Dirt Bike Trails
Near Paonia, Colorado

This is a scenic graded road over Grand Mesa between Paonia and Collbran, easy enough to be done in a passenger car. Overland Reservoir is owned by Overland Ditch and Reservoir Company, founded in 1903 as a mutual ditch company to serve agricultural farmers primarily in the Redlands Mesa area of Del...
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This road travels down through the pine forest, it is rocky and at times muddy, it is also very narrow in spots that a full-size vehicle might have a hard time squeezing through. With narrower vehicle mirrors had to be folded in to get through. About halfway down the trail you will have to cross thr...
Learn more about Holly Terror Road - FS 703

Ellington Creek Road is also known by the locals as Cunningham Road. The road is rocky and narrow and would have to be tight in places in the trees for full-size trucks, and after wet weather, there are places with muddy holes to get through. The road travels up through forested areas of pines and a...
Learn more about Ellington Creek Road/ FR 128

Easy Forest service road that winds up at the lower elevations through gamble oaks then as you climb up in elevation into aspen groves and as you reach the top of the Grand Mesa you will be in Pine/Aspens/meadows with several small lakes that can be fished. There are also many dispersed camping spot...
Learn more about Leroux Creek Road - FS 128

This well-established cutoff provides an alternative option from the Sidewinder Trail to the Smith Mountain Trail. Terrain is easy, but it offers different views to create more of a loop experience in this area. This trail and this area are very accessible, even during the winter months, and make fo...
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Just outside of Delta Colorado, inside Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area you'll find a beat up gravel road that leads you down to the Gunnison river. Most SUV's and trucks will not have an issue navigating the narrow steep road down to the river floor. Once down on the river, you'll have a v...
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Just outside of Delta, Colorado, inside Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, you'll find an unmaintained jeep trail that leads you out onto a peninsula with spectacular views of the Gunnison Gorge. The trail overall is relatively easy to navigate with the occasional steep grade, loose rocks, a...
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Leon Lake Jeep trail goes between Cedaredge and Vega Reservoir. A scenic trip, although a bit rocky and bumpy through the center portion. Leon Lake is a beautiful lake at a little over 10,000' elevation. We did this tail in August without any mud problems, but I would not suggest it if the ground i...
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The 7-mile Red Rocks- Night Horse trail is technical in parts but also a very flowy trail that follows the Western Ridge above the Gunnison Gorge topping out at 7,088 feet with spectacular views of the Gunnison River and up into the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. The views along this tr...
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Buzzard Divide Road is a graded gravel road that provides easy access from CO-133 to the Grand Mesa and eventually to the town of Collbran. The road begins with a short easement through private land, and then winds through open meadows and aspen forests before reaching other accessible forest roads....
Learn more about Buzzard Divide Road - FS#265

Hay Park is a fun 50-inch trail that connects Eureka and Hay Park Road. It offers nice views of several lakes. The trail does not change much in elevation and lacks many technical sections but is pretty heavily rutted in spots. The trail passes through many tall and sometimes thick pines rather than...
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This trail is generally accessed from the West Green Mountain Trailhead off of Surface Creek Road. The trail climbs approximately 1400 feet to the Northwest. The trail is rutted and washed out in spots initially but improves as the climb gets steeper. There are 2-3 stream crossings that are 6-12 inc...
Learn more about West Green Mountain Trail (#719)

Spikes is a short trail in Peach Valley that goes between the top and bottom of a mesa. It's a consistent grade the entire way, dropping 900 feet elevation from the top of the mesa to the bottom (or a constant climb if going the opposite direction). The top half is relatively easy, with some loose r...
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Porter Cutoff is an alternate route that makes its way up to Porter Mountain while following the rolling foothills and low sagebrush rather than aspen trees. It is a very easy trail, especially in the downhill direction. It is just a fun trail to cruise along, as it follows the contours of the land ...
Learn more about Porter Cutoff - FS 535

