Chall Creek

Another ride in the foothills of the Wyoming Range.  Accessed from the Merna North Beaver Road.  A pleasant ride with sagebrush hills, forests, meadows, a couple of small water features and some vistas of the mountains. Recommend a guide so that the correct turn offs are taken.  We encountered cattle when we rode here in August.  (UPDATE:  AS OF SEPT. 29, 2018,  from what I can tell from the Roosevelt fire maps, about 95% of the areas in the photos on this post have been burned.)

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Approximate directions from Pinedale.

The parking area is a clearing on the left side of the road just into the Forest Service Boundary.

We rode this on August 28, 2017. Mileage=10.5; Elevation=7,877-8,701';  Ascent/descent=1,030'  Trail conditions: Some rocky, gravelly roads. The worst parts were on the upper portion on the left side of the track photo.  Beautiful scenery, but the rocky forest service road caused a struggle for our barefoot horses.  Boots next time!  About 60% dirt on the rest of the trail.  The portion circled in Yellow could be ridden as about an 8 mile loop.

This track started out on a slightly gravelly road for about a mile.

Just off of the "loop" winding our way up to the forest service road.

View of Hoback Peak.

Part of the old forest service road.  It doesn't look that rocky, but it is.

An important junction where the "turn off" joins back into the Loop.