Rug Road Trail

Rug road got its name from the remnants of carpet that people have used to fill holes and ledges along the road to make it more passable.
Rug road trail. In actuality it s a 20 mile white knuckle journey over the northwestern side of the galiuro mountains between mammoth and klondyke just south of the justly famous aravaipa canyon wilderness. Rug road got its name from the remnants of carpet that people have used to fill holes and ledges along the road to make it more passable. The road is one of the roughest roads in the safford field office it is not for the faint of heart. The road is one of the roughest roads in the safford field office it is not for the faint of heart.
For most folks rug road is little more than a legend spoken of in hushed tones in the back of the room. History and rumor have it that this segment of the rug road was there to service the old salazar ranch. It then drops down into the aravaipa watershed passes through klondyke and then either east to fort thomas on us 70 this track or south to willcox on i 10. The road is one of the roughest roads in the southeastern arizona it is not for the faint of heart.