At higher elevations you will find scattered Subalpine Fir, Douglas-fir, Mountain Mahogony, Aspen, and Engleman Spruce. Loop trips including these two trails would require a vehicle shuttle or 4 miles travel along roads. Total length would be 10 miles and 12 miles respectively. This trail is suitable for foot and horse travel only. Wildlife that may be encountered include deer and elk in the spring and golden eagles.
Trail use is light throughout the summer and moderate during the big game hunting seasons.
It then travels through the Castlegate Sandstone, named for exposures in Price Canyon where its sandstone cliffs seem to form a gate into the Castle Valley. Most of the rocks you will see represent cyclic deposition along the shoreline of an ancient sea. Fossilized snails, clams, fish, and plants can be found. Cattlemen would drive their bulls up to a pasture located just under the top of the ridge. Here they would await the later arrival of the cows.