The Sidewinder Trail is a challenging 20-mile technical single-track route located on the western edge of the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area. This twisting trail winds through high-desert terrain, showcasing dry washes and rocky slopes adorned with resilient pinon pine and juniper trees. ...
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Eagle Valley is a highlight of visiting the Peach Valley riding area and shouldn't be missed if up for a rocky challenge. The trail is short, only 1 mile, but one of the more difficult trails in the trail system. It starts in a wash from the staging area on Chukar Road, and then quickly enters into ...
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This is a scenic and fun trail on the Mesa with thick trees and meadows of wildflowers. The trail climbs East to West. Obstacles are 12 inches or less. The East side is generally looser with tight turns between trees. The West side opens up and is faster while still featuring loose rocks, though mos...
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Red Rocks Trail is a fun single track in the Flat Top Peach Valley Recreation Area. Access it by following Elephant Skin Road all the way to the back of the valley where the adobe hills end and the pine tree-covered mesas start. You have to access this trail through the northern half of Donkey Trail...
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Black Ridge is one of the more technical trails in Peach Valley but has incredible views from on top the mesa once you make it through all the rock ledges. Starting at the southern trailhead, it starts with a big dip across a ravine and a loose rocky climb up the mesa, and the obstacles start right ...
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The Edge Trail is an adobe ridgeline trail in the Peach Valley Recreation Area that goes through an adobe clay badlands landscape. Starting from the northern trailhead, it starts wide but narrows up on the first adobe ridge lines. While on the ridge, you can see straight down to the steep grey fins ...
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This is a scenic graded road over Grand Mesa between Paonia and Collbran, easy enough to be done in a passenger car. Overland Reservoir is owned by Overland Ditch and Reservoir Company, founded in 1903 as a mutual ditch company to serve agricultural farmers primarily in the Redlands Mesa area of Del...
Learn more about Overland Reservoir

This road travels down through the pine forest, it is rocky and at times muddy, it is also very narrow in spots that a full-size vehicle might have a hard time squeezing through. With narrower vehicle mirrors had to be folded in to get through. About halfway down the trail you will have to cross thr...
Learn more about Holly Terror Road - FS 703

Ellington Creek Road is also known by the locals as Cunningham Road. The road is rocky and narrow and would have to be tight in places in the trees for full-size trucks, and after wet weather, there are places with muddy holes to get through. The road travels up through forested areas of pines and a...
Learn more about Ellington Creek Road/ FR 128

Easy Forest service road that winds up at the lower elevations through gamble oaks then as you climb up in elevation into aspen groves and as you reach the top of the Grand Mesa you will be in Pine/Aspens/meadows with several small lakes that can be fished. There are also many dispersed camping spot...
Learn more about Leroux Creek Road - FS 128

This is a scenic graded road over Grand Mesa between Paonia and Collbran, easy enough to be done in a passenger car. Overland Reservoir is owned by Overland Ditch and Reservoir Company, founded in 1903 as a mutual ditch company to serve agricultural farmers primarily in the Redlands Mesa area of Del...
Learn more about Overland Reservoir

This road travels down through the pine forest, it is rocky and at times muddy, it is also very narrow in spots that a full-size vehicle might have a hard time squeezing through. With narrower vehicle mirrors had to be folded in to get through. About halfway down the trail you will have to cross thr...
Learn more about Holly Terror Road - FS 703

Ellington Creek Road is also known by the locals as Cunningham Road. The road is rocky and narrow and would have to be tight in places in the trees for full-size trucks, and after wet weather, there are places with muddy holes to get through. The road travels up through forested areas of pines and a...
Learn more about Ellington Creek Road/ FR 128

Easy Forest service road that winds up at the lower elevations through gamble oaks then as you climb up in elevation into aspen groves and as you reach the top of the Grand Mesa you will be in Pine/Aspens/meadows with several small lakes that can be fished. There are also many dispersed camping spot...
Learn more about Leroux Creek Road - FS 128