Ridge

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 an oil well. The majority of the trail is a wide path with shallow ruts, some roots, and loose rocks. A lot of it is fast and easy through extensive meadows or sparse forests of ponderosa pine. It curves up the mesa through pinyon pine and sagebrush. It has a few steep rocky hills, making it more of an intermediate trail. It goes down a steep hill with loose rocks, ruts, and small ledges that will be a tricky climb back up. It also has a rocky, steep hill climb on loose dirt. The east end ends on a dirt road next to another oil well.