West Brush Creek Road

West Brush Creek Road is a spectacular and varied road that provides excellent camping, off-roading, mountain biking, hiking, and dirt biking opportunities, all of which get to take in the beautiful scenery the area has to offer. The road is fairly rough, rutty, and rocky the entire length, with several muddy sections users should be cautious of. With careful line selection, most stock 4WD high clearance vehicles should be able to make it to the end of the trail without much issue. Camping along West Brush Creek Road is restricted to eight designated sites only, and all sites are clearly marked with numbered signage.

The road starts by branching off from Brush Creek Road/Pearl Pass and climbing up a sometimes steep shelf road with some rocky, rutted, and mild off-camber sections. Vehicles with moderate or high clearance will not struggle with this section but may need to consider the line selection carefully, depending on the capabilities of the vehicle. After climbing the shelf road, the first of several marked and designated campsites along this road (WB 1) is visible.

The road continues on rough dirt with some short rocky sections until it reaches a fork, with Deer Creek Road (FS 7582) branching off to the left and West Brush Creek Road continuing on to the right. Stay right at the fork and continue on until eventually reaching campsite WB 2. Shortly after WB 2, there is a rutted and muddy section of road that marks the hardest section of this road. If this section gives you pause, you are not advised to continue, as there are several other sections of the trail later on that have similar difficulty.

Shortly past the muddy section, a short spur road branches off to the right, heading down into a clearing near the river where campsites WB 3, 4, and 5 are located. Stay straight past the spur as the road descends gently towards the river. A small turnaround area marked with a no camping sign is where the road turns right and, depending on seasonal flow, may involve driving up the flowing creek bed for about one-tenth of a mile. While the creek bed is not particularly difficult or deep, this section is committing, with very little opportunity to turn around and short sight lines of where the creek goes. If water levels are high, exercise caution in this area and consider scouting on foot if safe to do so.

After exiting the creek, campsite WB 6 is directly to the right. From here on out, the road continues to climb past a variety of obstacles, including short, rocky climbs, mild off-camber rutted roads, muddy sections, and water crossings. Most obstacles are relatively short-lived and are similar in difficulty to the muddy section after WB 2. However, the frequency of obstacles progressively increases the further up the trail you go. There are also a couple of other designated campsites (WB 7 and 8) before the trail ends at the trailhead for the Teocalli Mountain Trail (No. 554). This trail is popular with mountain bikers and dirt bikers, many of whom will ride West Brush Creek Road as well. Please be considerate of the variety of trail users in this area.