Dirt Bike Trails
Near Bayfield, Colorado

The Ridge ATV trail is 3 miles through the San Juan National Forest east of Bayfield, Colorado. It goes through a low alpine/high desert terrain that can be hot all summer and even late fall. The west end makes a 1.5-mile-long loop, then goes east for another 1.5 miles. The west entrance starts at a...
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Ute Creek is a 5-mile long ATV trail through the San Juan National Forest east of Bayfield, Colorado. The west end starts off of County Road 525 at a small shoulder, at the big trail sign. It weaves through the oak bushes and pinyon pines, climbing up the hillsides, with loose rocks in the trail. Th...
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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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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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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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This 4-mile ATV trail starts at the Ute Creek ATV trail at an unmarked entrance. It is similar to the Ute Creek trail, with ruts, loose rocks,s, and small hill climbs up and down. It gets up on a ridge line on one of the hilltops, with more enormous embedded boulders here and there. It traverses the...
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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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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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Arbogas Loop is an almost 2-mile long loop off of the Arbogas ATV trail. It is similar in ease and terrain to Arbogas, so it makes a nice spur to add for novice riders. It's wide, super flat, and straight with little rolling bumps. There is a bit of debris in the trail like sticks and loose rocks, b...
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Rocky Canyon is a 4.5-mile-long ATV trail through the San Juan National Forest near Bayfield, Colorado. The west end starts of Beaver Meadows Road and gets pretty rocky immediately. It starts climbing up the mountain on a two-track with ruts filled in with big loose rocks. There are milder and smoot...
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The Bear Creek trail is a longer and rockier ATV trail through the San Juan National Forest in this system of ATV trails north of Bayfield, Colorado. The east end starts on Bear Creek Road and begins as a wide trail between Gambel oak and tall ponderosa pines, riding through extensive open meadows a...
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Jungle Connect is a mile-long connector from Jungle Canyon Road to the Uncle Charlie trail. It starts off with some slabby rock in the trail, then goes between pines and aspens, traversing up a hillside. There are small trees down on the trail, sometimes vertically pointing at you, that you need to ...
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Uncle Charlie is an easy two-track through oak brush, aspen trees, and pines through the San Juan National Forest. It remains accessible throughout the route, making it an excellent trail for newer riders. The surface is hard-packed dirt and an extensive path, more like an old road. It goes through ...
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This is a 1.3-mile connector trail between Beaver Meadows Road and First Notch Road. It connects some of the lower ATV trails, like Uncle Charlie, to the north end of the trail system. The south entrance was unmarked, but it starts out over some flat slabby rock and dirt between pines and aspens, an...
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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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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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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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The Ridge ATV trail is 3 miles through the San Juan National Forest east of Bayfield, Colorado. It goes through a low alpine/high desert terrain that can be hot all summer and even late fall. The west end makes a 1.5-mile-long loop, then goes east for another 1.5 miles. The west entrance starts at a...
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Ute Creek is a 5-mile long ATV trail through the San Juan National Forest east of Bayfield, Colorado. The west end starts off of County Road 525 at a small shoulder, at the big trail sign. It weaves through the oak bushes and pinyon pines, climbing up the hillsides, with loose rocks in the trail. Th...
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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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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 is an out-and-back trail with a lot of small exposed rocks that make it a rough ride. There are no real obstacles when dry, but standing water and mud could become an issue in the upper 1/4 after rain or snow melt. There are a few dispersed campsites along the trail. Good access to national f...
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Missionary Ridge Road is a scenic, high-elevation out-and-back trail offering stunning views of the mountains above Durango, Colorado. Spanning approximately 24.5 miles, this route climbs from an elevation of about 7,227 feet up to a peak of 11,032 feet, offering over 4,700 feet of cumulative elevat...
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