K-Trail

Dry conditions, high ground clearance is necessary. We did this in a high-clearance 2WD half ton, dragged a frame rail once and knocked the hitch a few times. Wet conditions would have been much more difficult. We saw on Subaru that appeared to be leaving, one motorcycle, and two SXS groups over 22 hours. A few mud holes with hard bottoms, several washed out sections. We started from the west, north of Three Sticks. The first seven or eight miles are well graded, then after you pass a group of houses, the trail gets rougher, rockier, narrower and steeper, and is a lot of fun. The scenery is excellent and includes a long tunnel of trees. Maybe a half dozen decent campsites and one perfect one. Very enjoyable trip that we will take again.

This trail is rated a 2-3 on difficulty, but I would rate it a 7 for pin striping due to overground trees onto the trail.

Entered the K-Trail on the south end off of Zafra road. Today was dry except for a few water holes along the way. I think there are a lot of misconceptions about this trail. This is a very old trail (not a beginner trail) and gets no maintenance of any sort on a lot of it. there is some areas that have been graded in the last couple of days, but not much! the south end is 25 miles to hwy 259 at 3 Sticks Monument. It takes 5 hours to complete with minimal stopping. 75% of it is very rough terrain and could damage a stock unit. Not recommended to run this alone, even with a lot of experience, to us this is an awesome trail and a group can have a lot of fun. If you have any questions, look me up on Facebook at Gray Wolf Adventures and shoot me a message.

West of 3 sticks trail is graded with small rock gardens reaching 6 inches high. East of 3 Sticks the trail is graded tell you pass the private homes. After the house’s expect rock gardens reaching 20 inches high,ledges and drop offs the trail is washed out and does not have a lot of spots to turn around. Brush is very heavy pin striping is inevitable. Still very fun and technical.