Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Vail, Colorado

This is an easy, scenic drive open June 21 through November 22. There are plenty of dispersed camping sites, all of them with amazing views. The first 6.5 miles are highly trafficked because of Piney…
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This is an out-and-back trail that is mainly used to access hiking trails. Fall Creek, Mount of Tthe Holy Cross, and Cross Creek Trailhead are all accessible via this dirt road. A good portion of…
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Nice, easy ride open to unlicensed vehicles at the parking lot at Shrine Pass from June 21 to November 22. This is a popular area for hikers and mountain bikers so please be respectful. Bring…
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We like to do this Jeep trail clockwise with McAllister Pass starting over on Shrine Pass. The first half mile is in Wearyman Creek. Be careful if the water is high. Ptarmigan Pass spends a…
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This is just a nice, easy, scenic backway from Camp Hale to Highway 24, offering nice views of the Camp Hale valley. Most vehicles should do fine. If there's snow, it could get a little…
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Make your way up the side of this mountain on varied terrain. You'll see trees and a few glimpses of the valley below. End of the trail is an easy route passing some cool old…
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Mumford Gulch Trail is a loop trail that can be done in either direction. It is primarily dirt with 1 section with a moderate pitch. The trail goes around the perimeter of Cow Camp Gulch…
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This trail takes you up along a high ridge with amazing views of the valley and reservoir below. The top section has dispersed camping available set back in the trees, and if you're lucky you…
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Tenderfoot Mountain is a 6-mile-long easy singletrack. The north end starts on County Road 51. It starts off as a narrow dirt trail at a pinch point. Much of the trail is fast and flowy,…
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From south to north, single-track trail 8503 starts off with several big downhills on loose dirt with small rock drop-offs. The downhills are very steep with some small rocks in the trail and often have…
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If you have done Peak 10, this is the little road and Lake you are staring down at. Crystal Road is usually combined with Spruce Creek Road, although the connector between them is no longer…
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Gypsum to Radium Spring follows part of Section 05 of the Backcountry Discovery Route mostly along the Colorado River. Starting from Gypsum it's a fun narrow climb up and down Trail Gulch to Road 301.…
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Tiger Road is a rock and gravel, relatively flat road that traverses down a small valley towards Green Horn Gulch in Breckenridge, Colorado. This road is surrounded by gently sloping hills that lead to an…
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8503C is a fast and fun trail to rip in the Bocco Mountain trail system, made up of slaloming switchbacks with banked corners. The trail has wide sweeping switchbacks the whole way through a sagebrush…
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8502A is an easy single-track trail in the Bocco Mountain trail system that is accessed at the south end of the dirt road BLM Route 8502. The trail goes straight east in the shrubs, lightly…
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Outer Wide Open makes a loop off of Tenderfoot Mountain Trail with BB Trail. It's a newly constructed single track in the trail system, and is very similar in style and difficulty to the rest…
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BB is a newly constructed dirt bike trail in the Tenderfoot Mountain Trail System. It starts at an overlook above Dillon Reservoir at the intersection with Outer Wide Open. It climbs up to Tenderfoot Mountain…
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The south end of Upper Wide Open starts along a fence and goes through a pinch point, then enters a forest of tall skinny lodgepole pine trees and the ground is full of downed skinny…
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A portion of this route travels through Routt National Forest, and unlicensed vehicles are permitted. The last section of the trail is incredibly beautiful with views of the Colorado River meandering through a large valley.…
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This is an ATV or dirt bike trail that follows I-70 from the town of Dillon to the Eisenhower Tunnel. You follow the creek most of the time, which is in the shadow of I-70.…
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Trail 8501 starts from the intersection with 8501F near the dirt road 8502C. It side hills across the side of the mountain on a narrow dirt trail with loose small rocks. It has several steep…
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Single track trails 8503A & B make a loop starting and ending on the dirt road BLM Route 8502. Going counter clockwise, the trail comes down from the road on a trail that is washed…
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Roost is an easy trail in the Tenderfoot Mountain Trail System. The west side of Roost starts at the intersection with Tenderfoot Mountain Trail, and zig zags across the mountain until it intersects with Lucky,…
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Pile Driver is a very easy single track through the Tenderfoot Mountain Recreation Area near Silverthorne, Colorado. The west end starts at the end of the Tenderfoot Mountain Trail, and it traverses across the hillside…
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South Fork Road (FS 142.1) begins just past the tunnels beneath the Henderson Mill conveyor at the southern end of Williams Fork Road (CR 30/FR 138). This narrow, single-lane forest road winds south along the…
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This set of trails in the Bocco Mountain recreation area is a tight and twisty singletrack in a low alpine terrain made up of pinyon pine, pine trees and sage brush. It departs from 8501C…
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This is a fun and moderately challenging single track in the Bocco Mountain recreation area. This trail is made up of very tight turns through a variety of terrain. The entire trail is like a…
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Lucky is a newer trail in the Tenderfoot Mountain Trail System. It starts at the intersection with Upper Wide Open and rides north to Roost. It's a very fast trail, being pretty wide through the…
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Williams Fork Road (County Road 30 / Forest Service Road 138) is a wide, well-graded gravel road that serves as a scenic and accessible route through a mix of public and private lands in Grand…
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This trail descends through a series of big, wide, sweeping switchbacks from the summit of Tenderfoot Mountain. The trail is extensive at the top, like a two-track, but narrows slightly as it enters the trees.…
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