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ABOUT BOGGS
The 3500 acres that make up Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest was established in 1949 when the Calso Company sold it to the State of California. It was previously used for timber harvesting and was originally owned by Henry C. Boggs, prior to 1900. The state uses the forest for experiments and "demonstration" purposes. Boggs is used for all of its resources including, growing and harvesting of tress, recreation, wildlife habitat, and as a watershed. As you can see this is not a state park. I guess it lies somewhere between state park and BLM land status. People are also allowed to hunt and target shoot at Boggs - Hey, I didn't say Boggs was mountain biking nirvana, but in today's land access battles and trail user conflicts, Boggs is as close as you get to an oasis. Please do your part to keep Boggs that way.
Trail maps can be found in a boxes attached to the sign boards next to the heli-pad and Calso Camp.
INFO
MAP
ROUTES
CREEK TRAIL
- From the California Dept. of Forestry fire station at the entrance to Boggs, continue up road 500 to Calso Camp. Though Creek Trail starts and ends on road 500, I recommend starting at the Calso Camp end which is the top of the trail. This way gravity is your friend. Calso Camp will be on your left, continue just past road 400 and look for the start of the Creek trail on your right, not more than 25 feet from the intersection of road 400 and 500. There may or may not be a wood sign indicating the start of Creek Trail, last time I was up there in mid September 96', the sign was missing.
- The trail immediately dives into the forest and follows the left bank of Houghton creek for a roller coaster ride through lush greenery. This is the mostly downhill direction on the trail. The trail laterally weaves it's way between dense stands of trees with an occasional jog around rock outcroppings. Just before the trail crosses Houghton Creek there is a 2 foot tall pile of arm thick logs that cross the trail. If you are into "trials" maneuvers and keep your momentum up you can clean this delightful obstacle. Once the trail crosses the creek make an immediate sharp right to continue up the Creek trail to road 500. If you've had enough and just want to get back to the fire station, continue straight after crossing the creek. This is road 510 which brings you to road 500 a little farther down (and closer to the fire station) than if you took the single track. The climb back up the single track is also a bit technical with a sharp switch back and some rock dodging a little later on, but still a ton of fun.
GRIZZLY TRAIL
One end of Grizzly Trail starts on Road 300 near the bottom of Jethros and the other starts on the East end of Road 100. The recommended direction for Grizzly Trail is to start on the Jethro's end. A fun way to get there is to start at Calso Camp and head up road 200 toward the Intersection of Road 200 and 300. After you pass Road 520 on your left look for the single track that crosses Road 200. Turn Right onto the single track and take your first Left. This is the top of Jethro's. Hang on for a rip roaring ride down to road 300. Turn Right on Road 300 and go a short ways to the start of Grizzly. The trail head will veer off to the right from Road 300.
Grizzly rolls along above road 300 for a 1/3rd of a mile and then crosses 300 to connect to Road 100. Turn Right on Road 100 for a short ways, keep an eye out for the last section of Grizzly that veers off to the right from Road 100. This last section starts with a short moderate rocky climb above road 100 and then basically follows the mountain contour before dumping back onto Road 100.