Spearfish Mountain

Total Miles
5.1

Elevation

1,722.15 ft

Duration

Technical Rating

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Trail Overview

Spearfish Mountain is one of the three peaks that make up the mountains surrounding Spearfish. It is the only one accessible by off road vehicles. A short drive down Christensen Drive will lead you to the trail head. From here there is one main shot up to the top with a few different spurs off the main trail, but all meet back up at some point. From the top on a clear day you can see Bear Butte, Crow Peak, and Spearfish Canyon. This is a great short ride at sunset to have scenic views of the canyon.

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Difficulty

Easy riding with gravel roads. After heavy rains or snow, it can be somewhat challenging with washed out areas.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

FYI south side of trail is gated off. Very nice trail! Is getting washed out but our Stock Sasquatch Bronco handled it just fine. We had a little run in with a short heavy rain storm that made for good memories! I think we had about 1.5-2hrs on the trail because of the south gate being closed. Did see a couple deer along the way. The Spearfish Hiking trail was also a nice break.

Trail to the top is open and mostly dry some deep water and mud crossings, lots of wildlife, the side spurs most were open very rough and some spurs were blocked by tree fall so depending on the side spurs you choose. Over all I love this ride easy and lots of wildlife absolutely gorgeous this time of year.

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