Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Crawford, Colorado

This is a scenic graded road over Grand Mesa between Paonia and Collbran, easy enough to be done in a passenger car. Overland Reservoir is owned by Overland Ditch and Reservoir Company, founded in 1903…
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Elephant Skin Road is an easy Jeep trail between Montrose and Olathe. There are a few shallow gullies across the road, but can be done with any vehicle with a bit of clearance. There is…
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Dump Ridge is a single track in the adobe badlands of the Flat Top - Peach Valley Recreation Area. The trail follows a ridge line on top of the adobe clay hills with lots of…
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Teton Ridge trail is a narrow single track in the Flat Top - Peach Valley recreation area, which is a 9,700-acre area mostly of adobe clay badlands. It goes up and over a series of…
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This is an unmarked single track in the Flat Top- Peach Valley adobe badlands near the town of Montrose, Colorado. It branches off of another similar single track on a ridge line to make a…
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Just outside of Delta Colorado, inside Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area you'll find a beat up gravel road that leads you down to the Gunnison river. Most SUV's and trucks will not have an issue…
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Just outside of Delta, Colorado, inside Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, you'll find an unmaintained jeep trail that leads you out onto a peninsula with spectacular views of the Gunnison Gorge. The trail overall is…
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The small unmarked single track connecting Teton Ridge and the Kings Ditch is a very narrow single track that drops 500 feet in a mile in order to get off the adobe hills and down…
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This unmarked single track starts at a small dirt area off of the paved Landfill Road that goes to the dump. It is an unmarked trailhead and there are no trail signs in this area.…
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In 2020 a locked gate was placed near the west portal (west of the canal dipper) which prevents running the complete trail. The trail can be run from the Uncompahgre River east to the gate…
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This unmarked trail is part of the trail system in the adobe badlands outside of Montrose, Colorado. This trail is fainter and less ridden than some of the ridge line trails closer to the staging…
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Moonlight Mesa is one of the longer single tracks in the adobe badlands of the Peach Valley Recreation Area. The SE trailhead on Elephant Skin Road is in the back of the adobe badlands where…
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Ponds Ridge is an adobe ridge line trail similar to most of the ridge line trails in the Flat Top- Peach Valley Recreation Area. It's a narrow single-track trail made up of ascents and descents…
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South Elephant Ridge is a single track in the Flat Top - Peach Valley Recreation Area that follows a skinny ridge line on top of adobe clay hills. Like most of the trails in the…
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This is an enjoyable and easy 45-mile trip over Owl Creek Pass between the Uncompahgre and Cimarron Rivers. There can be a few water-filled potholes, but nothing that would stop a passenger car with reasonable…
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Mystery Ditch is a fun twisty ditch trail with very tight curves and banked corners. The trail rides through the bottom of a dirt arroyo with dirt walls several feet high. The trail is overall…
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No Name Ridge is a fun single track near the Elephant Skin Staging Area of the Flat Tops-Peach Valley recreation area. The trail follows a ridge line atop the soft adobe clay hills that make…
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The Kings Ditch single track is part of the Flat Top - Peach Valley Trail System, a huge area outside of Montrose, Colorado made up of many adobe ridge line trails and ditch trails in…
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This road is easy, however, when wet, it can get really muddy in spots. The fourth campground that is marked is a really nice spot with room for 1-2 RV trailers. It's in the trees…
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Ponds Express is a 50" trail in the adobe badlands of Peach Valley recreation area near Montrose, Colorado. The trail has a smooth clay surface, and follows several ridge lines on the adobe hills. It…
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This is one of many ATV trails in the Flat Top - Peach Valley Recreation Area, which is a 9,700-acre area mostly of adobe clay badlands. From the east end, it starts with a steep…
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Lunar Ridge is a narrow and steep single track through an adobe badlands landscape near Montrose, Colorado. The trail is a smooth clay surface and winds along the narrow ridge lines of the adobe hills…
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Easy Forest service road that winds up at the lower elevations through gamble oaks then as you climb up in elevation into aspen groves and as you reach the top of the Grand Mesa you…
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Lunar Express is a fun, tight, and twisty adobe trail in the Flat Top - Peach Valley Recreation Area. There are almost 100 miles of trail in this recreation area and many of the adobe…
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This is a tight and narrow single track through the bottom of an adobe arroyo with several foot-high dirt walls. It's very narrow, and you have to watch out for hitting your handlebars on the…
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Peach Valley Loop is one of several ATV trails in the Peach Valley Recreation Area. It is an easy and wide two track making a loop on the adobe clay badlands that make up much…
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This unmarked single track is part of the Peach Valley Recreation Area and is a fun ridge line trail along the adobe clay badlands that make up much of this trail system. This trail is…
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Speed Ridge is a short ATV trail on an adobe ridge line in the Flat Top - Peach Valley Recreation Area. The trail is two-track width, but not overly wide, with some whoops. It starts…
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Eagle Ridge is a short single track in the Flat Top - Peach Valley recreation area on adobe clay soil. It's a series of hill climbs and descents up and down big adobe hills in…
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Highway One (Part Two) is a continuation of Highway One (Part One) ATV trail that is the main thoroughfare between the Peach Valley staging area and the Elephant Skin staging area. From the north trailhead,…
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