Beaver Side Trail
#05 or 68w.
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.
