Verdi Peak Trail via Forest Route 72 is a 19.6 kilometer moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Verdi, Nevada that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from May until December. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
Hiking, dirtbike, 4x4, and ATV trail to a fire trail. A 4WD vehicle is recommended to access the trailhead.
Great drive. Did it in my stock grand Cherokee Laredo 4x4 with all terrain tires. Scraped once or twice on the way back but nothing bad. Spot to camp at the lookout up top, but it gets a bit windy up there.
A short, fun OHV trail with some incredible views from the abandoned fire tower at the top. As others have stated, the drive is pretty easy until you near the top where there are a lot of loose and sharp rocks that really require and offroad vehicle.
There is a large junction 3 mile in with room to park 3 to 4 cars. I think almost any car can make it there. It saves some of the tedious hike along the dirt road. It also leave time to climb Ladybug Peak in addition to Verdi.
Hit deep snow about 4 miles in, before was only mud and little snow patches.. We parked beginning of the road due to water and no high clearance vehicle,so total ended up being about 15 miles. Snow was packed enough to walk on early morning but on the way back snowshoes would of helped. But loved the view from the fire tower, plenty of good views all around too. Would definitely do this again.
Trail is easily accessible by most high clearance AWD vehicles up till about 2/3’s up when proper tires and 4WD would be necessary. Mainly soft sand and rocky trails. Great views from the abandoned fire watch tower at the top!
My stock JKU made it to the top with zero problems. I needed to put it in 4WD twice. Trail is extremely rocky and there's one section that's washed out that requires you to drive up a steep bypass that's made up of soft dirt that could be tricky if you don't know what you're doing. You're going to need some real wheel clearance to avoid trouble. The view from the lookout is amazing.
Great local area hike, challenging but not crazy, great views and like Ladybug Peak the opportunity to snag 3 peaks in a day is great. Trail is basically Ladybug peak trail (Forest Route 72 to Verdi Peak Road) except you take the right hand path once in the saddle between the 2 peaks. This trail has regular Dirtbike and ATV traffic as well as 4x4 use. At the end is the cool old fire watch tower and 360 degree views of Nevada and the Sierra in CA.















































