Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Larkspur, Colorado

Plum Creek is one of the many spurs off Rampart Range Road. The easy trail is a great place to camp with no reservations or fees. The nature of the trail is fairly close, so beware of pinstripes if you're so inclined. The end of this trail is the best part - a massive round boulder allows for panora...
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Hidden Valley Road offers a range of conditions depending on the severity of erosion. It can vary from a rugged trail with numerous washouts to a smooth, mellow dirt road. In the summer after a dry spring, the trail was notably smooth and well-maintained. The trail is mostly through private land and...
Learn more about West Jackson Creek Road to Hidden Valley Road

This is a scenic and fun 2-mile long trail on mostly crushed granite and dirt. Except for a short, steeper grade at the northern end of the trail, the trail has a gentle grade throughout most of its length. Unlike its other sibling Fern 3, Fern 2 is a great introduction to the rider looking for a p...
Learn more about Fern 2- Rampart Range

This ATV trail runs east to west through the Rampart Range Recreation Area and is designated for ATVs 50 inches or less. The east end starts at a small dirt trailhead off of Jackson Creek Road, then it crosses Tomahawk about 1.2 miles in from the east trailhead. It's a shelfy wide trail with lots of...
Learn more about 788 ATV Trail

Saylor Park Rd is a fairly easy trail best suited for high-clearance vehicles due to occasional uneven terrain and small ruts along the route. The trail offers excellent dispersed camping throughout the area and finishes with a fun hill climb that adds a little extra challenge without becoming too t...
Learn more about Saylor Park Rd FS 325

Jackson Creek South, and to some extent Watson Park are smooth, very easy wide roads that are worth exploring for the scenery and access to dispersed camping, but they also serve as access points for the northern portion of the Rampart Range trails. These two trails are typically done together. Wats...
Learn more about Jackson Creek South/ Watson Park

Tomahawk is a 3.3-mile-long ATV trail in Rampart Range that is easy the whole way. It's easy because it's really wide with no obstacles. It's on a pea-gravel surface that can be a bit slippery at times, and there are a few troughs to watch out for. The trail is braided at times when there are ruts. ...
Learn more about 685 Tomahawk ATV Trail

Starting from County Road 79 (Spruce Dr), the trail meanders through the forest. There are many spur trails and interconnected trail systems that could make it easy to become disoriented, especially once you get into the Rainbow Falls Off-Road area. Missouri Gulch is a fairly easy trail with a few g...
Learn more about Missouri Gulch - FR 347

FS 929 is an easy out-and-back forest trail with smooth dirt terrain, light roots, and minor ruts throughout the route. The trail winds through dense pine and aspen trees with a few tight sections, but overall remains very manageable for most high-clearance 4x4s. There is currently a downed tree acr...
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This is a spur road for camping, views, and wandering. Bring a lunch and stop here on your way to explore more of the Rampart Range. There are several large campsites that can accommodate multiple vehicles. Head up the Main Mount Herman road toward the 300 Rampart Range. There are also a few spots t...
Learn more about Herman Spur 1 North Road - 320.A

Scotty's ATV Trail is a 4.5-mile trail designated for vehicles 50 inches or less in the Rampart Range Recreation Area. The trail is relatively easy for the entire track. It's pretty troughed out in areas, with a deep rut through the middle of the trail, so dirt bikers and ATVers will need to pick th...
Learn more about 681 Scotty's ATV Trail

This route is from between FR 346 (Hotel Gulch) and FR 320 (Mt Herman Road). It can be entered from multiple connecting trails on the western side. Either from pavement via Woodland Park, from Garden of the Gods, or from Mt. Herman Road. Rampart Range Road is an easy dirt road that connects many oth...
Learn more about Rampart Range - FR 300

This loop consists of Forest Service roads 323 and 324 which meet on the east side of the loop; the loop is continuous, and the numbers can be confusing. The trail surface is decomposed granite, which can erode easily and cause deep erosion cuts. Where the trail crosses the north-facing slopes, it c...
Learn more about Winding Stairs-Ice Cave Loop

This is a short detour around a big hill climb on Scotty's ATV Trail. It's easier than the section of Scotty's that it parallels. This section of trail has been freshly made through a pine trees forest. It's a wide two-track with light curves, and pine trees closely lining the trail. It's mostly fla...
Learn more about Scotty's Cutoff ATV Trail

