Hurkey Creek

Closest Major City: Idyllwild

Distance: 8.00 miles (12.87 KM)

Description:
This is the Official 24Hour course for the popular 24 hours of Adrenaline Series Race held in the area. THE LOOP: After passing thru the campgrounds, you will come to a gate you have to zig-zag thru, roughly 40yards from the gate you will make a hard switchback left onto a singletrack(tracked)...follow this up a technical climb to a fireroad, go left and keep right at the gate onto another singletrack, this will loop around and thru a huge valley, keep to the main path(tracked) After a short grunt you will come to another fireroad, go left. you will climb to a gate(unlocked)pass thru and SHUT THE GATE!!!! Shortly after you will see a huge oak tree and a faint trail to the right, here the fun starts. Take this trail to another fireroad go right and downhill, and at the "T" section make a hard left and shoot straight down to the creek. Cross and up a very technical section, then a descent much the same, keep to this trail until it comes to another "T" section and go left. After passing thru another gate(CLOSE IT!) several doubletracks lead to the road where u go right and back to where your parked....

Directions to the trail:
Hurkey Creek Campgrounds is near Idyllwild and Hemet Lake on Hiway74 about 5miles east of Mountain Center and Hiway243. Look for signs indicating the campgrounds and/or Apple Canyon Rd.