Off-Road Trails Near Fairplay, Colorado

This is a fairly easy Jeep trail but well worth doing, especially if combined with Browns-Breakneck. A connector between the two trails is included in this track. Fourmile Creek Road is a wide-graded county road right to the end. Many people drive to the end and hike into the mountains. The road to ...
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Crooked Creek Road starts at the end of Silverheels Road in the sub-division of the same name on the northwest side of Fairplay. This is a mild one-lane dirt road that crosses open meadows and travels through dense aspen groves. There are numerous dispersed campsites, popular with hunters. The road...
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A gentle but scenic maintained dirt/gravel road underneath Mount Silver Heels ending just before the Iron Mine across Beaver Creek. There are spectacular views of Quandary to the West and Silverheels to the East. Along the way are several historic cabins as well as the remnants of a mining dredge, c...
Learn more about West Beaver Creek Road

This short, low-traffic route provides an easy entry into the National Forest with minimal elevation change. A parking and meeting area sits at the eastern end, making access convenient. The trail is mostly smooth dirt with a few rough sections of exposed rock, but nothing difficult. Along the way, ...
Learn more about Dog Hair Road

This out-and-back route runs mostly through forest and can develop washouts after heavy rain. Campsites are available in a few spots, but are limited. Near the end, the trail sees little use, and vegetation may brush against the sides of standard vehicles. The route finishes at a locked gate, visibl...
Learn more about Thompson Park Road

This short connector trail has gentle elevation changes and is lined with aspen on the western end, making it especially scenic in the fall. A few shallow mud holes are present in autumn, but can hold more water during spring snowmelt. Campsites are available at a couple spots along the route.
Learn more about Horseshoe Road

Most people start on the southern leg, about 5 miles south of Fairplay. Doing the loop, plus Lamb Mountain is 20 miles.The main loop of Browns and Breakneck Passes is mostly in the trees. There are groves of aspen on each end of the loop. The southern leg is extremely narrow, and there are long s...
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Crooked Creek/ Tilly Road is one road off of Trout Creek Road to the northwest of Fairplay. It passes by an older burned homestead through strands of Aspen, and eventually evergreen before ending at a hiking trail and dispersed camping area. This trail is not commonly used except during hunting seas...
Learn more about Crooked Creek/ Tilly Road

This road is closed where it meets State Highway 9. The new location is between Mile Markers 69 and 70, which is 0.5 miles from the town of Alma. The road is not marked. It is easier to start at the top of the road off Beaver Creek Lane Road. The lower section of the road for about 1-2 miles is loos...
Learn more about High Park Road FR 441

This is a 1.2-mile-long easy dirt bike trail in the Sheep Mountain trail system near Fairplay, Colorado. It starts and ends off of Forest Road 178, and creates a fun loop with Louie’s Loop and Almgren Trail, ideal for newer riders. It’s mostly an easy single track, with a smooth dirt surface with sm...
Learn more about #178

Louie’s Loop is very similar to Almgren and the Sheep Mountain Interconnect trail, being a moderately easy forested single track with small loose and embedded rocks, but no major obstacles. It has small roots and sticks in the trail, and goes through tall, skinny lodgepole pine. It’s mostly a gradua...
Learn more about Louie’s Loop #660

Almgren is a 1.7-mile-long trail within the Sheep Mountain trail network near Fairplay, Colorado. The north end of the trail starts from the Horseshoe Campground at a pinch point. The majority of the route is a wider trail through pine trees with small embedded rocks and roots, but it remains pretty...
Learn more about Almgren Trail #689

This is a really great singletrack near Fairplay, Colorado, that is 4.8 miles through the Pike National Forest. The north end starts off of the Almgren Trail, south of the Horseshoe Campground. It winds into the forest on a singletrack with embedded rocks and roots, and climbs up to high elevation t...
Learn more about Sheep Mountain Trail #691

Weston Pass is a scenic and historic mountain route connecting Fairplay and Leadville, with an easygoing nature that makes it a great choice for most high-clearance vehicles. The trail is generally wide, with only a few narrow stretches and a small shelf section that has minimal exposure and no majo...
Learn more about Weston Pass

This is a 2.1-mile-long single track through the Pike National Forest that mostly gradually descends from north to south off of the Sheep Mountain Trail down to the Almgren Trail. It’s a bit shelfy on the north end with mild exposure as it drops down the mountain, and continues on a narrow single tr...
Learn more about Sheep Mountain Interconnect Trail #740

Buckskin Road takes you to Kite Lake trailhead and campground and also the Mount Bross trailhead. Buckskin Road is easy until you get to the last 1/4 mile or so where it gets rougher due to rocks and ruts. Most smaller SUVs stop at this point and hike up to the trailheads.
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Ensure you acclimate to the altitude before riding the highest road open to motorized vehicles in Colorado. Climb all the way up to 13,185 feet and enjoy the views. Take some pictures of old mine structures on the east side. This trail connects to the difficult Birdseye Gulch trail.
Learn more about Mosquito Pass

This is a 0.7-mile-long single track at the south end of Sheep Mountain Trail, starting off of Browns & Breakneck Road at a pinch point. It’s mostly dirt, intermittently covered in small rocks and roots, as it winds through the pine forest. The trail weaves tightly through the trees, but remains pre...
Learn more about Browns Pass Trail #739

Starting from the Buckskin Road side is easy but will require 4-wheel drive. The road travels up through Pine Forest where the road is gravel turning into a more rocky road as you reach timberline, with a few steeper sections with loose rock. You can also reach Loveland Road from the Mosquito Pass R...
Learn more about Loveland Road - FS 192/450

Officially this is Dolly Varden Road or FS 783, however, the signage will say Windy Ridge, which it is more commonly known as. At tree line, you will encounter the Windy Ridge Bristlecone Pine Scenic Area, one of only a handful of old bristlecone pine forests in Colorado. If you proceed further, a n...
Learn more about Dolly Varden Road (Windy Ridge)

This is a fairly easy Jeep trail but well worth doing, especially if combined with Browns-Breakneck. A connector between the two trails is included in this track. Fourmile Creek Road is a wide-graded county road right to the end. Many people drive to the end and hike into the mountains. The road to ...
Learn more about Peerless Mine

This short, low-traffic route provides an easy entry into the National Forest with minimal elevation change. A parking and meeting area sits at the eastern end, making access convenient. The trail is mostly smooth dirt with a few rough sections of exposed rock, but nothing difficult. Along the way, ...
Learn more about Dog Hair Road

This out-and-back route runs mostly through forest and can develop washouts after heavy rain. Campsites are available in a few spots, but are limited. Near the end, the trail sees little use, and vegetation may brush against the sides of standard vehicles. The route finishes at a locked gate, visibl...
Learn more about Thompson Park Road

This short connector trail has gentle elevation changes and is lined with aspen on the western end, making it especially scenic in the fall. A few shallow mud holes are present in autumn, but can hold more water during spring snowmelt. Campsites are available at a couple spots along the route.
Learn more about Horseshoe Road

This is a fairly easy Jeep trail but well worth doing, especially if combined with Browns-Breakneck. A connector between the two trails is included in this track. Fourmile Creek Road is a wide-graded county road right to the end. Many people drive to the end and hike into the mountains. The road to ...
Learn more about Peerless Mine

This short, low-traffic route provides an easy entry into the National Forest with minimal elevation change. A parking and meeting area sits at the eastern end, making access convenient. The trail is mostly smooth dirt with a few rough sections of exposed rock, but nothing difficult. Along the way, ...
Learn more about Dog Hair Road

This out-and-back route runs mostly through forest and can develop washouts after heavy rain. Campsites are available in a few spots, but are limited. Near the end, the trail sees little use, and vegetation may brush against the sides of standard vehicles. The route finishes at a locked gate, visibl...
Learn more about Thompson Park Road

This short connector trail has gentle elevation changes and is lined with aspen on the western end, making it especially scenic in the fall. A few shallow mud holes are present in autumn, but can hold more water during spring snowmelt. Campsites are available at a couple spots along the route.
Learn more about Horseshoe Road