Jeep the USA
  • Jeep The USA
  • Trails
    • Arizona Jeep Trails >
      • Apache Junction Jeep Trails
      • Kingman Jeep Trails
      • Lake Havasu - Parker Jeep Trails
      • Phoenix to Flagstaff Jeep Trails
      • Quartzsite Jeep Trails
      • Tucson - Benson Jeep Trails
    • California Jeep Trails >
      • Death Valley
    • Colorado Jeep Trails >
      • Breckenridge Jeep Trails
      • Buena Vista Jeep Trails
      • Grand Junction Jeep Trails
      • Montrose Jeep Trails
      • Silverton - Ouray Jeep Trails
    • Nevada Jeep Trails >
      • Las Vegas Jeep Trails
      • Mesquite Jeep Trails
    • New Mexico Jeep Trails >
      • Elephant Butte Jeep Trails
      • Las Cruces Jeep Trails
    • South Dakota Jeep Trails >
      • Black Hills Jeep Trails
    • Texas Jeep Trails >
      • Big Bend Jeep Trails
    • Utah Jeep Trails >
      • Blanding Jeep Trails
      • Green River -Hanksville Jeep Trails
      • Moab Jeep Trails
      • Page - Escalante - Kanab Jeep Trails
      • Saint George Jeep Trails
    • Wyoming Jeep Trails >
      • Bighorn Mountains Jeep Trails
      • Lander Jeep Trails
  • Difficulty Ratings
  • Use GPX
  • Interactive map Tutorial

Northwest Passage 2.5

Northwest Passage is a fairly easy Jeep trail south of I-40.  Visit one old and one active mine and do some mild rock crawling in a wash.

The trail can be run in any direction, but doing the loop clockwise gets the more mundane part out of the way first.

There is a GPS/gpx track file at the bottom of the page.
Picture
Gold Speck mine
This trail leaves Highway 95, does a loop then returns to Highway 95 a few miles to the  south.  Start by paralleling the highway for a bit then turning and climbing up toward the powerline.  Follow north along the powerline until you come to a spur leading to the Gold Speck Mine.  Shown as the lead photo on this page.  This was active in April, 2017.

Continue north along the powerline then make a loop through open desert and turn back to the south.
Picture
Follow powerline
Picture
Open desert on north part
Heading south along the eastern side of the loop will take you through a wash with a few minor challenges, including a squeeze just wide enough for a JK Jeep to get through.  There are a few extra credits for more adventurous souls.
Picture
Squeeze with minor climb
Picture
Extra credit available
This track will take you on a short loop through the old Boulder Mine.  Not much left except an old stove and a few tin cans.

Complete the loop and head back on the same road you came in on.  Head south down the pictured hill and then down a wash until you connect back to Highway 95.
Picture
Tin cans at Boulder Mine
Picture
South exit portion
We did this in April, 2017 and the wash heading south to Highway 95 had a lot of washboarding.  It was terrible in a Jeep.  

​Updated 2017.

Picture

jtusa_northwest_passage_2.5.gpx
File Size: 275 kb
File Type: gpx
Download File

  • Jeep The USA
  • Trails
    • Arizona Jeep Trails >
      • Apache Junction Jeep Trails
      • Kingman Jeep Trails
      • Lake Havasu - Parker Jeep Trails
      • Phoenix to Flagstaff Jeep Trails
      • Quartzsite Jeep Trails
      • Tucson - Benson Jeep Trails
    • California Jeep Trails >
      • Death Valley
    • Colorado Jeep Trails >
      • Breckenridge Jeep Trails
      • Buena Vista Jeep Trails
      • Grand Junction Jeep Trails
      • Montrose Jeep Trails
      • Silverton - Ouray Jeep Trails
    • Nevada Jeep Trails >
      • Las Vegas Jeep Trails
      • Mesquite Jeep Trails
    • New Mexico Jeep Trails >
      • Elephant Butte Jeep Trails
      • Las Cruces Jeep Trails
    • South Dakota Jeep Trails >
      • Black Hills Jeep Trails
    • Texas Jeep Trails >
      • Big Bend Jeep Trails
    • Utah Jeep Trails >
      • Blanding Jeep Trails
      • Green River -Hanksville Jeep Trails
      • Moab Jeep Trails
      • Page - Escalante - Kanab Jeep Trails
      • Saint George Jeep Trails
    • Wyoming Jeep Trails >
      • Bighorn Mountains Jeep Trails
      • Lander Jeep Trails
  • Difficulty Ratings
  • Use GPX
  • Interactive map Tutorial