Little Creek Mesa Trail Guide West Loop

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Little Creek Mountain
Little Creek Mountain is a flat-top mesa 18 miles east of Hurricane, 10 miles south of its more famous twin Gooseberry Mesa. Like Gooseberry, Little Creek has technical singletrack mixed with areas of open rock. There are two well-traveled interconnected loops of 10 and 6 miles. The 10-mile West Mesa loop is fairly easy to follow, but the eastern "slickrock loop" can get you lost. At 5600 feet average elevation, there's little vertical change over the course of the trail. If you're going to venture on alternative trails, we suggest you have either (A) a guide, or (B) a GPS unit and lots of time!

Ride Notes, West Mesa Loop clockwise:
0.0 Continue south on doubletrack from parking area
0.2 Singletrack forks off right, uphill and into trees
0.6 Just after crossing doubletrack, open rock on left
       trail forks here N 37° 03.821' W 113° 13.606'
       Go Left = singletrack to west edge of mesa
       (Straight = to slickrock loop counterclockwise)
1.1 Return trail comes in on right at bottom of wash
       Go straight N 37° 03.737' W 113° 13.994'
4.0 Subtle fork on rock; if you reach cliffs going south,
       go back 1/4 mile

4.2 Reach western edge of mesa, ride north along cliff
       N 37° 04.166' W 113° 15.154'
6.0 Leave cliffs to head east
8.1 Trail forks, go right to complete loop
       N 37° 04.488' W 113° 13.405'
       (Left = to slickrock loop, hard to navigate)
9.1 Trail crosses open rock canyon to your left
9.4 Join doubletrack, straight downhill
       N 37° 03.797' W 113° 13.792'
9.5 Hard left in bottom of wash, onto rock
9.9 Back at first trail fork, right uphill into trees
10.5 At parking

Getting there: On Highway 9 at the east end of Hurricane, turn south on US-59 and zero your odometer. One block later, turn left (east) and begin climbing up out of the Hurricane Valley. 13.2 miles later, turn right on gravel road. 14.1 turn right; 14.9 keep right; 16.0 keep left; 16.4 keep left; 18.5 continue straight across cattleguard; 19.5 turn right (critical turn where corral is on your left, leave the main road); 20.1 bear left. At 21.0, cross 3rd cattle guard; 21.5 road reaches slickrock, park here (GPS N 37° 03.586' W 113° 13.528'). Begin the ride by heading down the road (the singletrack forks off on the right 0.2 miles later).