There have been a lot of rumors and much discussion about 60" trails on the Paiute system.

No!  The entire Paiute Trail system has not been opened to 60" vehicles.

Yes!  Some trails were converted to being open to vehicles 60" or less in width.  These routes were mostly old roads that had been made into 50" trails when the Forest Service originally went to the 50" Rule.  Now that each Forest had the option to designate routes to accomodate appropriate use some of these old roads were reassessed and designated as open to vehicles 60" or less in width.  The Forest Service took five years to assess all of their routes in this area and made their decision based on practicality, use patterns, safety and community desires.

The following Paiute Trails are open only to vehicles 50" or less in width:  Max Reid section of the 01, Sam Stowe section of the 01, Koosharem Creek section of the 01, Chalk Creek section of PST03, PST07, a portion of PST 40, PST41, a portion of PST42, PST66, PST97, PST33, most of PST53, most of PST54, PST87, PST89, PST61, most of PST73, PST67, PST68, PST88, PST26, PST31, most of PST65, and PST79.

The following Paiute Trails are open to vehicles 60" or less in width:  the Wade's Canyon section of the 01, Kingston Canyon section of the 01, Rigger Park section of the 01, Sawmill Ridge section of the 01, Merchant Creek section of PST05, PST27, sections of PST34, section of PST35, section of PST74 between Hoover's and Marysvale, PST21 between Hoover's and Big Rock Candy Mountain, and PST63.

The following Paiute Trails are trails open to all motorized vehicles:  section of PST05 "The Face Trail" and a section of PST74 "Deer Creek".

The following routes are roads that are part of the Paiute Trail system and are open to all vehicles:  PST00, most of the Paiute01, PST02, PST03 (via FS100), PST04, PST06, PST10, PST11, PST13, PST15, PST22, PST24, PST25, PST29, PST32, most of PST35, PST36, PST37, a portion of PST40, most of PST42, PST44, PST47, PST52, PST55, PST56, PST64, PST70, PST72, PST76, PST77, PST78, PST86, and PST96.

There you have it!  Now it's all clear as mud and I'm sure no one will ever have another question.

Yes.

Yes it does.

Original post was 2012, 5 years ago.  Does anyone have any updates on the Paiute trail?  Updates like restrictions on width?

I just got back from the Rocky Mountain ATV Jamboree.  Rode 3 days on 50" trails in the Gooseberry System.  All of the 50" trails had gates with no bypass somewhere on the trail.  Additionally, some of the trails had narrow bridges and steep switchbacks that would be difficult with wider width / longer wheelbase machines.  So even if you can bypass the first gate doesn't mean you can get through.  I would still abide by the posted width of the trail.

We did not ride Trail #7.  All ATVs on the ride except for one Wildcat Trail.  We did encounter a 50" gate with no bypass on Trail 16 but nothing that would give a Razor Trail any trouble.  I rode my Grizzly all week and left my Razor 900 Trail at home.

Last Sept., I noticed a lot of the 50" gates had one post removed. Was this to allow wider machines? Do the new maps have a width  revision. I like the 50". Hope they remain the same.

Has there been any talk of opening the 60" trails to 66" like the Arapeen did.   Not wanting to start a war but 60" seems pointless.  ATV's are under 50" so they have no problems anywhere.  However the VAST majority of SxS's are over 60", most are 62-66".  Who is the 60" supposed to be for.  The last times we were there we all had ATV thus no problems, this time we all have SxS's that are wider than 60".  We normally stay at Big Rock Candy Mtn but trails P-21 & P-74 are 60" trails so our only option is ride the road.  Sorry about the rant but I don't understand a 60" trail in 2021.

I think the Arapeen 66" is pretty good, it accommodates the majority of SxS's.  The 50" to 60"window only accommodates a very few SxS Trail editions.

3TV, I'm not as in-the-know on these things, but aren't the 50/60" width restrictions decided on by the forest service, not the Paiute committee?

My wife and I rode our quads up the Max Reid trail from the lower gate to the upper gate on Friday.  Near the hairpin turn just before the "dugway" we encountered a full size 4-seat Rzr stopped on the trail because he couldn't go any further.  He backed into a clearing so we could get by and turned around to head back down.  He admitted he "probably shouldn't be on this trail".  The lower gate was intact so he obviously boondocked to get around it.