Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Delta, Colorado

Denca Road is a highly scenic, moderately challenging 6.7-mile backcountry transit that begins directly off the main E 23 route. Welcoming a wide variety of outdoor enthusiasts—including passenger cars, trucks, side-by-sides, and horseback riders—the trail kicks off at a convenient, medium-sized dir...
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Escalante Canyon is a beautifully scenic, highly accessible 6.7-mile route that begins immediately off the paved highway, welcoming off-road explorers with a massive, hard-packed dirt staging area easily capable of accommodating up to 60 vehicles and large trailers. This exceptionally smooth, recent...
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76 Road is a highly accessible and scenic 1.2-mile dirt trail that begins near a sprawling staging area close to the main entrance. Immediately along the start of the route, visitors will find a convenient campground. The early sections of this path are characterized by smooth, effortless travel con...
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Beginning directly off Route 737, Denca Road Spur A is a beautifully secluded, outback-style route open to hikers, horseback riders, mountain bikers, passenger cars, and side-by-sides. This highly scenic 3.1-mile path winds quietly through rolling desert hills dotted with sparse, fragrant brush and...
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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 navigating the narrow steep road down to the river floor. Once down on the river, you'll have a v...
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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 relatively easy to navigate with the occasional steep grade, loose rocks, a...
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E23 is a highly demanding, breathtakingly scenic 7.3-mile backcountry route that guarantees an intense off-road adventure right from the starting line. Sharing its initial entrance with the Dry Mesa trail, the journey immediately plunges vehicles into a flowing water crossing measuring up to 14 inch...
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Burch Loop kicks off precisely where Rusty Nail Road concludes, delivering a highly scenic, moderately fast-paced 3.5-mile adventure through the high desert. Traveling at an estimated average speed of 10.3 mph, the trail is well-known for offering exceptional, continuous panoramic views of the plung...
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This well-established cutoff provides an alternative option from the Sidewinder Trail to the Smith Mountain Trail. Terrain is easy, but it offers different views to create more of a loop experience in this area. This trail and this area are very accessible, even during the winter months, and make fo...
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Serving as a direct continuation immediately following the challenging Tower Road, the scenic Ben Lowe Road (BLM 860) offers a captivating 5.0-mile journey deep into rugged canyon territory. Because this isolated trail mandates the completion of Tower Road first, travelers are rewarded with profound...
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Little Buck Road offers a delightfully short, exceptionally relaxed 2.5-mile journey through some of the area's most picturesque high-desert terrain. This highly accessible route gently meanders over firm dirt tracks and light rocky surfaces, remaining remarkably free of severe technical challenges....
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Branching smoothly off the main Tower Road, West Transfer Road provides an exceptionally expansive, wide-open valley transit. This 5.1-mile route initially features very mild surface imperfections, predominantly small 2-to-4-inch ruts and light obstacles easily negotiated by most vehicles. The journ...
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The Edge Trail is an adobe ridgeline trail in the Peach Valley Recreation Area that goes through an adobe clay badlands landscape. Starting from the northern trailhead, it starts wide but narrows up on the first adobe ridge lines. While on the ridge, you can see straight down to the steep grey fins ...
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Rusty Nail Road (BLM 886) begins precisely where the rugged Ben Lowe Road concludes, marked by a prominent cattle watering area and clear signage officially designating the start of the trail and its intended direction of travel. Averaging a leisurely 7.3 mph over its 3.4-mile length, this relativel...
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Tow Me Home Road is a remarkably scenic and highly engaging 4.7-mile trail that carves a serpentine path through some of the region's most spectacular topography. The journey begins with relatively mild 2-to-5-inch dirt ruts, which quickly and aggressively deepen into challenging 10-to-12-inch trenc...
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G37 is a beautifully maintained, highly accessible 3.4-mile transit that cuts straight through the heart of a spectacular, vibrant red rock canyon. This incredibly mellow route is wide open to all types of backcountry users—including standard passenger cars, full-size trucks pulling trailers, ATVs, ...
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The Coal Bank Loop is a scenic and more forested route than the surrounding trails, beginning off Tower Road. Winding tightly through dense, verdant tree cover, it offers a distinctly engaging driving experience characterized by its intimate, lush atmosphere. The trail quickly introduces moderate ob...
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This incredibly scenic, shorter loop trail offers a breathtaking detour off the main Tower Road through an intimate, rugged canyon environment. Measuring just 0.4 miles in total length, this 0.1-hour transit requires a slow, deliberate average speed of approximately 4.0 mph due to the presence of li...
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Candy Cane Loop is an adobe ridge line loop for 50" vehicles in Peach Valley, but has some spots that may be quite narrow for an ATV. Going clockwise, it starts as a winding and whooped out two tracks that meanders on the tops of the adobe clay hills. It has several off camber banked corners in the ...
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Dry Creek Road is a brief, highly scenic 0.8-mile transit that kicks off from a truly massive, flat staging area. Capable of accommodating hundreds of vehicles, this immense starting point is ideal for organizing large group meetups or basecamps before hitting the trail. Almost immediately after dep...
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Denca Road is a highly scenic, moderately challenging 6.7-mile backcountry transit that begins directly off the main E 23 route. Welcoming a wide variety of outdoor enthusiasts—including passenger cars, trucks, side-by-sides, and horseback riders—the trail kicks off at a convenient, medium-sized dir...
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Escalante Canyon is a beautifully scenic, highly accessible 6.7-mile route that begins immediately off the paved highway, welcoming off-road explorers with a massive, hard-packed dirt staging area easily capable of accommodating up to 60 vehicles and large trailers. This exceptionally smooth, recent...
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76 Road is a highly accessible and scenic 1.2-mile dirt trail that begins near a sprawling staging area close to the main entrance. Immediately along the start of the route, visitors will find a convenient campground. The early sections of this path are characterized by smooth, effortless travel con...
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Beginning directly off Route 737, Denca Road Spur A is a beautifully secluded, outback-style route open to hikers, horseback riders, mountain bikers, passenger cars, and side-by-sides. This highly scenic 3.1-mile path winds quietly through rolling desert hills dotted with sparse, fragrant brush and...
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Denca Road is a highly scenic, moderately challenging 6.7-mile backcountry transit that begins directly off the main E 23 route. Welcoming a wide variety of outdoor enthusiasts—including passenger cars, trucks, side-by-sides, and horseback riders—the trail kicks off at a convenient, medium-sized dir...
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Escalante Canyon is a beautifully scenic, highly accessible 6.7-mile route that begins immediately off the paved highway, welcoming off-road explorers with a massive, hard-packed dirt staging area easily capable of accommodating up to 60 vehicles and large trailers. This exceptionally smooth, recent...
Learn more about Escalante Canyon Road

76 Road is a highly accessible and scenic 1.2-mile dirt trail that begins near a sprawling staging area close to the main entrance. Immediately along the start of the route, visitors will find a convenient campground. The early sections of this path are characterized by smooth, effortless travel con...
Learn more about 76 Road

Beginning directly off Route 737, Denca Road Spur A is a beautifully secluded, outback-style route open to hikers, horseback riders, mountain bikers, passenger cars, and side-by-sides. This highly scenic 3.1-mile path winds quietly through rolling desert hills dotted with sparse, fragrant brush and...
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