Snaggletooth trail ?

[oatsxj]

Has anyone ran this trail i heard its down south around durango if any one has info id be greatful thanx:confused:

[Doc_Floyd]

I got this off a USDA site:
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Dolores River Canyon
Snaggletooth Road (and Trail)

Starting elevation: 6,220 ft.
Lowest elevation: 5,550 ft.
Ending elevation: 6,070 ft.
Trail length one way: 15 mi. to Dolores Ford, 11 mi. From the ford to Hwy 141.
Maps: BLM "Dove Creek", USGS 7 ?' maps: Secret Canyon, Joe Davis Hill, Hamm Canyon.
Difficulty: easy to moderate

This road/trail leads you into a near-Grand Canyon backcountry experience. It starts just out of Dove Creek and follows the bottom of the Dolores canyon for almost its full course. Over the first part of the hike, the top of the canyon walls is three-quarters of a mile above you. The first eleven miles is an even, two-track road taking you through this display of red-rock geology.

Toward the end of this stretch, the valley widens as the river eases toward the east, in preparation for the Pyramid Rock gooseneck. The river loops around the north side of the rock; the trail crosses a rise between the Pyramid and the canyon wall. This might be a good turning point, as the trail gets rougher and there is a ford another four miles ahead. At this point, the canyon is only about 1,500 feet deep, but on the opposite side of the river, most of that elevation is in the form of the spectacular Joe Davis Hill Cliff, nearly 600 feet high. Do not attempt to cross the river if the flow is above 100 cfs. Call the Dolores Public Lands Office for flow information at (970) 882-7296 or visit the San Juan Resource Area Web site at www.co.blm.gov/sjra/sjdolores.

After you cross the river, the trail continues along the base of the hill and then around into a narrow defile, the narrowest section of the canyon. The country opens up after that area, and the road climbs out of the river bottom, over the narrow part of another gooseneck, and then out of the canyon. After crossing Disappointment Creek, the trail winds up on San Miguel County Road 13, just off Highway 141.

[DCZ]

I led a group through just after it opened in July - closed from Feb. or March to July for desert bighorn lambing.
Beautiful scenery - my favorite exit is left after the second crossing and out to the Spudpatch behind Egnar. Either way it's a great place.

If you go be sure to let the Dolores public lands managers know how much you would like to see this road included on their travel management plan.