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 Lake, and the amount of hikes available. You will reach Red & White Mountain Trail, and then the ent...
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This historic trail is a hard packed dirt trail, plentiful with small boulders, mud holes and washboard surfaces. The trail is wide enough for vehicles to pass and offers many camp sites along the route ending at Piney River Ranch. The route is typically open June 21 til November 22, check with Wh...
Learn more about South Fork Piney - FS 701

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 the trail is lined with aspens. There are multiple dispersed camping spots throughout and a designated f...
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Shrine Pass Road offers an approachable backcountry drive with no major obstacles, making it a favorite for those seeking high-alpine scenery without technical challenges. The road includes some rocky sections, but the route mellows as you approach the summit, providing a comfortable ride for most h...
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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 slick and there could be some deep puddles or rough washboards with a lot of traffic.
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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 and Mumford Gulch. This trail features beautiful views of the Green Mountain Reservoir. There are a few camp...
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This U.S. Forest Service route branches off from FS 418 and descends into a beautiful canyon filled with dispersed campsites, open meadows, and popular hunting areas. Several excellent campsites can be found within the first mile, after which the trail becomes progressively narrower and more rugged,...
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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 a sharp curve at the end in between the trees. It goes into a fun ravine at the bottom of the hil...
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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 snaking through the sagebrush. This section is more flat and easy compared to many of the other trails in this...
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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 downhills with tight turns with a couple of small rock ledges and roots creating some added difficulty. There...
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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 meadow with pine trees lining the trail. It connects the BLM Route 8502 dirt road to single-track t...
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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 out with deep troughed out switchbacks to intersect with trail 8503. Stay left for 8503A and drop into and out of a dee...
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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 and becomes a very curvy trail and switches back up the mountainside with wide sweeping curves and tight turns i...
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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 maze or a race car track because it has so many curves. In between the curves are really steep hill climbs a...
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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, through tall skinny aspen trees, with wide sweeping and banked corners, and is very gradual and smooth. There are...
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Sheephorn Mountain is a scenic 15-mile off-road trail suited for stock, high-clearance SUVs, offering a blend of moderate shelf road driving and gentle dirt paths with historic farm ruins. The route starts on varied terrain as it climbs toward Sheephorn Mountain, winding through dense pine forests a...
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This route begins off East Brush Creek Road and follows a wide, well-maintained Forest Service road where two vehicles can easily pass, at least as far as the historic town of Fulford. During the first few miles, travelers will find several excellent dispersed campsites, with additional camping oppo...
Learn more about Nolan Creek Road - FS 418

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 Trail through a series of gradual switchbacks and banked corners. From west to east, the tr...
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This route leads from Eagle into the network of roads and trails surrounding Sylvan Lake State Park. Serving as a primary access corridor to the area, it provides connections to the historic mining town of Fulford as well as the extensive backcountry trail system west of the Holy Cross Wilderness. T...
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This route climbs from Yeoman Park Campground toward Lake Charles and the nearby Fulford Mine. The trail offers beautiful views of rolling hills, mountain streams, and small alpine lakes. The road is somewhat narrow in places and features occasional rocky sections, but it should be manageable for mo...
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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 Lake, and the amount of hikes available. You will reach Red & White Mountain Trail, and then the ent...
Learn more about Muddy Pass & Piney Guard Station

This historic trail is a hard packed dirt trail, plentiful with small boulders, mud holes and washboard surfaces. The trail is wide enough for vehicles to pass and offers many camp sites along the route ending at Piney River Ranch. The route is typically open June 21 til November 22, check with Wh...
Learn more about South Fork Piney - FS 701

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 the trail is lined with aspens. There are multiple dispersed camping spots throughout and a designated f...
Learn more about Tigiwon Road

Shrine Pass Road offers an approachable backcountry drive with no major obstacles, making it a favorite for those seeking high-alpine scenery without technical challenges. The road includes some rocky sections, but the route mellows as you approach the summit, providing a comfortable ride for most h...
Learn more about Shrine Pass

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 Lake, and the amount of hikes available. You will reach Red & White Mountain Trail, and then the ent...
Learn more about Muddy Pass & Piney Guard Station

This historic trail is a hard packed dirt trail, plentiful with small boulders, mud holes and washboard surfaces. The trail is wide enough for vehicles to pass and offers many camp sites along the route ending at Piney River Ranch. The route is typically open June 21 til November 22, check with Wh...
Learn more about South Fork Piney - FS 701

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 the trail is lined with aspens. There are multiple dispersed camping spots throughout and a designated f...
Learn more about Tigiwon Road

Shrine Pass Road offers an approachable backcountry drive with no major obstacles, making it a favorite for those seeking high-alpine scenery without technical challenges. The road includes some rocky sections, but the route mellows as you approach the summit, providing a comfortable ride for most h...
Learn more about Shrine Pass