The Done Ridge Trail is best done as a loop with the Jones Ranch Trail (or to access the Rock Springs and Sheepherder Trails) Please see the Jones Ranch post for information on accessing it via the Double Falls TH or Jones Ranch TH. It is about 2.4 miles one way and is used quite a bit for biking. There are expansive meadows, lots of aspens, evergreens and in the summer--numerous wildflowers. I noticed on Trailforks that this trail is also known as "Jones--Indiana".
Run a search on All Trails for more information. Here is a quote from All Trails:
" Beautiful trail through mix of aspen, evergreen, and several open meadows. Moderately steep slopes with continuous incline to the summit of Done Ridge, then gradually drops down to intersect with the Rock Springs Trail. Views from the top of Done Ridge are some of the best in Payson Canyon. This trail starts at the same location as the north (lower) end of the Jones Ranch trail but immediately forks to the right, and heads uphill to the right, away from the start of Jones Ranch trail. There's one cattle gate to go through near the top of the ridge. It's not an official Forest Service trail so occasional tree dead fall across the trail, but it's well used and easy to follow. Mix of sun and shade. No streams or water along the route."
(As usual, click on any photo for a slide show of enlarged images.)
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| This is a view FROM the Double Falls TH with the yellow arrow pointing to the trail beginning. There is no sign for this trail. |
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This is our track on June 16, 2021. We went UP the Done Ridge (shown on the left side of the loop)
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Total mileage=5.7. Also check out my Ramblr tracks. For this entire loop I would say 50% soft dirt, 25% harder dirt with gravel, 20% somewhat rocky and 5% quite rocky. However, nothing a barefoot horse in reasonable shape cannot handle. |
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| This is a snapshot of the All Trails track. |
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| This is a "side" trail off to the right of the Done Ridge. We rode about 1/2 mile up it on Oct. 12, 2020. We'll explore that one further on a future ride. The photo below also came from that diversion. |
The following photos were taken on the Done Ridge on either Oct. 12 or June 16.
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This is the sign at the intersection where Rock Springs trail takes off from Jones Ranch. It doesn't say anything about Done Ridge, but Done Ridge intersects with Rock Springs .3 mile from here.
 | | This is looking up at the Rock Springs section from the sign shown above. When we rode the Done Ridge, we came DOWN this part. |
I found this biking video of this trail, but they went clockwise instead. |
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