Piru OHV Trail - Los Padres National Forest
Trail Distance 7.82 Miles

Submitted Trail Reports

Piru OHV Trail Survey - 12-31-2022 - by Los Padres Forest Association

Link:	Piru OHV Trail
Date:	12-31-2022
Surveyor Name:	Los Padres Forest Association
Trail description:	As part of a LPNF OHV grant, the LPFA Trail Crew spent over a month working on the eastern part of the Piru Creek Trail. We rebuilt failed retaining walls and brushed the trail to the second creek crossing. Really pretty part of the forest. Go check it out!
Mode of transport:	Array
Trail condition:	Needs some work
Images:	Reparing the old destroyed landing mat cribwalls. Work completed on this particular section. Another section of landing mat wall repaired.

Piru OHV Trail Survey - 06-15-2018 - by Ryan Dee

Link:	Piru OHV Trail
Date:	06-15-2018
Surveyor Name:	Ryan Dee
Trail description:	Some areas are overgrown, you can still follow just fine, but bush-whacking.  Fun trail, with plenty of technically challenging and/or narrow sections.  There are several areas that are quite overgrown... would be good to spend a few days in there cutting back some bushes...Â
Mode of transport:	O.H.V.
Trail condition:	Needs some work
Condition details:	Some areas are overgrown, you can still follow just fine, but bush-whacking

Piru OHV Trail Survey - 11-14-2016 - by Oh Three

Link:	Piru OHV Trail
Date:	11-14-2016
Surveyor Name:	Oh Three
Trail description:	Piru Creek trail, 20W07 is actually a good backpacking or day hike trail, especially in the Winter after the other access roads are closed for Lockwood Valley, Alamo Mountain, etc. There are some of those annoying long up and down bumps that you find on motorcycle trails. You can access 20W07 year around on Gold Hill road through Hungry Valley OHV. It's 4.8 miles from start to Sunset Camp. See separate review. Then another 1.9 miles to junction with Stone House trail. I haven't done the last segment to Halfmoon Camp. The trail is wonderful to Sunset (very slightly overgrown in parts), and then good to Stonehouse trail. Right after Sunset Camp, there's a wash from the north that basically wipes out the trail. Do NOT follow gypsy motorcycle trail up the mountain. That knucklehead just looped around, u-turned, and came back. Just cross the wash on your own, then head downhill to the brush along the creek to find the trail again. The trail is obvious once you cross that wash. From Sunset to Stonehouse it's good, all the fallen trees have been cut away. The trail leaves the creek a few times but it's not hard to follow. You have the giant pines in there. Jeffrey pines? Beautiful rock cliffs. Little or no water right now. Fill up at Lockwood Creek at Sunset Camp, which is flowing strong. I've taken Boy Scouts from Gold Hill to Sunset each of past 2 years, and it's well received. *Easy* enough for the youngest, and wild scenic and varied enough for the older Scouts. There were fresh mountain lion prints, and I've seen them twice in the past on this trail. Cuidado!
Mode of transport:	Hike
Trail condition:	Good shape and easy to follow
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