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Beaver Side Trail
The town of Beaver sits on the far south western corner of the Paiute
ATV Trail system on interstate 15 and is the closest trail head
for riders coming from Las Vegas or southern California .The town
gets its name from the thousands of beaver found in the river and
mountain streams. Beaver has several designated ATV routes within
the city limits and the city has signed these routes. Riders are
able to access the Paiute ATV Trail by trail 05 northeast of Beaver
roughly following the lower portion of North Creek, then ascends
to the north of Johnson Peak and reaches 9800 feet near Bakers peak
before descending into Lousy creek, crossing Hwy 153 an connects
with the trail 01 near Three Creeks lake near where the 01 trail
crosses Hwy 153, approximately 18 miles from the city limits. Trail
05 can be challenging for intermediate riders.
Alternately, trail 68 leaves Beaver to the south and follows South
Creek Road for about 10 miles where it enters the canyon at 7600
feet and climbs rapidly to over 10,200 feet with several tight switchbacks
and narrow ledges over the next 5 miles and then descends to Anderson
Meadow reservoir, where trail 68 ends at forest road 137. The east
end of trail 68 is rated most difficult. Road 137 is closed to ATV
traffic. There are primitive campgrounds available at the reservoir.
The trail becomes 67 and continues north for 2.5 miles where 67
ends at trail 88 near round Flat. You have choice to follow trail
88 to the north across the flats until you cross East Fork just
before the stream drops into the Beaver River, climb to the Strawberry
Flat and connect with trail 05 at Three Creeks reservoir. This section
of 88 is 5.2 miles from trail 67 to trail 05. Your other choice
is to follow trail 88 to the south 4.3 miles past Lebaron Lake and
connect with the mail Paiute Trail 01 at Betenson Flat just at the
top of Wades Canyon. The Beaver side trails are visual feast and
rock hounders paradise. To make the loop from Beaver up 05 and down
68 or vice versa would take about 6 hours and could be extended
to include trails 29 and 27 around Puffer lake which can easily
add 2 more hours to your trip.