“Swell Cure” ATV Trail

On Thursday my dad got new back tires for his atv and so we had to go and test them on Saturday.

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Our staging area was the turn off to the recently reclaimed MK Tunnels. After a short stop, we continued our ride. Soon we were following the rim of Little Holes Canyon. Near the head of Little Holes is two pinnacles named The Conquistadors.

This trail winds along the rim of Little Holes Canyon, Calf, Cow, and Pine Canyon. Here we are at on unamed canyon looking down into Buckhorn Wash.

Calf Canyon Overlook

This was a fun trail with some exciting hill climbs. The new tires worked fine and it was great to have a sunny weekend for a change.

Crawford Draw

The weather report for the weekend predicted rain, so on Saturday I stayed home until about 4 and then went ATV riding. I figured today would be the same, no rain. We left to hike Crawford Draw.

After looking in, we noticed a lot of water.

I hiked in the canyon for a short distance alone and then everyone joined me.

We went a short way going around potholes until we ran into a long deep pool. So we backtracked and climbed out.

After climbing out, there were 3 pronghorn watching us. We started making noise and the antelope started making noises back. This was second time I have heard an antelope, the first was a couple years ago when one was stuck in a fence. We cut the fence and watched him run off.

We rim walked all the way to the Reid Nelson Draw. Along the way we found some small geodes. No pics of the rocks.

Summit 42 has taken an awesome picture of the small arch.
After meeting up with Reid Nelson Draw, we turned around and headed back home, vowing to return again.

Devil’s Back Bone Coal Mine

When I first got my 300 atv I rode up this road a short ways and turned around. Well on Saturday my dad and I drove up as far as we could then hiked the rest of the way.

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A short ways from the last gas well the road becomes atv only.

After a couple switchbacks the trail gets washed out but some other people have laid a borad across to get past. We didn’t dare go across so we had to hike the rest of the way.

After a couple more switchbacks is the coal mine. It is an interesting place.

After spending some time at the mine, we were off home along the rocky trail and waiting at home was a cold Mountain Dew and a slice of pizza.

West Cedar Mountain

My little brother and I went for a short atv ride today. We started out near the Buckhorn Reservoir and head up the Mountain Dew Trail to find a geocache. The trail started out easily enough but then started getting steeper in parts. On a lot of the hill climbs my tires would spin out so we went only as far as the sweet spot and stopped. It was then a short hike to the geocache. This was my 300th cache.

View from the cache

After turning around, there was still a lot of day remaining so we followed a road and drove into Bull Hollow. The riding here was easy. We went only drove to Staker Spring and turned around.

Today’s ride was a short one but with a little excitement thrown in. Someday I will return and finish the trail.