Trail Conditions

Arkansas Hills (S-Mtn) : Mostly dry.

Methodist Mountain: 

Snow, packed snow, ice, mud and dry sections in the sunny aspects.

Leaving tracks? Turn back.
Keep singletrack single.

Last Update: 1/16/26

Be prepared to turn around and pick another trail if you encounter bad mud.

RED – The trail is not open or using it may be damaging.

ORANGE – Variable conditions exist (snowy, icy, muddy, dry). Not recommended to use the trail; or use it in the morning when frozen if mud is an issue.

GREEN – Get out there!

Seasonal Closures for Wildlife

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 Closed Dec 1 – April 15: Pot O Gold, Gutz, Rainbow

(Above the Powerline Rd): Sun Up, Sol Train East and Sol Train West

Closed Dec 15 – March 15: Beaseway

Bike Skills Park

 

Dry – Go get some!

Arkansas Hills (S Mountain)

  • Backbone
  • Backside
  • Beaseway – Wildlife closure
  • Burnpile
  • Chicken Dinner 
  • Cottonwood
  • Dream On 
  • Dude Abides
  • El Duderino 
  • Frontside 
  • Hatch 
  • Hooligan 
  • Jalapeno 
  • Lil Rattler
  • Maybe 
  • North Backbone 
  • Pano 
  • Pauli 
  • Poblano 
  • Prospector 
  • Rise-N-Shine
  • Rumba
  • Rusty Lung
  • Sand Dunes 
  • Sgt Pepper 
  • Sweet Dreams 
  • Tenderfoot
  • Unkle Nazty 

Methodist Mountain

  • Columbine
  • Deadbird
  • Double Rainbow
  • Gutz – Wildlife Closure
  • Little Rainbow
  • Lost
  • Pot-O-Gold – Wildlife Closure
  • Race Track
  • Rainbow – Wildlife Closure
  • Skull
  • Sol Train East – (Above the Powerline Rd) – Wildlife Closure 
  • Sol Train West – (Above the Powerline Rd) – Wildlife Closure 
  • Solstice
  • Spartan East
  • Spartan West
  • Sun Up – (Above the Powerline Rd) – Wildlife Closure

Monarch Crest - Snow covered

  • Monarch Crest 
  • Fooses 
  • Greens Creek
  • Starvation Creek 
  • Silver Creek 

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