable for a stock 4x4. This road is not heavily used so some of the campsites along the way are ideal to gain some solitude in the forest.

First time on this trail and a difficulty rating of 3 is spot on in my opinion. Overall an easy and fun trail with a handful of steep climbs. Would not recommend a full size due to a couple tight places including one that is fenced. Only crossed paths with a couple dirt bikes.

Considerably harder than a "3"...another popular offroad site has it rated a '5'. I'd say it's like 4.5. Narrow, twisty, some shelfs and off camber. You will cross paths with ATVs. Maybe this trail got harder from use after the initial rating. Great views and a few nice campspots. Would not recommend if towing anything.

This trail was a lot of fun. There were a couple of areas where crawling in 4LO was necessary but the majority of it is smooth with some big rolling whoops. The views in some areas were great and there were some decent campsites, too. It seemed like a popular area for people with dirt-bikes and ATVs, though.

Wet day. Muddy at two points. If following the guide it'll be an uphill mud climb. And at the end (my beginning) muddy. Great trail relatively narrow (full size might have difficulty in some spots). The view was phenomenal, even with the over cast and rain. A CVT SUV (Subaru) could do this.

Gates are open for the season. Enjoy the trail.

Really fun side trail. Definitely needed 4 low for the steep section. Camped at waypoint 8, view was incredible. Also camped down a side trail near waypoint 9. That spot is level and well maintained and also has a great view.

Closed for the season! See you in 2022!

Steep sections coming from Bald Mtn loop direction are very challenging on a large ADV bike (BMW 800 GS). I know this is not a motorcycle site, but just sharing....

Trail was dry and fun on this day. I enjoy doing this west to east after Bald Mtn Loop. I might avoid if muddy because of the steep sections. I led a small group two days in a row as part of the Overland Bound Buena Vista June Jam. No trail issues other than almost having a dirt bike for a hood ornament. The overlook spur mid-route is a great place for lunch.

Surprisingly fun trail that we took from Aspen Ridge to Bald Mountain Gulch. Trail in good condition with no issues. There are some fairly tight and twisty sections that kept it interesting. It would be especially interesting if driven when wet....especially uphill (west to east).

Visited on 05/25/19 with another lifted Subaru Forester. Trail was pretty easy going and very fun. We did run into a few rude people in Side-by-Sides who got angry at us for "not giving right-of-way" to them, being uphill traffic. Unfortunately, at the couple spots we did meet these people, it was easier for them to back down and get slightly off to the side, vs us trying to back uphill in our high-geared cars, and they did not seem to care much. While uphill traffic does have right-of-way, depending on the situation (These included), sometimes it's easier for the uphill traffic to back down. Just a friendly reminder. :) The turn out (Waypoint 8) has some spectacular views, highly recommended!

Camping at the spur at Waypoint 11. It was a large area and plenty of people can camp there with multiple rigs. Woke up to an amazing view of Mount Princeton.