Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Fruita, Colorado

If you're out for a Sunday drive, consider checking out Banana Split. It's a fun, easy, 4x4 trail with minimal technical difficulties. You will encounter ruts, hills, berms, and split-offs; But the view of the Booktrees is stunning! Opportunity for Single track, ATV, SXS, and full-size vehicles to a...
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The BLM 179 trail offers a highly engaging and dynamic drive through a sprawling, heavily recreated desert landscape. The adventure kicks off directly from the paved section of 18 Road, opening into a wide, sandy parking area that comfortably accommodates 10 to 20 vehicles. This staging lot serves a...
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Fairly easy trail, the majority of the trail is dirt. There is one section of the trail that is gravel but then turns back into dirt. The trail is on the backside of the Colorado National Monument. During the trail, you will encounter some ruts caused by vehicles when the trail has been wet. The rut...
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The overall environment of Bureau of Land Management 182 features a stunning, expansive desert landscape that offers truly unique, sweeping views of the majestic Colorado National Monument to the south and the jagged Book Cliffs to the north. Beginning just off Bureau of Land Management 177, this hi...
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Embark on the incredibly scenic and highly popular first half of Q 5/10 Road, a 3.7-mile dirt trail situated on beautiful BLM land just minutes north of downtown Fruita in the vibrant North Desert (18 Road) area. Starting from a spacious parking area, the route immediately introduces you to recently...
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BLM Route 165 is designated for dirt bikes but is mostly a whooped-out, road-width dirt trail that follows a power line. It's smooth dirt, with no rock, but has huge whoops the whole way. It goes through a landscape of rolling hills at the base of the North Fruita Desert with the Book Cliffs and col...
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BLM Route 196 is a fast single track in the North Fruita Desert trail system north of Fruita, Colorado. The east end of the trail starts at the back of a public utility plant on a Jeep road right at the corner of the fence, that is easy to miss. The single track departs from the Jeep road right away...
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21 Road South is a route providing further access to dispersed camping and OHV opportunities on BLM lands in the Fruita/Grand Junction area. The road is paved for little ways once on public lands before turning to a mostly flat, gravel road for approximately four miles. At mile four, the road vastly...
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BLM Route 187A is a short and fun single track through an adobe arroyo in the North Fruita desert that spurs off of BLM Route 187 (Branch Wash), which is another ditch trail. The 187A spur is tighter and more overgrown than the 187 trail. When going east, it spurs off of 187 when the arroyo splits a...
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BLM Route 185 is a seldom-ridden dirt bike trail in the North Fruita Desert that goes through an overgrown adobe ditch on a very faint track. The trailhead on the south end has a trail marker sign and pinch point and starts going through grassy meadows on a narrow dirt single track. To follow this G...
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A good resource for dispersed camping in the Grand Junction Area. There is a vast network of offshoots and alternate routes in this BLM area. Monitoring weather conditions prior to arrival is recommended. Use previously disturbed areas only. Pack out what you pack in. High clearance is recommended t...
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BLM Route 186 is a fast and easy single track that flows across green meadows and valleys in the lower section of the north Fruita desert. It starts in a green grassy meadow on a narrow track that in springtime, will likely have some mud. It looks like the cows use this trail too, as there are lots ...
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This single track is similar to many of the other single tracks in the lower part of the North Fruita Desert, as it is a smooth and narrow single track that flows over the rolling hills in this valley. It's pretty straight, fast, and flowy over green grass meadows, with barely any rocks in the trail...
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Experience the stunning and effortlessly navigable BLM 175, an exceptionally scenic 1.0-mile dirt trail that offers a welcoming adventure for a diverse range of outdoor enthusiasts, including hikers, horseback riders, bicyclists, and drivers of cars, trucks, motorcycles, and side-by-sides. From the ...
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The overall environment of BLM 181 is a sprawling, sun-baked high desert plain offering outstanding, sweeping views of the distant Colorado National Monument. Beginning directly off BLM 174, this route heads south through a beautifully wide-open landscape populated by low-lying scrub brush and tall ...
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Running south to north, this trail starts as a fast single track through barren desert terrain in valleys, washes, and along ridgelines. The first split for 150A is a short steep climb onto a narrow ridgeline and a steep downhill. The second split for 150B brings you into a narrow windy wash with 10...
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This exceptionally approachable and scenic trail earns an easy-to-moderate Level 2 rating due to its predominantly smooth and well-maintained surface. Drivers will encounter only light, highly manageable ruts ranging from 4 to 6 inches and very mild off-camber sections measuring between 5 and 8 degr...
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Embark on an incredibly dynamic and visually spectacular 1.8-mile adventure along BLM 198, a versatile dirt trail seamlessly welcoming hikers, horseback riders, bicyclists, ATVs, side-by-sides, and all street-legal vehicles. The journey begins right off County Road 2/10, immediately treating explore...
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BLM 164, a highly scenic route that heads south toward Fruita and offers a fantastic, multi-use desert adventure. The overall environment is a vast, rolling high desert landscape that boasts outstanding, sweeping views of the distant Colorado National Monument, though passing wildfire smoke can occa...
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Embark on the breathtaking and highly versatile CR 2/10, a dynamic 3.9-mile connector trail that seamlessly links maintained county roads to the expansive, rugged BLM backcountry. The adventure begins directly off County Road 21, featuring a generous, sprawling parking area easily capable of accommo...
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If you're out for a Sunday drive, consider checking out Banana Split. It's a fun, easy, 4x4 trail with minimal technical difficulties. You will encounter ruts, hills, berms, and split-offs; But the view of the Booktrees is stunning! Opportunity for Single track, ATV, SXS, and full-size vehicles to a...
Learn more about Banana Split

