To get to the trailhead, take on Rt 322 east to the first exit Rt 45 west, and go right at the bottom of the exit ramp. (You can also head south on Atherton Street from downtown and take a right on Rt 45.) You’ll go through a pretty major intersection with business rt 322 or south Atherton, stay straight on Rt 45. You’ll pass some softball fields on your right. After that keep your eyes open for Mountain Rd on your left, just as you get into the trees and a few houses. Follow Mountain Rd up until you hit a parking area. Park there.

On the bikes, head up past the gate up the paved path. That will run into a dirt trail. Head up to the right on that. Theres a little spur on the right but don’t take that. Follow this main trail up along the creek (the creek will be on your right) but don’t cross over the creek, as there are a few side trails across. After about a half hour of riding you’ll cross part of the creek (no other choice) and come up on a rather open area with an old chimney looking thing. There may be a trail marker there that says Maguire. The trail is actually Sandhole and that is what is on your map, but forestry screwed up last month with their signs.

Put the bikes in a climbing gear and head up the trail on your left. Stay right at the Y you’ll hit after a quarter mile or so. You will finally come to a four way intersection with 2 blue marks on the tree in the middle of the intersection. After you catch your breath, head left along the ridge. Stay straight at the first intersection. The second intersection is a good bit further down. There is no sign there but its marked Maguire on your map, take this one on your left. Take it easy on this one, its really loose and fairly steep in parts! At the bottom, you will be back on the first trail you took up the valley. Take a left on that and head up again.

You will get into a rather wide section of trail that you took a hard left after when the creek was right in front of you. This time you are going to go across the creek instead of heading up and to the left. But I would recommend walking this crossing, the last guy I saw try riding it buried his front tire in the soft sand and went over the bars. Take the trail all the way on the right just across the creek. It’s a little tough to follow for a few hundred feet but you’ll find it. It will go across a sort of scree field but its ridable.  You are now on Charcoal Flats. Follow that trail along, it's rocky and a lot of fun. You might notice a trail perpendicular on your right at one or two points but just go straight.

You will run into a more definite intersection where the trail sort of Y’s. keep to the right at this one. The trail takes a hard left and heads up in a bit of an open section after this so if it seems to disappear, that’s why. Take the left and climb for maybe 100 yards. You will hit another intersection, stay straight there. You will have to go up and around a huge deadfall, then over a smaller deadfall, then the trail starts heading down a bit. The trail sort of fizzles out a little bit but follow the blue blazes on the trees and head to the right. You cross some rocks and then head down along the tributary/wash. As long as it's dry, this is a blast, going down these big rocks.

Eventually you’ll hit some water and it gets pretty sketchy. Dismount and walk down another 20 feet or so. Look across the tributary to your left for a tree with another blue blaze and cross the water there. Follow the blue blazes down towards the main creek, its ridable but there is one drop that is a little scary. At the creek go left and you will see a log bridge . cross the creek on that bridge and that is about where you started from. Take a left and you’ll see the path you started up on.