Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Silver Cliff, Colorado

Located just outside the town of Westcliffe, Colorado, this overland-style trail offers spectacular views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range. Alvarado Road- CR 140 is a maintained, dirt and rock trail that offers access…
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This easy tour takes you through the non-alpine area southeast of Buena Vista. This is a good chance to see what the backcountry looks like east of the Collegiate Range. You will pass through National…
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Easy access road (FS 84) reached via County Road 84 outside Florence, CO. The route primarily crosses private property before entering the San Isabel National Forest. At the end, there's a small turnaround loop with…
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This is an easy trail that takes you through areas of meadows at the top and bottom with forested areas in the middle. There are spots where there is some logging operation in progress. At…
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This is a USFS road in the San Carlos Ranger District. The road is accessed off of CO-165 via Ditch Creek Rd. The road is an out-and-back trail that offers access to multiple dispersed camping…
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This road is easy but rocky and narrow in some places. The west end of the road can get muddy after wet weather for the first couple of miles and can be challenging. After that,…
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Easy-to-moderate dirt trail located off Temple Canyon Road just outside Canon City. This narrow route winds through tight trees, making it better suited for smaller vehicles rather than full-size rigs. Along the way, it offers…
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This is a wide gravel road that you can use to connect many trails in the area. To make loop routes you can go down Meadow Divide forest road 639 then come back up Salt…
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The trail is pretty easy unless wet; then it is really muddy in places. Sometimes when conditions are wet and muddy, the BLM will close the gate. The trail travels up through pinyon pine, cedar…
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This road is fairly easy as it is a county/Forest Service road that gives you access to several jeep trails, hiking, dispersed camping, and mountain biking trails. The road travels through open pasture lands with…
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This is an easy winding road that has a few rocky spots that are easy to get around. The road takes you through open meadows and then through forest areas. It has nice views across…
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Easy to moderate, out and back, dirt trail off of Highway 50 near the town of Cotopaxi. Dirt, loose gravel, and occasional embedded rock. Scenic route with mountain views, Pinon-juniper woodland, unique rock structures, and…
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This easy ATV trail makes a fast and east loop around the staging area of the Texas Creek Recreation Area. It's a wide dirt two track with not many rocks. It's a fast and flowy…
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Easy-to-moderate, out-and-back single-lane dirt trail located off McCoy Gulch Road outside the town of Cotopaxi, Colorado. The route winds through rugged terrain featuring unique rock formations, narrow sections, and scenic overlooks of the surrounding mountain…
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A hidden, easy-to-moderate dirt trail off of Highway 50 West between the towns of Texas Creek and Cotopaxi. Once you turn off Highway 50, there is a gate you open to access, but please close…
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This is a well-maintained graded dirt road. It will be passable for any road-worthy vehicle in good weather conditions. If poor weather does occur, it could be trouble for road cars. A 4x4 with clearance…
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This is a heavily used network of trails that starts just south of Cripple Creek. A former stage coach route, Shelf Road takes you on a ride through history with old mines and ghost towns.…
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Easy-to-moderate, out-and-back dirt trail located off of U.S. Highway 50 outside the town of Coaldale, Colorado. This route travels through rugged terrain featuring rocky sections, mild technical obstacles, and a variety of dispersed camping opportunities…
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Easy-to-moderate dirt trail located off U.S. Highway 50 near the town of Coaldale, Colorado. This route travels through rugged terrain featuring rocky sections, mild technical obstacles, and a variety of dispersed camping opportunities along the…
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This is an easy trail. At the top of the trail, there is a T intersection;the loop to the right is not traveled very much and can be hard to follow. On the road to…
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This trail is a short, easy out-and-back route that winds through the small elevation changes of the Wet Mountain foothills and offers a good chance of isolation. It contains no major obstacles or water crossings,…
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This is a fun easy road. 4WD is only needed if it's snowy. The trail travels up to the top of the mountain where there are some good views, and then it travels down a…
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This trail is easy when dry but requires 4WD if snowy. The route travels through pine forest and has some good views to the south. At the T intersection, if you go right it goes…
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This is a side road off 5935 which you will find at the T intersection about 1-mile fromm the main road. The route is about 1/2 mile long and ends short of where the maps…
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Easy, short trail located off Dinosaur Flats Road in the Garden Park Fossil area near Canon City, CO. The trail is 0.7 miles long and ends with a loop at the end for turning around.…
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The road at the beginning is easy, about halfway you encounter a short rocky section. It gets easy until you get within about a 1/2 mile of the end where it drops down a fairly…
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Road a little rutted at start-up to T intersection. Turning right and staying on 5935 as you get higher it gets rocker in some places. The roads can get muddy after wet weather. If it…
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Easy, short trail located off Dinosaur Flats Road in the Garden Park Fossil area near Canon City, CO. The trail ends at a gated off area and provides a loop for turning around. Avoid during…
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Easy, out and back trail located in the Oil Flats Recreation area near Canon City, CO. The trail allows for access to the Anticline trail that is typically used by mountain bikers and hikers. The…
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Easy, looped trail located in the Oil Flats Recreation area near Canon City, CO. The trail allows for access to the Tectonic Shift and Unconformity trails that are typically used by mountain bikers and hikers.…
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