The BLM 179 trail offers a highly engaging and dynamic drive through a sprawling, heavily recreated desert landscape. The adventure kicks off directly from the paved section of 18 Road, opening into a wide, sandy parking area that comfortably accommodates 10 to 20 vehicles. This staging lot serves a...
Learn more about BLM 179

Fairly easy trail, the majority of the trail is dirt. There is one section of the trail that is gravel but then turns back into dirt. The trail is on the backside of the Colorado National Monument. During the trail, you will encounter some ruts caused by vehicles when the trail has been wet. The rut...
Learn more about Rattle Snake Canyon

The overall environment of Bureau of Land Management 182 features a stunning, expansive desert landscape that offers truly unique, sweeping views of the majestic Colorado National Monument to the south and the jagged Book Cliffs to the north. Beginning just off Bureau of Land Management 177, this hi...
Learn more about BLM 182

If you're out for a Sunday drive, consider checking out Banana Split. It's a fun, easy, 4x4 trail with minimal technical difficulties. You will encounter ruts, hills, berms, and split-offs; But the view of the Booktrees is stunning! Opportunity for Single track, ATV, SXS, and full-size vehicles to a...
Learn more about Banana Split

The BLM 179 trail offers a highly engaging and dynamic drive through a sprawling, heavily recreated desert landscape. The adventure kicks off directly from the paved section of 18 Road, opening into a wide, sandy parking area that comfortably accommodates 10 to 20 vehicles. This staging lot serves a...
Learn more about BLM 179

Fairly easy trail, the majority of the trail is dirt. There is one section of the trail that is gravel but then turns back into dirt. The trail is on the backside of the Colorado National Monument. During the trail, you will encounter some ruts caused by vehicles when the trail has been wet. The rut...
Learn more about Rattle Snake Canyon

The overall environment of Bureau of Land Management 182 features a stunning, expansive desert landscape that offers truly unique, sweeping views of the majestic Colorado National Monument to the south and the jagged Book Cliffs to the north. Beginning just off Bureau of Land Management 177, this hi...
Learn more about BLM 182