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Muddy Trail Conditions Report

The Muddy Trails Report has concluded for the season (February 1 through June 1). You can expect trails to be dry most days except immediately after a heavy rain.

Shortcutting around muddy trails greatly increases erosion and destroys vegetation. The open space properties and natural-surface (not gravel) trails listed below are the most-used and most likely to have resource damage due to use of trails that are extremely muddy. If a trail is listed in poor condition, please consider taking a trail that is in better condition.

When you do encounter mud, please go through the mud instead of widening trails. Boots and bikes clean fast, but trails take years to heal, so get muddy! Thank you for protecting your county's natural resources.

In addition to the information posted here, check the trail heads at Heil Valley Ranch, Hall Ranch and Rabbit Mountain for our new "Muddy Trails Conditions Meter" kiosks. These are updated by trail users and should have the most current conditions.

If you'd like to report significantly different conditions than are listed here, please send an email.
 

Click on the property name for this week's report:
Betasso Preserve Caribou Ranch
Hall Ranch Heil Valley Ranch
Mud Lake Rabbit Mountain
Walker Ranch  

Find these kiosks at select trailheads for the latest conditions.

 
Betasso Preserve - May 30

Link Trail – Good – Trails are dry.

Bummers Rock Trail
– Good – Trails are dry.

Canyon Loop Trail – Good – Trails are dry. 


Caribou Ranch - Closed until July 1

Hall Ranch - May 30
 

Antelope Trail (1.0 mile) – Good – Trails are dry.
 

Bitterbrush Trail (3.7 miles) – Good – Trails are dry.
 

Button Rock Trail (2.0 miles)  – Good – Trails are dry.
 

Nelson Loop Trail (2.2 miles) – Good – Trails are dry.
 

Nighthawk Trail (4.7 miles) – Good – Trails are dry.

 

Heil Valley Ranch - May 30

Lichen Loop (1.3 miles) – Good – Trails are dry.

Wapiti Trail (2.5 miles) – Good – Trails are dry.

Ponderosa Loop (2.6 miles) – Good – Trails are dry.

Wild Turkey Trail (2.9 miles) – Good – Trails are dry.
 

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Mud Lake - May 30

Lake Loop – Good – Trails are dry.

Tungsten Loop – Good – Trails are dry.

Kinnickinnick Loop – Good – Trails are dry.


Rabbit Mountain - May 30
Eagle Wind Loop Trail – Good – Trail is dry.

Indian Mesa Trail – Good – Trail is dry.

Little Thompson Overlook Trail – Good – Trail is dry.

Trailhead Main Trail – Good – Trail is dry.

 

Walker Ranch - May 30

Meyers Homestead Trail – Good/Fair – Trail is mostly dry, but soft in places and wet in still fewer places.

Walker Ranch Loop – Good/Fair – Trail is 90% dry, but has soft spots, and turf is still wet, so staying on trail is essential.

Ethel Harrold Trail – Good – Dry conditions all along the trail, with some soft, wet spots in draws and culverts.

 


Black-tailed prairie dog.

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