Red Creek

[Hackle]

That is a great trail! When I had my 88 Bronco I set up the adopt-a-trail for this with my club the AZ 4x4 Explorers. At that time we were told it was ready for Wilderness designation. I went out to the trail a couple years ago with Woody and we had a great time. That would be a great trail for the AZVJC to Adopt-a-trail. I would be willing to contact the Forest Service if I get enough people interested.
Jim F. BTW the club that adopted it is dead.

[Nnote]

It's one of those areas though, where I'm not sure enough people know about it in order for it to be trashed and needing to be adopted. Also adoption might lead to more people in the "know" and the area being trashed. Hm, what to do?
Nick

[Hackle]

Both items are very true. You made a couple good points.
Jim F.

[blackeyedt]

Roughly, without giving anything away, where and what is this trail !!

[Stu Olson]

It lies a ways north east of Phoenix and runs into the Verde River. Anyone with a good set of topos should be able to locate it.

[Hackle]

It is a 3.5 to 4.0 trail down to a nice camp spot. The trail is about 3.5 miles long no real rock crawling. It is located with in the Tonto National Forest.
Jim F.

[DougB]

Originally posted by blackeyedt
Roughly, without giving anything away, where and what is this trail !!

You can get to it three ways. Take I-17 to Bloody Basin Rd, and take that east....or go to Seven Springs, and take that trail north a ways, until you get to Bloody Basin Rd, then head east...or cross the verde at Sheep Bridge and take the trail on the west side of the river (past the hot springs, and that turns into Bloody Basin.

[Desertjeep]

Red Creek is about 30 miles from I17. The Bloody Basin road is kept well however you should not be on this trail in heavy rain. There are a couple of spots where some yahoos tore up the road because it was wet. You do reach an altitude of ~4800 feet so at this time of year you could get snowed in.

From Sheeps Crossing to Bloody Basin Road is 12 miles of bumpy, bolt loosening, wire chafing unkept road.

[Nnote]

From Sheeps Crossing to Bloody Basin Road is 12 miles of bumpy, bolt loosening, wire chafing unkept road. [/B]

YA! I'll second that!!! Last two times I have been out there, I had to turn around and go home because of some kind of jolt and vibration damage. Lost bolts, damaged radiator, exhaust pipe ripped open. And that's before I hit the main trail I was heading to.
You can go there through 7springs also. A nice scenic ride but damn, make sure your bolts are tight and your shocks are in good shape.
Nick

[Linda]

Uhmm.... It might be closed. This trail was scheduled to be closed a couple of years ago. Something to do with cattle and endangered fish, but I think the real reason was sunbathing. There is a rafting company that uses this part of the Verde and there's a landing strip just off the creek near the Verde. I think those people had the influence to get this trail closed so they could have a private place on the river.

[Desertjeep]

Originally posted by Linda
It might be closed.

It is not closed. But the side trails are.

Please note that this is a small area. I think more then 5 jeeps on a weekend would be overcrowding the trail.

[Linda]

Okay. I stand corrected. I thought it was closed for good.

Thanks