Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Edwards, Colorado

This is an easy, scenic drive open June 21 through November 22. There are plenty of dispersed camping sites, all of them with amazing views. The first 6.5 miles are highly trafficked because of Piney…
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From south to north, single-track trail 8503 starts off with several big downhills on loose dirt with small rock drop-offs. The downhills are very steep with some small rocks in the trail and often have…
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8502A is an easy single-track trail in the Bocco Mountain trail system that is accessed at the south end of the dirt road BLM Route 8502. The trail goes straight east in the shrubs, lightly…
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Trail 8501 starts from the intersection with 8501F near the dirt road 8502C. It side hills across the side of the mountain on a narrow dirt trail with loose small rocks. It has several steep…
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8503C is a fast and fun trail to rip in the Bocco Mountain trail system, made up of slaloming switchbacks with banked corners. The trail has wide sweeping switchbacks the whole way through a sagebrush…
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This set of trails in the Bocco Mountain recreation area is a tight and twisty singletrack in a low alpine terrain made up of pinyon pine, pine trees and sage brush. It departs from 8501C…
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Single track trails 8503A & B make a loop starting and ending on the dirt road BLM Route 8502. Going counter clockwise, the trail comes down from the road on a trail that is washed…
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This is a fun and moderately challenging single track in the Bocco Mountain recreation area. This trail is made up of very tight turns through a variety of terrain. The entire trail is like a…
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This is an out-and-back trail that is mainly used to access hiking trails. Fall Creek, Mount of Tthe Holy Cross, and Cross Creek Trailhead are all accessible via this dirt road. A good portion of…
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The School House Rock ATV trail is part of the Hardscrabble OHV system, and is accessed off of the Hockett Gulch trail. The east end of the trail is a dead end, making this an…
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Hockett Gulch is a short trail in the Hardscrabble trail system that mostly goes through a sagebrush desert landscape. From south to north, it steadily drops 400 feet over 1.6 miles, so it is mostly…
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Tick Alley is a fun single track in the Hardscrabble Trail system by Gypsum, Colorado. From the south end of the trail, it drops almost 1000 feet over 2.5 miles. At the intersection with Itch…
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The Fast Times trail is a short trail in the Hardscrabble trail system near Gypsum, Colorado. It starts as a fast and straight trail, then intersects with the south end of the Star Wars trail,…
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Itch is a fast and flowy single track that snakes through wide-open sagebrush meadows in the Hardscrabble Trail System near Gypsum, Colorado. The south end of the trail starts at the east end of the…
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The east end of this single track starts at an intersection with the Hockett Gulch trail, then immediately climbs up to the top of the surrounding hills. It continues similarly to The Maze Trail where…
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Cat Walk is a short narrow single track that side hills across a mountain in the Hardscrabble Trail system south of Gypsum, Colorado. From the west end of the trail, it starts as a narrow…
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The Elk Drop trail is made up of several segments of single track connected by small sections of dirt road with varying terrain. Starting from the intersection with Fast Times, it departs to the left…
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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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Star Wars is a wash trail in the Hardscrabble Trail system near Gypsum, Colorado. It is aptly named Star Wars since riding at the bottom of a curvy wash resembles the feeling of flying fast…
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Easy Rider is a short single track in the Hardscrabble Mountain trail system near Gypsum, Colorado. From the northeast end of the trail, it starts on BLM Route 8384D, which is a dirt road through…
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Nice, easy ride open to unlicensed vehicles at the parking lot at Shrine Pass from June 21 to November 22. This is a popular area for hikers and mountain bikers so please be respectful. Bring…
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The Maze Trail is part of the Hardscrabble Trail System in Gypsum, Colorado, and is one of the closest trails to the staging area accessed off of Spring Creek Road. It starts winding in and…
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This trail follows a large section of powerline, hence the name of the trail, which connects Hagerman Pass to Diemer & Sellar lakes in the White River National Forest. This trail takes you to a…
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Make your way up the side of this mountain on varied terrain. You'll see trees and a few glimpses of the valley below. End of the trail is an easy route passing some cool old…
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We like to do this Jeep trail clockwise with McAllister Pass starting over on Shrine Pass. The first half mile is in Wearyman Creek. Be careful if the water is high. Ptarmigan Pass spends a…
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This trail is very rocky and you will find soft red dirt on this trail that will become mud in wet conditions. There are multiple water puddles; some can be deep with no bypass. It…
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8600E is a unique trail for the area because it goes along the bottom of a small creek bed with several creek crossings, in a more wooded section under leafy trees, rather than up high…
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Turquoise Reservoir is an excellent hub for your outdoor adventures, especially fishing and hiking, including the Colorado Trail, and exploring two historical railroad tunnels. Want to make it a really long day? At Basalt, head…
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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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A portion of this route travels through Routt National Forest, and unlicensed vehicles are permitted. The last section of the trail is incredibly beautiful with views of the Colorado River meandering through a large valley.…
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