Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Norwood, Colorado

Portis is the second loop in the Thunder Trails and has similar difficulty to the Thunder Loop. Going counterclockwise, it goes over chunky slabs of rock and embedded small rocks in the trail, making for a jarring ride. It has tight turns through the gambel oak and pinyon pine trees. It stays up on ...
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Naturita Rim is the third loop in the Thunder Trails. This loop is easier than Thunder and Portis as it has fewer rocks. It is more like a continuation of Portis, continuing through the same terrain of gambel oak, but with tall ponderosa pines rather than pinyon trees as you head south. It has small...
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Goshorn is the furthest south loop in the Thunder Trails. Going counterclockwise, it starts on a grassy hillside, but then quickly enters the gambel oaks and aspen trees. It goes along the rim of the mesa, overlooking the valley below. It has embedded small rocks and tight turns similar to the other...
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Powerline is a fast and flowy trail that makes a nice loop with Red Canyon Trail. The trail is open to dirt bikes only, but starts and ends on the powerline maintenance road. In between the sections of road is a great single-track climb through thick aspen groves (when ridden south to north) with sw...
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Roundabout is a short single track through the Uncompahgre National Forest north of Norwood, Colorado. You can access it through a couple of dirt roads off of the main Divide Road that goes through this whole area. The trail goes through tall pines and aspens, with great views of the Uncompahgre Pla...
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The Aspen Loop is a fun 5-mile-long single track that makes a loop off of Divide Road in the Uncompahgre National Forest. It's mostly a fast and flowy trail, not too narrow, with minor features like small embedded rocks, small roots, and potential for downed logs. There are lots of little roots stre...
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This is an almost 3-mile-long ATV trail through the Uncompahgre National Forest. It's very easy for the entire route, riding through some really great scenery through spruce trees and aspen groves. The entrance is unmarked when it starts at the intersection with the Dry Creek Trail, but it immediate...
Learn more about East Fork Dry Creek ATV Trail

This is a 50" trail that connects Divide Road to the Dry Creek ATV trail, passing the Buck Spur Singletrack along the way. The entire route is a wide path through spruce trees and aspens. The ground is mostly flat, with lots of little loose rocks, and shallow ruts, but no big obstacles. There are lo...
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This short ATV trail starts in a big meadow at the Spring Creek Trailhead, which is also a great dispersed camping area. The east end picks up after the end of the Spring Creek ATV Trail, and it continues west. The ground is a bit rutted and chopped up, with a little bit of sand, but it stays pretty...
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The Rim Trail makes a 5.6-mile loop off of Divide Road, with some rockier spots and great views of the Uncompahgre Plateau. When going counterclockwise, it starts at a cattle grate and pinch point, on a wide track that has a bit of flat embedded slab rock that is easy to ride over but is unique for ...
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This fun and easy ATV trail goes between the Buck Singletrack and the East Fork Dry Creek ATV Trail for 4 miles through the Uncompahgre National Forest. The north end starts as a powerline trail, being a wide smooth path in a pine and aspen forest. It starts descending, with small loose rocks in the...
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Buck Trail is generally a tight and curvy trail going through fairly thick vegetation. There are some meadow clearings with nice views. The trail has consistent sections of roots and loose rock throughout that are 6 to 8 inches or less. When the trail is ridden counter-clockwise, there is one fairly...
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This is a 12-mile loop trail off Divide Road beginning 30 miles from Montrose. We did this trail by following a fence line up the east leg to join the original Roubideau Jeep Trail. We then followed the original trail northwest until intersecting a better road. We followed this better road south do...
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This western segment of the Spring Creek ATV trail starts at the Paradox Single Track and heads west to the Spring Creek Spur B ATV trail. The entire 2.4 miles is very easy. It mostly gradually climbs up from east to west, with the steepest spots on the west side. It's a wide two-track that goes thr...
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This short ATV trail, 1.7 miles, connects the Dented Door Spring Road to the Spring Creek ATV Trail. It goes through a forest of blue spruce and aspen trees, the trail almost as wide as a road. The trail is covered in small loose rock at times, but is also smooth hard packed dirt at times, going thr...
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This is a series of well-graded or slightly bumpy roads that will take you from Ridgway to Olathe over the Uncompaghre Plateau. The south part has vast views of open ranchland, the center is in the Uncompaghre National Forest, and the north part is on a high desert mesa above Robideau Creek. All roa...
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This is a short spur trail off of the Spring Creek ATV Trail, that goes south through a forest of tall pine trees, aspens, and gambel oak on a wide easy path. There are small embedded rocks in the trail, but nothing difficult and no ledges. It's flat, with hardly any elevation change. The trail ride...
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Bumpy, colorful, vast, and adventurous, this hidden dirt road in historic ranching country gives stunning rewards for those willing the take the time to get around the bend. As Last Dollar Road winds through a low valley surrounded by jagged peaks and deep-blue skies, each bend delivers jaw-dropping...
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25 Mesa Road is an ideal scenic route for beginners, families, and offroaders looking for a relaxed journey across the beautiful Uncompahgre Plateau between Delta and Nucla. This wide, well-graded dirt and gravel road is accessible to almost any vehicle, including high-clearance two-wheel-drive vehi...
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The maintained gravel Sims Mesa Rd offers views of the Uncompaghre River valley. It becomes a rutted unmaintained Forest Service road as it enters the National Forest. Wildflowers and aspen groves line the trail as it turns into Caprock Road leading to Delores Creek which feeds a small, animal-attr...
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This is an almost 3-mile-long ATV trail through the Uncompahgre National Forest. It's very easy for the entire route, riding through some really great scenery through spruce trees and aspen groves. The entrance is unmarked when it starts at the intersection with the Dry Creek Trail, but it immediate...
Learn more about East Fork Dry Creek ATV Trail