Dutch Fred Trail is a 4.7-mile-long two-track that starts at the Dutch Fred Trailhead off Rampart Range Road and goes south to connect to Jackson Creek South Road. It goes through a pine tree forest with huge granite boulders, on somewhat of a sloped trail with tons of pea gravel. It has tons of tig...
Learn more about 679 Dutch Fred ATV Trail

Gramps is a fun and easy ATV trail in the Rampart Range Recreation Area that has small features that are slightly more challenging such as a few rocks, a steeper climb, and lots of troughed-out sections. The trail is pretty wide for the most part, riding through a pine tree forest with massive whoop...
Learn more about 657 Gramps ATV Trail

This summary is for the southern part of Long Hollow Trail that is about 4.5 miles of fun, twisting, turning trail through the forest on fairly smooth well-maintained crushed granite trails. The Forest service rates this as an intermediate trail. Many turns are banked and the speed bumps, berms an...
Learn more about Long Hollow 50-inch Trail (FS 650)

Trout Creek Connection is a short ATV trail near the south end of the Rampart Range Recreation Area that connects Trout Creek Trail to Jackson Creek South Road. The beginning is easy to miss as it comes off of Trout Creek. This is a quick connection trail that isn't very hard but goes through a scen...
Learn more about 649A Trout Creek Connection ATV Trail

This segment of the Trout Creek ATV trail is a 1.2-mile segment that connects Long Hollow to the Trout Creek Connection Trail (#649A) and Rampart Range Road. It meanders along a spine through a pine tree forest, going slightly uphill when riding south to north, on a pea-gravel surface. It goes along...
Learn more about 649 Trout Creek ATV Trail

Forest Road 507 rests in the Pike National Forest just outside of Sedalia, CO, and serves as a connector for the northern section of the Rampart Range Recreation Area. This trail runs in a 2-way direction northeast of Rampart Range Road, connecting to Jackson Creek Road, offering a smooth ride throu...
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Plum Creek is one of the many spurs off Rampart Range Road. The easy trail is a great place to camp with no reservations or fees. The nature of the trail is fairly close, so beware of pinstripes if you're so inclined. The end of this trail is the best part - a massive round boulder allows for panora...
Learn more about Plum Creek Road

Hidden Valley Road offers a range of conditions depending on the severity of erosion. It can vary from a rugged trail with numerous washouts to a smooth, mellow dirt road. In the summer after a dry spring, the trail was notably smooth and well-maintained. The trail is mostly through private land and...
Learn more about West Jackson Creek Road to Hidden Valley Road

This is a scenic and fun 2-mile long trail on mostly crushed granite and dirt. Except for a short, steeper grade at the northern end of the trail, the trail has a gentle grade throughout most of its length. Unlike its other sibling Fern 3, Fern 2 is a great introduction to the rider looking for a p...
Learn more about Fern 2- Rampart Range

This ATV trail runs east to west through the Rampart Range Recreation Area and is designated for ATVs 50 inches or less. The east end starts at a small dirt trailhead off of Jackson Creek Road, then it crosses Tomahawk about 1.2 miles in from the east trailhead. It's a shelfy wide trail with lots of...
Learn more about 788 ATV Trail

Plum Creek is one of the many spurs off Rampart Range Road. The easy trail is a great place to camp with no reservations or fees. The nature of the trail is fairly close, so beware of pinstripes if you're so inclined. The end of this trail is the best part - a massive round boulder allows for panora...
Learn more about Plum Creek Road

Hidden Valley Road offers a range of conditions depending on the severity of erosion. It can vary from a rugged trail with numerous washouts to a smooth, mellow dirt road. In the summer after a dry spring, the trail was notably smooth and well-maintained. The trail is mostly through private land and...
Learn more about West Jackson Creek Road to Hidden Valley Road

Saylor Park Rd is a fairly easy trail best suited for high-clearance vehicles due to occasional uneven terrain and small ruts along the route. The trail offers excellent dispersed camping throughout the area and finishes with a fun hill climb that adds a little extra challenge without becoming too t...
Learn more about Saylor Park Rd FS 325

Starting from County Road 79 (Spruce Dr), the trail meanders through the forest. There are many spur trails and interconnected trail systems that could make it easy to become disoriented, especially once you get into the Rainbow Falls Off-Road area. Missouri Gulch is a fairly easy trail with a few g...
Learn more about Missouri Gulch - FR 347