Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Bayfield, Colorado

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Devil Mountain-Fr Rd 626

Camping, Jeeping and Hunting on Devil Mountain-Fr Rd 626 There is some space when you first turn onto the trail from Hwy 160 to air up or down. After that area the Devil Mountain trail…
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Total Miles
10.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Devil Creek Wildlife Management Area-Fr Rd 627

The Devil Creek trail is a short trail leading to the 561 acre Devil Creek Wildlife Management area. Part way up the trail is a very interesting rock on your left. At the end of…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Piedra Road-Fr Rd 631

Piedra road will lead you north out of Pagosa Springs past the airport and a few neighborhoods. It eventually turns into a forest service road with two large parking areas and trailheads at the beginning.…
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Total Miles
34.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Junction Creek

Amazing views, camp spots, hikes. It's a very easy road, with some uphill climbs, but a 2WD can do it in good weather conditions. The road can be muddy when wet.Dirt or rocky road with…
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Total Miles
19
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Sandbench-Fr Rd 642

Sandbench road branches off of Piedra road up on top of the ridge. There are a few disturbed primitive campsites. There were several signs marking sale boundaries, so will probably be some logging operations in…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Lime Creek Road

Lime Creek Road follows the beautiful Lime Creek steep with history going back to a hunting trail used by the Ute Indians, to prospectors/pioneers converting the trail to a road in the late 1880s to…
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Total Miles
10.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Williams Creek & Reservoir Rd #640

Williams Creek and Reservoir road (#640) is all about recreation; camping, picnicking, hiking, horseback riding, biking, fishing and wakeless boating on the reservoir. This is an easy maintained gravel/dirt road suitable for any vehicle. Located…
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Total Miles
4.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Hermosa Park

Leaving Purgatory Resort, Forest Service Road 578 quickly climbs to Hermosa Park utilizing well maintained narrow dusty switchbacks. Once peaking Forest Service Road 578, it drops you into a beautiful valley with jaw dropping views…
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Total Miles
8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Poison Park Rd #644

Poison Park Road (#644) connects to the Williams Creek & Reservoir Road (#640), leading to the Poison Park Trailhead with a large parking area to accommodate horse trailers. The Weminuche Trail (#592) begins here which…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

McManus Road-Fr Rd 633

McManus road connects into and runs east from Piedra road. Plumtaw road connects into it and can make for a pleasant drive back to Pagosa Springs. When you arrive at the fork stay left for…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Plumtaw road

Plumtaw road is a scenic drive through the Weminuche Wilderness north of Pagosa Springs. It goes through beautiful sections of the San Juan National Forest, with great views of Pagosa Peak. There are peaceful meadows…
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Total Miles
14.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Gordon Creek Rd #625

Gordon Creek Road (#625) is a short little road off of Plumtaw Road (#634) that will take you to an unnamed trail available for hiking, biking, horses and snowmobiles. The road is an easy dirt…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Railroad Grade

Lots of camping before this road, and some camping at the end of the road, with cows, hope you like a good morning moo and cow pies! Lots of mud when wet, and water crossing,…
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Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

NF 520 - Rio Grande Reservoir & Headwaters

This trail takes you up along the Rio Grande past its reservoir to the headwaters. There is beautiful scenery, campsites along the river and some of the best trout fishing to be had. It runs…
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Total Miles
23.5
Tech Rating
3 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Hillside Drive

Hillside Drive, , Forest Road 436 is an easy and delightful drive up a hillside in the San Juan Forest. You cross the Dolores River to start, then head upwards with Burnette Canyon on your…
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Total Miles
15.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Cunningham Gulch

Cunningham Gulch is a great side trail just outside Silverton, CO providing an excellent area for dispersed camping, stunning views of the San Juan's, old mining camps, and waterfalls spread throughout the area. The first…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Largo Canyon to Crow Canyon

This out and back trail leads to several panels of petroglyphs and a ruin that all require a short walk to view. Simple oilfield dirt roads lead you to the canyon entrance that will take…
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Total Miles
21.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Four Mile Falls & Lake Trails-Fr Rd 645

Four Mile Falls, Four Mile Lake and Anderson trails are north on Four Mile road out of Pagosa Springs. These are very popular trails since they are so close to Pagosa Springs and traverse part…
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Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Helmet Peak

Very tight road, not recommended for a wide wheelbase or tall vehicle, beautiful views, very rocky, muddy when wet. Dirt or rocky road, typically unmaintained after rain or snow. You may encounter shallow water crossings…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Hill Road Pueblito

This is an easy trail off New Mexico Highway 64 to the Hill Road Pueblito, an archeological site constructed in the late 1730s and early 1740s. Hill Road Pueblito sits on a boulder outcrop overlooking…
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Total Miles
13.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp

Arrastra Gulch to Little Giant Basin

Just beyond the outskirts of Silverton, this road climbs up through a bunch of old mine sites to a mountain lake. Compared to the scenery of the Million Dollar Highway, this little nook is rougher,…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su

West Bolam Pass

Just in-between Rico & Ames off of Colorado's Highway 145 scenic San Juan Skyway lies Forest Service Road 578 which leads you up to Bolam Pass with breathtaking views of Sheep Mountain, San Miguel Peak…
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Total Miles
7.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Eight Mile Mesa E-USFS Rd #651E

Eight Mile Mesa E (#651E) forks right with Eight Mile Mesa D (#651D) forking to the left at the end of the main Eight Mile Mesa Road, approximately 6.5 miles from the highway turnoff. This…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Cty Rd 6 - Christ of the Mines Shrine

This is a short little drive on the north side of Silverton. It starts on 15th street at the county courthouse. This easy drive takes you by the Christ of the Mines Shrine with wonderful…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Maggie Gulch

Short, easy trail that turns off from CR2 and ends at the remains of the Intersection Mill, built in the 1890s during the CO gold rush. It also connects to a network of hiking trails…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Eight Mile Mesa D-USFS Rd #651D

Eight Mile Mesa D (#651D) forks left with Eight Mile Mesa E (#651E) forking to the right at the end of the main Eight Mile Mesa road, approximately 6.5 miles from the highway turnoff. This…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Lost Trail Road

Lost Trail is a 50" trail more suited for dirt bikes than 50" vehicles. It is a connector between Cinnamon Pass (part of the Alpine Loop) and Stoney Pass via the interesting ghost town of…
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Total Miles
8.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Eight Mile Mesa Rd-USFS Rd #651

Eight Mile Mesa Road (#651) will take you to the top of Eight Mile Mesa South of Pagosa Springs, Colorado with a network of trails leading to different points of the mesa. After turning off…
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Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Alpine Loop Silverton to Animas Forks

This trail starts paved, then turns to gravel. Heavily trafficked on weekends, visibility can be very poor due to blowing dust. No cell service once a couple miles out from Silverton. This is an avalanche…
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Total Miles
2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Eight Mile Mesa C-USFS Rd #651C

Eight Mile Mesa C (#651C) forks left off the main road about 5 miles from the beginning of the USFS road. It's about 4.5 miles to the end where there were a few disturbed primitive…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp