Haystack Creek Trail #55

Routt National Forest

Available for hiking, biking, and horseback riding, the 5.8 mile Haystack Creek Trail lies within the Troublesome Area. The steepest part of Haystack Creek Trail is at it's beginning. Following a number of switchbacks as it drops in elevation, Haystack Creek Trail passes across a talus slope until the valley widens in the meadow. Haystack Creek Trail climbs above the creek where it passes 2 smaller creeks, before ending 2 miles up the Middle Fork Trail from Troublesome Creek Trail.

Parking at the Troublesome Pass trailhead is limited as it is not suitable for horse trailers or passenger cars. Horse trailers normally park along FR 106 just before going uphill to the intersection with FR 730. Or trailers park at the intersection of FR 106 & 730.