Off-road trails near Lake Almanor

While playing around with my GPS, the Garmin Nuvi 750, I noticed that there were a couple a paved roads that led to a number of unmarked roads on the mountain to the south of our campsite. Jennifer and I jumped into the Xterra and headed up the mountain. Eventually we reached a parking lot at the end of the road. From there an unpaved trail headed up the mountain. We followed this trail until we came to the top and found 4 different trails that branched off from the mail trail. We went back down to camp to tell some others about the trails and decided we would return later in the afternoon.

Most of the trails were very easy flat trails.



Some had obstables that needed to be moved or modified




Along one trail, we found this old wreck



The problem with many of these trails is that most had dead ends like this.



This dead end may not look very difficult, but had I gotten a better angle, you could see that there was no way to pass. Trees were in the way and the rut in the lower part of the photo overtook what was the trail. I wish these roads were better documented.

Overall it was fun and it was my Xterra's first off road experience. Now that I know these trails exist, I will be better prepared next time. I'll post the GPS info for these trails later.