Strawberry has some great riding, with more coming! Most of these trails were built by the Pine-Strawberry Fuel Reduction -a group of volunteers dedicated to reducing the risk of fire and creating trails for all user groups.
Trail 15
The trailhead for Trail 15 is just South of Strawberry off 87 Hwy. It is a blue category trail. Trail 15 has some fabulous, flowy, semi-technical riding that leads right to Two Ravens, a downhillers’ dream trail. Two Ravens can also be accessed from Hardscrabble Road. It is more of a green category trail.
You can exit at Waterfall, or keep going down to Bradshaw. Both come out on Cletus Ray. Bradshaw has some storybook, smooth downhill sailing and is worth the extra climb out.
Trail 15 also has options like Mohawk, Kestrel, and Towhee. Find them on Trailforks.
Bearfoot
The Bearfoot Trailhead honestly isn’t marked very well. Actually, it isn’t marked at all. It is on the East side of Hwy 87, a couple hundred yards south of the Trail 15 trailhead. It is basically an opening in the bushes. Take plenty of water.
This is a challenging, technical, black category trail. It is very rocky with some swoopy sections. It is worth the effort for the spectacular views.
You can exit Bearfoot at Portal II and head back to Pine. Nobody will judge you.
Or, you can continue on. Eventually, you cross a beautiful creek. Be sure and check Trailforks so you don’t get lost here. You climb a fire road and connect with Pine Canyon, which is also a challenging, technical, black category trail with some good elevation gain. It gets pretty hard, and you might question why you came this way. Don’t give up.
Eventually you will crest out and have a long descent to the Pine Trailhead.
