Soda Creek Logging Camp

Total Miles
18.2

Elevation

1,773.37 ft

Duration

2 Hours

Technical Rating

2

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

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Soda Creek Logging Camp
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Trail Overview

From the Highway 4 side, this all-day adventure is on ungraded logging roads. They still log here on these roads, so please drive slowly and be aware of logging trucks possibly coming at you. You will drive on pavement and then it turns to deep dust that is rocky in some spots but nothing too hard. A basic pickup or higher-clearance vehicle can make it from the Highway 108 side. This road is closed after the first snowfall.

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Soda Creek Logging Camp
Soda Creek Logging Camp

Difficulty

The trail is very easy. A basic pickup or higher-clearance vehicle can make it from the Highway 108 side.

History

This was part of the Sugar Pine Railway when the steam trains would come up and get logs from Soda Creek Camp.

Technical Rating

2

Status Reports

Olive X
May 25, 2024
4x4
Temporarily Closed
Seasonal Closure
Dennis Cox
Jan 07, 2024
4x4
Temporarily Closed
Seasonal Closure
Closed Gate
Posted Sign
Closed off 108 after small snow fall
Brian Rank
Aug 08, 2023
2014 Ford F-Series
Open
Normal
Dingus Ball
Jul 22, 2023
4x4
Open
Muddy/Wet

Access Description

From Highway 108, drive up to the Beardsley Reservoir, turn off, drive all the way to the dam and across the dam, and up through the Peeled Onion. From the Highway 4 side, (Dorrington, Sourgrass, FS5N02), it takes at least 4 hours. From the Highway 108 side (Beardsley Road, down to the reservoir and past the BSA camp), it is roughly 1-2 hours.

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