Red Rocks- Night Horse Trail

Total Miles
6.5

Elevation

2,160.55 ft

Duration

2 Hours

Technical Rating

Difficult

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Trail Overview

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 trail are nothing short of extraordinary. The trail itself offers some loose steep rocky terrain mixed in with some solid rock step-ups and downs with a lot of fast flow through the Juniper trees and Pinion Pines. The trail has a few bail-out spots. Bobcat Road, Duncan Road, and Dinosaur Road. But try your best to stick with this trail because the rewards are amazing!

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Difficulty

Even though this is a flowy trail in most areas there are a few sections that you will need to use extreme caution and some help from your riding partners.

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Access Description

Even though there are many spots to start from the best place to park is at the Peach Valley OHV Staging area. From Olathe, Colorado travel 4.5 miles east on Falcon Road to the staging area. From Montrose: Head northwest out of town on North Townsend Ave/US-50 West approximately 9.2 miles to Falcon Road. Turn east at Falcon Rd and follow approximately 3.8 miles where it curves slightly left into Peach Valley Road. Continue approximately 0.7 miles to trail access.