Snowpack:  I'm skeptical that the higher elevations will be open at the time you mention.  It's possible, just not probable.

Camping:  Half of the fun is finding spots along the way.  It's generally not difficult at all to find a place to pitch the tents.  Personally, I wouldn't camp near the lakes or established campgrounds, but that's because I like camping AWAY from crowds.  Whenever I've thought "I should start looking for a place to camp" along the main trails, I don't think I've ever had to drive for more than 20 minutes or so to find one.

Trails:  I'd take every 50" trail I could come across.  The 01 is beautiful and fun, but actual trails are always better than forest roads.  The Nat Geo map of the Paiute is the best single reference/map there is.  It should be your first map, and everything else should be in addition to it.

Truck/trailer parking:  KOA in Fillmore, or Rocky Ridge Resort in Marysvale.  Others will probably chime in with other places on the south end of the Paiute.  Beaver has a KOA, I haven't been there, but it's probably a decent place to park.  Often they have an "overflow lot" where you can park a truck/trailer cheap if you're not occupying.

Now... one possible solution to both the snow and the truck parking...you can probably drive right out your front door, make it to the Cedar City/Paunsaugunt/Kanab/Panguitch area trails, drive up the Fremont, onto the Paiute, and go as far north as you can make it before you hit snow that's too deep to make it through.  That would give you a lot longer distance to travel, as opposed to just doing small day-trips from a base camp until you hit snow, having to turn back.

Trail 89, the Anderson Dairy Trail, is a must do 50" trail.
The Max Reid Trail, on the 01, just south of I-70 is a great trail as well.  Those two are probably my favorites.

I don't think you'll get over the Tushars in late June this year due to snowpack.

I did a loop from Hurricane down to the strip to Coral Pink. North to Parowan then back to Hurricane. I have a track on my laptop at work.   I'll look it up tomorrow.  It's a 2 day loop.  But instead of circling back down from Parowan,  you could head north to the Paiute.

Flipper wrote on 03/23/23 at 09:18:57:


Jeez, no need to brag....  

Normally I would say avoid the 01/02 intersection above Marysvale, but I don't believe the gates will be open to the top in June due to our significant snow pack this year. I'd also avoid the PST74 to Hoovers as it gets quite congested with big rigs.

That being stated, must ride 50" trails are:

Casto Canyon
PST06 to PST68 from Dog Valley area (southern most end of the Paiute)
Max Reid from I-70
PST33/53 on the Monroe Mountain side (to/from Otter Creek and/or Koosharem)
PST03 / Chalk Creek out of FIllmore
Paiute01 / Sam Stowe off Clear Creek rd near the Fremont Indian Museum
PST66 if you're brave enough to battle that narrow, rock strewn beast of a trail!

DM me an email address and I can send off some tracks for that area.

Edited to add: Be sure to pick up the NATGeo maps for the areas you want to ride. You can find them on Amazon or Sportsmans Warehouse (usually).

Flipper wrote on 03/24/23 at 05:56:31:


Coming from the south and north of SR20, you come to trail that has a sign saying PST06. Its a 50" trail that follows a creek straight north and intersects at the PST68 (heading to Beaver or Junction). Pretty sure (I think) that sign said PST06..

My favorite is PST 66.  But don't take new machine up it.  You will have battle scars when you're through.