This is a 50" trail that connects Divide Road to the Dry Creek ATV trail, passing the Buck Spur Singletrack along the way. The entire route is a wide path through spruce trees and aspens. The ground is mostly flat, with lots of little loose rocks, and shallow ruts, but no big obstacles. There are lo...
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This short ATV trail starts in a big meadow at the Spring Creek Trailhead, which is also a great dispersed camping area. The east end picks up after the end of the Spring Creek ATV Trail, and it continues west. The ground is a bit rutted and chopped up, with a little bit of sand, but it stays pretty...
Learn more about Spring Creek Spur B ATV Trail

The Rim Trail makes a 5.6-mile loop off of Divide Road, with some rockier spots and great views of the Uncompahgre Plateau. When going counterclockwise, it starts at a cattle grate and pinch point, on a wide track that has a bit of flat embedded slab rock that is easy to ride over but is unique for ...
Learn more about Rim ATV Trail

This is a 12-mile loop trail off Divide Road beginning 30 miles from Montrose. We did this trail by following a fence line up the east leg to join the original Roubideau Jeep Trail. We then followed the original trail northwest until intersecting a better road. We followed this better road south do...
Learn more about Roubideau Jeep Trail

This is a series of well-graded or slightly bumpy roads that will take you from Ridgway to Olathe over the Uncompaghre Plateau. The south part has vast views of open ranchland, the center is in the Uncompaghre National Forest, and the north part is on a high desert mesa above Robideau Creek. All roa...
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Bumpy, colorful, vast, and adventurous, this hidden dirt road in historic ranching country gives stunning rewards for those willing the take the time to get around the bend. As Last Dollar Road winds through a low valley surrounded by jagged peaks and deep-blue skies, each bend delivers jaw-dropping...
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25 Mesa Road is an ideal scenic route for beginners, families, and offroaders looking for a relaxed journey across the beautiful Uncompahgre Plateau between Delta and Nucla. This wide, well-graded dirt and gravel road is accessible to almost any vehicle, including high-clearance two-wheel-drive vehi...
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