Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Craig, Colorado

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Sleepy Cat

This is a relatively easy and enjoyable drive with excellent views. This entire area has a bunch of great trails and is perfect for OHVs. Make a trip of it with friends and family by…
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Total Miles
23.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Transfer Road 967.1

Off the Flat Tops Scenic Byway is a fun detour to the Transfer Trailhead. It is a 2-track trail that meanders through the trees, passing several awesome dispersed camping spots. The trail is not difficult,…
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Total Miles
0.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Nipple Peak ATV Trail

This is an easy 50-inch trail in the Hahn's Peak trail system north of Steamboat, Colorado. The trail has some loose sticks, small roots, and rocks as it goes through wide-open meadows and aspen trees.…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Independence Creek

Independence Creek is a fun 3.3-mile single track in the Hahn's Peak trail system north of Steamboat, Colorado. A lot of this trail is rocky and rooty, with small downhills (or climbs) in a shaded…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

West Ute Cr

Enjoy this beautiful road high up in the Colorado mountains. Hunters enjoy this area for its vast views and open areas to be able to spot prey. I enjoy it for the amazing scenery and…
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Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Elkhorn Trail South

Elkhorn Trail South is a moderately easy ATV trail that winds for several miles through Routt National Forest, offering a mix of flowy and rocky terrain. The eastern end begins in a meadow with a…
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Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Kids Loop

The Kids Loop is a short and easy single track that starts and ends off of the Farwell Connector Trail, right near the Little Red Park camping area in the Hahn's Peak OHV area. The…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Buffalo Pass

As you are traveling over this trail you will be very pleased with the amazing view over Steamboat Springs and the National Forest. You will expect nice smooth roads at the bottom then about halfway…
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Total Miles
3.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp

Farwell Connector

The Farwell Connector trail is a short and easy single track that starts right in the Little Red Park camping area in the Hahn's Peak OHV area. It meanders through sections of meadows and forest…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Pioneer

Pioneer is a two-mile-long ATV trail that descends west to east from the Elkhorn Trail to 550 Whisky Park Road, descending nearly 800 feet in elevation along the way. The trail is mostly fast and…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Farwell Mountain ATV Trail

The Farwell Mountain ATV trail is an easier ATV trail with lots of sticks and roots and gradual climbs and descents with tight curves. It goes through a pine tree forest through meadows and trees,…
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Total Miles
2.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Buffalo Pass

Conveniently located just outside of Steamboat Springs, this is a comfortable ride with great hiking, mountain biking, fishing and camping options. Unlicensed vehicles are allowed on all roads, as well as the single-track south from…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

GWB Trail

GWB is a 4-mile long trail off of Buff Pass in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It's a fun, fast, and flowy trail through a forest of aspen trees and meadows full of wildflowers. It's a very…
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Total Miles
3.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Farwell Mountain

This short single track in the Hahn's Peak Trail System cuts across Farwell Mountain, departing from the Farwell Mountain Road, and connecting back to the Little Red Park camping area via the Farwell Mountain ATV…
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Total Miles
1.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Coffee Pot Road

Start your ride with beautiful views of Eagle Valley and the Colorado River and continue into White River National Forest. Dispersed camping allowed inside the forest, and there are a few pay campgrounds. Unlicensed vehicles…
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Total Miles
27.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Main Elk Creek

Road starts out traveling up the valley of Elk Creek as paved road for 6.5 miles, at that point it turns into Forest Road 603/aka Cinetop Road and is gravel road. At this point road…
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Total Miles
17
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

White Owl

Enjoy this beautiful road high up in the Colorado mountains. Hunters enjoy this area for its vast views and open areas to be able to spot prey. I enjoy it for the amazing scenery, and…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Sandwash Basin

This area is BLM land and the home to some 600 wild horses with a loop through the heart of their land. Many view this loop as a single day or afternoon drive to see…
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Total Miles
18.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Hayden Archer Connector

This is a short connector trail from Buff Pass to the Flash of Gold single track. This looks like an old road that is now closed to vehicles. It starts at the back of a…
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Total Miles
0.8
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su

Lynx Pass

Lynx Pass (National Forest System Road (NFSR) 270) is a scenic stretch of road with an elevation range from 7,200 to 8,720 feet. The habitat varies from lodgepole pine, quaking aspen, and subalpine fir forests…
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Total Miles
11.6
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Walton Peak

Walton Peak breaks off Harrison Creek trail and climbs to over 10,500 feet in Routt National Forest. The last few miles are the most challenging, with several rock ledges to climb and some steep off-camber…
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Total Miles
3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

