Gunsight Trail
Difficulty level: intermediate to advanced (red)
Elevation gain/drop: 1195 feet
Distance covered: approximately 3 ¼ miles from the bridge to end

            This is a technically challenging trail from start to finish either way traveled. This two way trail is
easiest accessible via the Bitter Creek bridge. Go through the parking lot of Zumbrennan Tire on the cast
Side, where you will cross onto Union Pacific property service road. Head East on the service road towards
the bridge ( you can see the bridge from most places in town or where the Green River bends South against
the hills). Cross the bridge and head uphill on an unimproved road. You will climb several steep shelves
towards the ridgeline. The road turns into an ATV trail near the bridge. Turn right at the rock cairn marker
and follow the trail around the ridge then South to the bowl area. Here the trail forks. Head left through
the ‘Rock Garden’ and look for another rock cairn marker at the next fork. Head right towards the ‘Bowl”
and then slightly left. The single track trail is faint here but look for it to wind up into the ‘Bowl’,
actually, an old abandoned mine (the shaft has long been buried). Several rock cairns mark the trail here
and the trail is fairly technical. Your next landmark is the well defined ATV trail just South. Follow it to
the next fork and take the left fork uphill for a short distance then right and down for about 50 yards.
another rock cairn marks the well defined single track to the left (South) where you will be in the ‘sight’
of the shooting range. Don’t worry, you’re out of range (probably). The trail rounds the ridge and headsback
around to the East. Look for rock cairn markers if you lose sight of the trail. There are several knarly
drops here to  the dirt road but only one is well defined. Pray that your brakes are in good shape here or
you’ll go down hard! Drop to the dirt road. You can head right and down the road to the red archery barn
and to town from there OR take the ‘Fast Down trail” off on the left to the flats below and past the archery
barn OR left and up to Brent & Mike’s trail, an excellent single track trail under development. If you
were to start this trail from here and go to the Bitter Creek bridge the only real climb (hike) would be
straight up the steep drop at the end of this trail and head in reverse…simple, except for the serious climb 

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