Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Stratton, Colorado

Shelf Road is a heavily traveled network of trails beginning just south of Cripple Creek, offering a mix of steep, rugged terrain and historic scenery. The trail features old mines, ghost towns, and multiple 4x4 spur roads branching off near Sand Gulch and The Banks Campground, one of Colorado’s mos...
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Seven Lakes Road branches off from Gold Camp Road and is typically very well-maintained. While more of a road than a trail most of the time, it leads to both Bull Park Rd and Frosty Park Road. From Gold Camp Road to the Colorado Springs Utilities' gate, you'll gain just over 1,300' in just over thre...
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Frosty Park Road is a fun trail to use as an alternate exit after running Eagle Rock or Mount Baldy Trails, or on its own from Seven Lakes Road (FS 376). The trail winds through heavy forest and in and out of wide open meadows. There are signs of prior tracks that are now closed or illegal, so be su...
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This out-and-back trail descends from Gold Camp Road into a peaceful, quiet valley with a small creek running alongside most of the way. There are occasional off-camber rocky sections, but nothing too challenging for those with some off-road experience. Once you reach the valley floor, take in the v...
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The road is easy at the beginning and gets rocker toward the top in several sections. The road is narrow for the first mile and on weekends the area is very busy. At the start, you travel down into a canyon with Great Cliffs, then opens up into high meadows with nice views.
Learn more about The Banks BLM Road 5820

As you start the trail, you'll pass through Frosty Park where you'll find some great camping spots. The trail ends just below Mt. Baldy and south of Almagre Mountain. You'll have to hike the rest of the way, but you'll get astounding, panoramic views from the top of of these peaks. When you're ready...
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Maverick Trail is 1.6 miles long, for vehicles 50" or less. The north end starts at a wooden pinch point and enters the pinyon pine trees. You have to duck under several branches when making many sharp turns and twisty curves through the trees. There are loose small pieces of rock in the trail, but ...
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Easy to moderate short trail located outside of Canon City, CO. Out and back trail with great spots for dispersed camping. Dirt and gravel road winding through red rock formations and rolling high-desert terrain. At the end, the trail provides a hiking path to view a scenic overlook. The trail is li...
Learn more about BLM 5830G

Gold Camp originally connected the Cheyenne Mountain area to Cripple Creek, but in 1988, Tunnel #3 collapsed, and a large section of Gold Camp was closed to vehicles, but left open to hikers and bikers. The road that now connects to Cripple Creek picks back up around the Broadmoor in southeast Color...
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Easy-to-moderate trail located outside of Canon City, Colorado. Out-and-back trail with great spots for dispersed camping. Dirt, gravel, and sandy roads winding through red rock formations and rolling high-desert terrain. Two rock obstacles make this trail slightly more advanced for the beginner dri...
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Easy-to-moderate short trail located outside of Canon City, Colorado. This out-and-back trail is great for dispersed camping. Dirt and gravel roads winding through rolling high-desert terrain. The area is lined with juniper bushes, sagebrush, and cacti, and features a unique rock wall at the end of ...
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Easy to moderate trail located outside of Canon City, CO. Out and back trail with great spots for dispersed camping. dirt and gravel roads winding through red rock formations and rolling high-desert terrain. Expect mild climbs, sandy sections, and occasional rocky patches, with wide-open views towar...
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Easy trail with beautiful views. 4WD is recommended, especially after snowfall. This trail leads to Gold Camp Road. Take switchbacks cautiously, as they can become narrow, and on-coming traffic can be hard to see. The last mile or so is the most rutted, with some larger rocks to get over.
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Easy-to-moderate trail located outside of Canon City, Colorado. This is an out-and-back trail with great spots for dispersed camping. Dirt and gravel roads winding through rolling high-desert terrain. Expect mild climbs, sandy sections, and occasional rocky patches, with wide-open views toward the S...
Learn more about Garza Trail - BLM 5830B

This short ATV trail through the Seep Springs Recreation Area connects 5830C to 5830G. The north end starts off narrower between the pinyon pine trees in the beginning. It goes along the edge of a mesa with good views of the mountains. It goes past a big rock wall lining the trail and several 6" tal...
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This trail starts directly out of the Seep Springs staging area, and will likely be the first trail you take if making a clockwise loop on all the ATV trails. It starts in a flat valley surrounded by pinyon pine trees and starts ascending up the mesa to connect with the Maverick Trail. As you ascend...
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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 with an overlook with beautiful views of the area and provides a loop for turning around and a dispersed camping site. Avoid during rain, extreme mud when wet. Beautiful views of the ...
Learn more about BLM 5935E

This ATV trail starts from the Seep Springs staging area, and starts curving through the pinyon trees with lots of very curvy turns tightly through the trees. There are a few sections with either loose rocks or bigger embedded rocks, but mostly it's a pretty smooth trail. It crosses a wash with a fe...
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Seep Springs Recreation Area is a BLM‑managed network of dirt and gravel roads and trails north of Cañon City that wind through open high desert terrain, piñon‑juniper and ponderosa woodlands, and scattered sandstone outcroppings. With roughly 16 miles of interconnected routes, riders and drivers wi...
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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 hard section to the end of the trail. A lot of camping spots along the way.
Learn more about Oil well Flats RD BLM 5941

Frosty Park Road is a fun trail to use as an alternate exit after running Eagle Rock or Mount Baldy Trails, or on its own from Seven Lakes Road (FS 376). The trail winds through heavy forest and in and out of wide open meadows. There are signs of prior tracks that are now closed or illegal, so be su...
Learn more about Frosty Park Road

This out-and-back trail descends from Gold Camp Road into a peaceful, quiet valley with a small creek running alongside most of the way. There are occasional off-camber rocky sections, but nothing too challenging for those with some off-road experience. Once you reach the valley floor, take in the v...
Learn more about Gould Creek Road

The road is easy at the beginning and gets rocker toward the top in several sections. The road is narrow for the first mile and on weekends the area is very busy. At the start, you travel down into a canyon with Great Cliffs, then opens up into high meadows with nice views.
Learn more about The Banks BLM Road 5820

As you start the trail, you'll pass through Frosty Park where you'll find some great camping spots. The trail ends just below Mt. Baldy and south of Almagre Mountain. You'll have to hike the rest of the way, but you'll get astounding, panoramic views from the top of of these peaks. When you're ready...
Learn more about Mount Baldy

Frosty Park Road is a fun trail to use as an alternate exit after running Eagle Rock or Mount Baldy Trails, or on its own from Seven Lakes Road (FS 376). The trail winds through heavy forest and in and out of wide open meadows. There are signs of prior tracks that are now closed or illegal, so be su...
Learn more about Frosty Park Road

This out-and-back trail descends from Gold Camp Road into a peaceful, quiet valley with a small creek running alongside most of the way. There are occasional off-camber rocky sections, but nothing too challenging for those with some off-road experience. Once you reach the valley floor, take in the v...
Learn more about Gould Creek Road

The road is easy at the beginning and gets rocker toward the top in several sections. The road is narrow for the first mile and on weekends the area is very busy. At the start, you travel down into a canyon with Great Cliffs, then opens up into high meadows with nice views.
Learn more about The Banks BLM Road 5820

As you start the trail, you'll pass through Frosty Park where you'll find some great camping spots. The trail ends just below Mt. Baldy and south of Almagre Mountain. You'll have to hike the rest of the way, but you'll get astounding, panoramic views from the top of of these peaks. When you're ready...
Learn more about Mount Baldy