Welcome to the Trails Co-Op, formerly known as Redtrails.com. My goal here is to form a cooperative of trail users, mappers, and reviewers to provide everyone with the best possible trail maps and info. Since the last time you saw me I've made the site more interactive and have based it on some excellent new Google applications. Most of the data here is from governments, big and small. I'm sure every so often you'll see something that'll make you scratch your head, and when you do, please either fix it and leave your stamp on the trail's page (like wikipedia) or let me know and we'll put it in the queue. Here in Northern Arizona the flowers are in bloom and the trails are almost snow free. Enjoy the season! Ben@redtrails.com
Recently reviewed trails:
- Little Kane Creek Trail -
 - Dec 31, 1969 - My son and I hiked Little Kane today and found the trail and hike very enjoyable. It starts steep, has a nice easy section in the middle, and then ends very steep for the last half mile. The trail was in quite good shape most every where, but once in a while became a deep narrow rut due to erosion. Just before the final section of switchbacks, the trail became difficult to locate, but if you stick with it you will find it just before the final ascent. We started up the trail at 9:00, made it to the top about 12:30, and then were back to our vehicle by 2:30. It was very scenic and we enjoyed it very much. Dee and Alex - Idaho Falls, ID - Skyline Divide Trail - - Jul 05, 2010 - My wife and two dogs headed up the trail at 2:00pm. The clouds were lingering with a slight drizzle. About a half mile in there was a small tree down. Hit the snow pack at 1 mile. Popped out of the trees onto the ridge after two hours. Hung out for few then headed back down. Didn’t see a single soul till just above the parking lot. Still lots of snow.
- Blue Jay Mine Trail - - Jun 13, 2010 - This trail, as of my hike of it, was significantly overgrown in many areas with various brush and, more importantly, copious amounts of poison oak. Additionally, there were several trees down across the trail, though they were relatively easy to cross or bypass.
The view from the ridge was nice and once we were down to the creeks, it was quite pleasant. There were no particularly established camp sites to be found, though a fire ring had been built in a decent area which we used ourselves. There were no other hikers the entire weekend that I was aware of.
If the trail were clear, this would be a relatively easy hike and generally recommended, but the amount of effort spent avoiding the poison oak and pushing through the brush made it generally not worth it.
- Rock Candy West - - Dec 31, 1969 - Trail is passable. Better off going down rather than up the trail. Trail needs some work.
- Nambe Lake Trail - - Jun 10, 2010 - This trail is very difficult to follow since there are half a dozen variations of it thanks to the abundance of user trails. Chances are you will make it to the lake as long as you can hear the stream. Hundreds of beautiful waterfalls to be seen in the spring as the stream cascades down this steep canyon, which is really the highlight of the trail in my opinion. This lake is too shallow to support a fish population and supports a very healthy mosquito hatch! The huge spring above the far end of the lake is worth exploring.
- Cherry Creek Trail - - Dec 31, 1969 - I have walked about half of this trail numerous times, and it is quite enjoyable. I almost got run over by a mountain biker or 2, but we share pretty well! JK
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