Balish Road

Total Miles
2.2

Technical Rating

2

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Trail Type

Full-Width Road

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Balish Road
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Trail Overview

This is a long, winding, unmaintained dirt road with occasional muddy areas. The route provides access to the Montage Tract and joining trails. The road will not be plowed in winter. Downed trees and washouts can be expected. All vehicles must be street licensed. ATV/UTVs are not allowed on forestry roads.

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Balish Road
Balish Road

Difficulty

trail will not be plowed in winter. muddy sections on hill areas can be extremely slippery.

Technical Rating

2

Status Reports

Shawn P
Mar 02, 2025
4x4
Open
Muddy/Wet
Snow/Ice
Rough/Deteriorated
Still pretty slushy and full of ice on the shaded parts. The hill climb is just pure ice with a little trail sticking through. If you try to head down towards ore mine you’ll need heavy clearance it gets pretty rutted with a lot of loose large rocks. Other than that just a few occasional deep mud ruts that you don’t expect.
Josh Doyle
Mar 01, 2025
4x4
Open
Muddy/Wet
Snow/Ice
Still has snow/slush on the hill climb and higher points. Lots of soft muddy spots. There is a small deep soft spot that comes out of no place. Be careful.
Joe Rogers
Feb 05, 2025
Open
Snow/Ice
ICE! Some trail starting to peek through. Hill are slippery.
Nick Fisher
Jan 05, 2025
4x4
Open
Normal
Snow/Ice
Trail was clear with some ice spots but nothing crazy. My stock Tacoma Trd Off-road had no issue and really didn’t need 4wd.

Access Description

Entrance is a non marked dirt road off State Route 307 on the right just passed the intersection of 307 and Simmerson Road "abandoned".small parking area at entrance.

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