Badger Creek

the top the you could avoid that area by using sand road as a shortcut...bit the top part that had some ice and rutts with some fresh snow...it was slightly more difficult than a 2/3 but probably just because of the ice and snow... otherwise just rocky and narrow

Trail was great! Definitely more difficult than a 3, but still very manageable. Lots of fun with lots of different terrain. Rocks, dry river bed, mountain dirt road, loose rock, short water crossing. Be careful coming down from the sand gulch direction around the mountain past the power lines, all loose rock and steep descents. Very tight trail at times! Tundra got some nice pinstripes from it✊🏽 if you can, at the end of the trail before following it all the way back to the highway to the Wellsville area, turn left and try to follow the Arkansas River, you get some really fun tight terrain there and awesome river views. Great trail! I’ll take the GX next time… 🤣

This was our second trail we did on our trip to Colorado. We took it as we had done one other 3 level, Phantom Canyon, and that was an easy dirt road with a few very small ledges. Mini vans and cars were on the trail. Badger Creek however, was far more challenging and difficult than Phantom Canyon. Lots of wash outs, dried up river and creek beds full of huge rocks and such. My stock 23 Taco made it with no issues, but the reason for this report is due to this trail being FAR more challenging than the other level 3 we did, plus no where near as many vehicles could do it. Unfortunately I was focused on driving and wife on navigating, so no pics. Sorry. FWIW, there is a point when you are on a BLM route on this trail and have the optin of climbing a steep rocky grade or a dirt trail. We thought the hill was our path, so I climbed it. Scary in my new truck, and when we got to the top, realized the dirt path was the easy way up. HAHAHA! I was proud we took the hard way and made it. LFG!!!!!!!!!

This was a nice drive with some beautiful views of the area. Seems to be mainly an access route to some of the large power line towers running through. There was typical loose rock and narrow hillside trail. A cut through is there at Sand Gulch rd(blm#), it is more rutted but a lot less rocky. That does cut through private property so stay the trail. Seems the owners have placed a lot of signs to let you know. A few good places to camp dispersed. We encountered some locals doing target practice, friendly and safe. This is easily passable by most vehicles and is a stretch to label this 3, but figured error on the side of caution.