Riding the Casto Canyon 4-wheeler Trail is a truly breathtaking experience. On this trail you will be able to see all the beautiful red rock, lush green pines and spectacular blue horizons that Casto Canyon is well known for. A great view of red rock accompanies you for most of the trail, until you get into the open meadow area where you are treated to a landscape of forest pines.
There are two ways to enter the Casto Canyon 4-wheeler Trail. You can go from Highway 12 east towards Red Canyon, and right before you get to the initial red rocks you will see a sign for Losee and Casto Canyons on the left side of the highway. Take the dirt road to the trailheads of Losee and then keep going on until you reach the Casto Canyon 4-wheeler Trail. Losee Canyon is just for hikers, bikes and horses, no 4-wheelers are allowed on the trail. At the Casto Canyon trailhead there is plenty of parking, but no camping is allowed. The other way to get to the Casto Canyon 4-wheeler Trail is coming south from Panguitch along Highway 89. Take the first dirt road on the left side just before you reach the hill. Ride on this road for a little bit until your reach the head the Casto Canyon 4-wheeler Trail trailhead.
The Casto Canyon 4-wheeler Trail goes upwards easterly for about 5.5 miles where it connects to the Sanford Road and then the trail keeps going northeast about 1.9 miles and is after that referred to as the Barney Cove Trail. Standford road will also take you to the Limeklin trail, which goes to the west. The Standford Road trail also connects to the Fremont 4-wheeler trail, which will give you an option of going to various other trails.