East Buffalo Pass

East Buffalo Pass is a seasonally open well-maintained gravel road that is rocky in some sections. It's much smoother than the west side of Buffalo Pass. Travel west to east if coming from Steamboat; it…
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Total Miles
12.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Base Camp (311)

Heading north from the popular Dumont Lake area, this train offers beautiful views of Rabbit Ears Peak and Lake Dumont from high on the mountain side. The majority of the terrain is easy to traverse,…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su

Harrison Creek

Harrison Creek trail is a muddy rocky trail with lots of shallow mud pits and loose rock the further you go past the Walton Peak turn-off. It ends at Harrison Creek at the edge of…
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Total Miles
5.3
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

BDR Section 05 Gypsum to Radium Spring

Gypsum to Radium Spring follows part of Section 05 of the Backcountry Discovery Route mostly along the Colorado River. Starting from Gypsum it's a fun narrow climb up and down Trail Gulch to Road 301.…
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Total Miles
48.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Red Dirt Road

Start Red Dirt Road from Red Dirt Reservoir above the lake and work your way north. It's a well-maintained gravel road that has lots of wildlife to watch out for, including grouse, black bear, deer,…
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Total Miles
25.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

8619

8619 is designated for dirt bikes only but starts off more like an old road that is now closed to full-width vehicles. You have to take 8618 from RCR 1 Road to access the southeast…
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Total Miles
2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Long Park

Majority of Long Park Trail (National Forest System Road (NFSR) 225) travels through the Routt National Forest. Offering fantastic camping opportunities early along the trail with beautiful views of Rock Creek. Proceed with caution after…
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Total Miles
6.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

8601B

This 1-mile desert trail mostly goes through a sandy wash that is a mix of red dirt and sand with loose rock mixed in. There are a couple of easier rock slab obstacles throughout the…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

8601C

This is a short and easy desert single track in the McCoy Trail System that goes up and over the rolling desert mesas, on loose dirt, with loose small rock and embedded slab rock. It…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

ATV Trails Near Craig, Colorado

Sleepy Cat

This is a relatively easy and enjoyable drive with excellent views. This entire area has a bunch of great trails and is perfect for OHVs. Make a trip of it with friends and family by…
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Total Miles
23.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Nipple Peak ATV Trail

This is an easy 50-inch trail in the Hahn's Peak trail system north of Steamboat, Colorado. The trail has some loose sticks, small roots, and rocks as it goes through wide-open meadows and aspen trees.…
Learn more about Nipple Peak ATV Trail
Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

West Ute Cr

Enjoy this beautiful road high up in the Colorado mountains. Hunters enjoy this area for its vast views and open areas to be able to spot prey. I enjoy it for the amazing scenery and…
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Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Elkhorn Trail South

Elkhorn Trail South is a moderately easy ATV trail that winds for several miles through Routt National Forest, offering a mix of flowy and rocky terrain. The eastern end begins in a meadow with a…
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Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Buffalo Pass

As you are traveling over this trail you will be very pleased with the amazing view over Steamboat Springs and the National Forest. You will expect nice smooth roads at the bottom then about halfway…
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Total Miles
3.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp

Pioneer

Pioneer is a two-mile-long ATV trail that descends west to east from the Elkhorn Trail to 550 Whisky Park Road, descending nearly 800 feet in elevation along the way. The trail is mostly fast and…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

UTV/Side-by-Side Near Craig, Colorado

Sleepy Cat

This is a relatively easy and enjoyable drive with excellent views. This entire area has a bunch of great trails and is perfect for OHVs. Make a trip of it with friends and family by…
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Total Miles
23.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

West Ute Cr

Enjoy this beautiful road high up in the Colorado mountains. Hunters enjoy this area for its vast views and open areas to be able to spot prey. I enjoy it for the amazing scenery and…
Learn more about West Ute Cr
Total Miles
5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Buffalo Pass

As you are traveling over this trail you will be very pleased with the amazing view over Steamboat Springs and the National Forest. You will expect nice smooth roads at the bottom then about halfway…
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Total Miles
3.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp

Buffalo Pass

Conveniently located just outside of Steamboat Springs, this is a comfortable ride with great hiking, mountain biking, fishing and camping options. Unlicensed vehicles are allowed on all roads, as well as the single-track south from…
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Total Miles
7.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Coffee Pot Road

Start your ride with beautiful views of Eagle Valley and the Colorado River and continue into White River National Forest. Dispersed camping allowed inside the forest, and there are a few pay campgrounds. Unlicensed vehicles…
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Total Miles
27.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

White Owl

Enjoy this beautiful road high up in the Colorado mountains. Hunters enjoy this area for its vast views and open areas to be able to spot prey. I enjoy it for the amazing scenery, and…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa