Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Southern Ute, Colorado

This 2.3-mile-long ATV trail starts off of Ute Creek, and has some steeper descents/climbs that are rutted with loose rocks, but also fast easy sections through wide open meadows and pinyon pine. It goes up and over small rolling hills as it heads south, traversing around the edges of the hills. It ...
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The Horizon Loop is a 3-mile ATV loop east of Bayfield, Colorado. It has sections of two-track through the forest, but part of the trail is on oil well access roads that are full-width gravel roads. The trail portions are accessible, being a wide path in the flat sagebrush valley or winding undernea...
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Skimmer makes a 1.1-mile ATV loop off of the Horizon Loop. It's a dirt two-track that ducks off from the oil well access road portion of Horizon Loop. The trail has dips and ruts through the grassy meadows and ponderosa pine. It gradually curves through partially graded hillsides, but is pretty flat...
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The Bull Creek Trail begins approximately 2.9 miles on the right off of Fossett Gulch Road - FS 613. The trail begins as a dirt road, Bull Creek Road - FS 841, but quickly turns into the Bull Creek Trail. Most of the trail is very wide and easy to ride on. There is a gate near the beginning of the ...
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Turkey Creek A road is a dirt/gravel road that can be ridden as an extension of the Bull Creek Trail. It is important to note that this road will continue into the Southern Ute Land, which is not for public access, so please make sure you pay attention using your onX offroad map and don't go too far...
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608 Connect- 694 is an ATV trail that connects two portions of the Forest Service Road 608. The south end starts as an oil well access road past a gate, but there is a trail portion that ducks off to the west and makes a triangle off of the oil well road. It crosses the road again, then continues no...
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Lange Canyon ATV trail makes a 5.4-mile loop off 608 Road in the San Juan National Forest in the trail system east of Bayfield, Colorado. The route has many sections on oil well access roads that are full-width gravel roads, but also has many sections of easy trail winding through the forest. It goe...
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Trail 699 is a short ATV trail through the San Juan National Forest on a full-width oil well access road that has been repurposed into a trail for 50" vehicles. The south end is a continuation of the Lange Canyon trail on the access road. The north end of the trail stops at the gate to the oil well,...
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Fossett Gulch Road - FS 613 is a forest service dirt road that begins right off of Highway 160. It is approximately 26 miles west on Highway 160 from downtown Pagosa Springs. There is an area right at the beginning of the road for parking and unloading. The road is very well maintained. There are c...
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Little Bull Creek Trail is a fun ATV/Dirt Bike Trail. The trail starts at the end of Fossett Gulch Road. The trail is located on the right of the road. Do not travel past the trail entrance, as this is Southern Ute land and there is no public access. There are several flat smooth areas where you can...
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This is an easy trail, 1 or 2 Difficulty at most, something that you can take your stock Honda Civic on most of it. The southern end of this trail is the Cox Canyon Arch trailhead just barely inside New Mexico's northern border with Colorado. The entrance to the parking lot itself might be a 2 or ev...
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This trail is lightly used, with the possibility of saplings and tall grass growing on the trail. You'll encounter loose rocks. It is mostly used by hunters for access to the southern portion of the First Notch area. 4WD is not required when dry, but the trail quickly becomes muddy and slippery with...
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The west end of First Notch 1 starts on First Notch Road, about 1.5 miles north of the staging area. The staging area is a dirt parking area on First Notch Road just a half mile north of Highway 160. This ATV trail goes through gambel oak bushes and ponderosa pine, on a hardpacked dirt trail with no...
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The north end of this 2.2-mile-long ATV trail starts at a small parking area on First Notch Road and enters behind a gate. It's a wide dirt path with ruts and small rocks through scrub oak and ponderosa pine, with long straight easy sections. After 1.3 miles, it makes a sharp turn to the west rather...
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Camping, Jeeping and Hunting on Devil Mountain-Fr Rd 626 There is some space when you first turn onto the trail from Hwy 160 to air up or down. After that area the Devil Mountain trail is pretty much uphill. The road is rocky so high clearance 4x4 vehicles are recommended as some of the climbs are s...
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This is an easy 1-mile connector trail between First Notch 3 and 2. It goes straight and fast through the forest, with small rocks in the trail, small ruts, and past big open meadows. It doesn't have any major obstacles but could have the potential for downfall as there are lots of downed trees on t...
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This is a really easy 50" trail off of First Notch Road that is popular for hunting access and ATV riding. It has small embedded and loose rocks but is generally fast and straight and easy. The north end starts on First Notch 3 trail, and it curves around until it ends on First Notch Road, crossing ...
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This small bypass is an unnamed gas well road. There's a very small (probably private) shooting range at the south end where this trail begins. The vista from the top is also very nice. The hill at the start of the south end is very steep, but still passable by a Honda Civic, unless it's wet/muddy/i...
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This route is relatively easy up and back, except for ruts and a water crossing near the end. If you decide to hike to Cox Canyon Arch itself, it is a short, moderate hike directly north from the first parking area past the gas industry equipment. If you continue to the turn-around loop at the end, ...
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Arbogas is a mile-long ATV trail through the San Juan National Forest north of Bayfield, Colorado that is quick and easy, and great for novice riders. There is a boulder pinch point at the entrance, preventing vehicles wider than 50", but it mostly looks like an old forestry road that has been repur...
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This 2.3-mile-long ATV trail starts off of Ute Creek, and has some steeper descents/climbs that are rutted with loose rocks, but also fast easy sections through wide open meadows and pinyon pine. It goes up and over small rolling hills as it heads south, traversing around the edges of the hills. It ...
Learn more about Reservoir Canyon

The Horizon Loop is a 3-mile ATV loop east of Bayfield, Colorado. It has sections of two-track through the forest, but part of the trail is on oil well access roads that are full-width gravel roads. The trail portions are accessible, being a wide path in the flat sagebrush valley or winding undernea...
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Skimmer makes a 1.1-mile ATV loop off of the Horizon Loop. It's a dirt two-track that ducks off from the oil well access road portion of Horizon Loop. The trail has dips and ruts through the grassy meadows and ponderosa pine. It gradually curves through partially graded hillsides, but is pretty flat...
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The Bull Creek Trail begins approximately 2.9 miles on the right off of Fossett Gulch Road - FS 613. The trail begins as a dirt road, Bull Creek Road - FS 841, but quickly turns into the Bull Creek Trail. Most of the trail is very wide and easy to ride on. There is a gate near the beginning of the ...
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Fossett Gulch Road - FS 613 is a forest service dirt road that begins right off of Highway 160. It is approximately 26 miles west on Highway 160 from downtown Pagosa Springs. There is an area right at the beginning of the road for parking and unloading. The road is very well maintained. There are c...
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Camping, Jeeping and Hunting on Devil Mountain-Fr Rd 626 There is some space when you first turn onto the trail from Hwy 160 to air up or down. After that area the Devil Mountain trail is pretty much uphill. The road is rocky so high clearance 4x4 vehicles are recommended as some of the climbs are s...
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This route is relatively easy up and back, except for ruts and a water crossing near the end. If you decide to hike to Cox Canyon Arch itself, it is a short, moderate hike directly north from the first parking area past the gas industry equipment. If you continue to the turn-around loop at the end, ...
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A paved road west of New Mexico State Highway 550 leads to this beautiful adventure in Hart Canyon. The arch is a short drive north of the main route. The small, majestic arch spans a small arroyo. There is a turnaround area near the arch. The Aztec UFO crash site is on a hill north of this route. T...
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