Stealey Mountain ATV

Total Miles
4.6

Elevation

2,992.51 ft

Duration

0.5 Hours

Technical Rating

3

Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Trail Overview

This 3.7-mile long ATV trail starts on Owl Creek Pass and zig-zags south through the Uncompahgre National Forest. The south nd accesses the non-motorized Stealey Mountain North hiking trail. The trail's north end is wide and smooth, like an old road. Most of the rest of the trail is an easy two-track path through meadows and forest, with small rocks along the trail. It goes through a cattle grazing area and up and over small, easy hills. The trail descends from the north end to the Owl Creek drainage and climbs back up for the rest of the way south. Parts of i go along a shelfy edge of a hillside, with great views of the mountains. The trail is gradual and smooth, besides some small ruts and rocks. It crosses a rocky creek bed that was dry in October but probably has water in the spring.

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Stealey Mountain ATV
Stealey Mountain ATV

Difficulty

This is an easy ATV trail that has gradual hills and some rocky sections. The difficulty could change if the dry rocky creek bed is full of water other times of year.

Technical Rating

3

Status Reports

There are no status reports yet for this trail.

Access Description

There is a large dirt parking lot (the Vista Point Winter Trailhead) at the west entrance to the Old Owl Creek ATV Trail that can be used as a staging point for this trail system. There are several dispersed camp sites and other parking areas along Owl Creek Pass, which is a graded 2WD road.

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