Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Pine Bluffs, Wyoming

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Crow Valley Loop

Pawnee National Grasslands offers a distinct landscape of wide-open views and rolling hills with ample opportunities for recreation. This area is a checkerboard of National Grasslands, State of Colorado, Central Plains Experimental Range, and private…
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Total Miles
11.8
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Crow Spring Road

The beginning of this route on the North Branch Crow Creek Road is fairly easy, with only a few tight turns and requiring only enough clearance to negotiate the standard forest service earthen water diversion…
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Total Miles
7.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Vedauwoo

This easy-to-drive backroad cuts through the unique Vedauwoo area of the Medicine Bow National Forest where you'll discover huge piles of ancient Sherman granite. This route offers a tour of these intriguing rock structures while…
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Total Miles
7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

North Ridge Road

This route takes you through the northern area of the Pole Mountain unit of Medicine Bow National Forest between Laramie and Cheyenne and provides access to numerous dispersed campsites. It is a well-graded road consisting…
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Total Miles
8.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Caretakers

This graded and well-maintained backroad cuts through the Medicine Bow National Forest, just north of HWY 210 and the unique Vedauwoo area. This route offers undulating country roads and provides access to lots of dispersed…
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Total Miles
6.2
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Eagle Rock

This Forest Service backroad cuts through the Medicine Bow National Forest, just north of HWY 210 and the unique Pole Mountain and Vedauwoo areas. This route offers single-lane country roads and provides access to lots…
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Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Tame Cat

This is an out-and-back trail off Blair Wallis Road in Medicine Bow National Forest between Laramie and Cheyenne. After the creek crossing at the trailhead, it climbs through the pines and becomes a narrow two-track…
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Total Miles
1.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Telephone Extension

This fun shortcut between Happy Jack Road and Eagle Rock Road in the Pole Mountain area of Medicine Bow National Forest between Laramie and Cheyenne includes a few short steep ups and downs. This route…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Old Flowers Road

This is a quick and easy route that passes through some private land on the first section. Stay on the road all the way to the forest boundary. There are some great camping spots along…
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Total Miles
11.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Pratt Creek

Pratt Creek is a scenic trail in the heart of Roosevelt National Forest just outside Livermore, CO. You'll traverse deep through a ponderosa pine forest on windy dirt and gravel roads with awe-inspiring sights and…
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Total Miles
10.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Deadman Lookout

Take the family on this fun drive to a really cool fire lookout tower. You can visit it on Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to 4pm. Ten people can climb the tower at a time.…
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Total Miles
13.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Amethyst

This is a short, relatively easy out and back trail located near Red Feathers Lakes. The trail has a gradual climb over some loose dirt and baby heads. The trail is one way, but has…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su

Killpecker Road

Killpecker Road is a well-maintained, wide, gravel road which is suitable for sedans and travel trailers or RVs. There are many dispersed camping areas along this road and it would make an excellent camp for…
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Total Miles
6.9
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Pine Wedge

This is a short, out and back trail that starts off as a well-groomed forest service road suitable for a 2WD sedan. The trail quickly becomes much narrower the further down the path you get.…
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Total Miles
4.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Rifle Road

The route begins in the middle of Cave Creek and is both USFS 217C and 217D. If you head up the left side of the trail there is a nice hill that offers some good…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Old Fall River Road

Bring your camera and visit Chasm Falls. Drive above the timberline on winding switchbacks, then visit Estes Park where you can get up close to elk (not too close), shop and have a great meal.…
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Total Miles
8.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Gold Lake Trail

Calm out and back trail ending at a hut on private land. Be sure to not trespass on the private land. Some small ruts and rocks, along with some off-camber berms. A technical rock patch…
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Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa