Independence Creek

Total Miles
3.3

Elevation

2,712.80 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

3

Easy

Best Time

Fall, Summer

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Trail Overview

Independence Creek is a fun 3.3-mile single track in the Hahn's Peak trail system north of Steamboat, Colorado. A lot of this trail is rocky and rooty, with small downhills (or climbs) in a shaded forest of pine and aspen trees. The rocks and roots create little shelf ledges that are not too difficult. This trail has more moisture in the shade, so it's less dusty than some of the surrounding ATV trails and single tracks. The east end is pretty wide in the aspen trees, but it gets narrower as it continues east and goes through several meadows with some very tight curves. There's one small and easy creek crossing. Overall the trail is pretty fast and flowy and one of the easier trails in this trail system. The east end is accessed from the Elkhorn ATV trail, and it ends on the west end of County Road 129.

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Independence Creek
Independence Creek
Independence Creek

Difficulty

This trail is an easier single track with rocks and roots throughout.

Technical Rating

3

Status Reports

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Access Description

Access the Hahn's Peak Trail System by taking Routt County Road 129 north of Hahn's Peak Village towards Columbine to access the National Forest. The dirt bike trails here are very spread out, so you will have to take several forest service roads and ATV trails to connect many of the trails, but you can stage in different zones with plenty of camping based on which trails you want to ride. Some of the popular staging/camping areas are Little Red Park off of Red Park Road (FS 409), or off of Whiskey Park Road (FS 550). There are several days worth of trails here and it's a very popular spot for dirt bikers and family camping in the summer. Most of the trails don't open until mid-June or July, and there can typically still be snow drifts and uncut logs in early summer. This area has a lot of beetle kill, so downed trees are common. There is no cell service except for on top of some of the peaks.

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