Bowl and Matterhorn 2.5

This run combines The Bowl Trail and Matterhorn Trail, then throws in the White Star 2 Mine.  

Travel up the Weiser Valley below Weiser Ridge.

​This trail is 20 miles long and will take a short half day.  Nothing is harder than 2.5 and most is 2.0 or GP.  A fun and enjoyable trip.

The trail is described south to north, but it can be run in either direction.

There is a GPS - gpx track file at the bottom of the page.

Entrance to "The Bowl" on left side of photo

The first 6 miles of this route is a paved highway.  Turn north and head uphill on The Bowl Trail.  Spend quite a bit of time up on a low ridge with nice views, and an occasionally foray down into a wash.

Up to a ridge

Down in a wash

Watch for a small arch on the left.

​All of the Bowl Trail is rated 2.0, but there is an optional obstacle called The S Turn that is certainly higher than that.  Both The S Turn and the go-around are included in the gpx track.

Arch

The S Turn

"The Bowl" is just that, a bowl, 1.25 miles wide and .75 miles front to back.

Back rim of Bowl

Entrance to Bowl

Matterhorn Trail was named for a peak thought to look like the Matterhorn in Europe.  That may be a bit of a stretch, but you can see a resemblance.  There are a couple rocky stretches that approach a 2.5 rating, so it is rated that to be safe.

Matterhorn

Matterhorn Trail

Weiser Valley is not a riot of color, but we did see one spot of interest.

Bighorn were interested in us, and we returned the favor.

A bit of color

Bighorn Sheep

White Star 2 was a gypsum mine.  There is a barbed wire fence with signs warning people to stay out of the dangerous mine.  Notice that the upper layer is collapsing in almost every location.  Heed the signs!

White Star 2 Mine entrances

White Star 2 Mine inside one entrance

Continue north and end the trip on I-15.

​Page updated 2018.

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