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Taylor Park Taylor Park is such a great riding area I have decided to devote an entire section of ATVTrails to it. It just doesn't get better than Taylor Park for riding ATVs, UTVs and Dirt Bikes, you can spend a week riding trails here and not cover all of them. If you have always wanted to ride ATVs in Colorado this is were you should go. |
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Breckenridge Area Humbug Hill great area for dirt bikes and mountain bikes Georgia Pass: Challenging Jeep road for ATV and Dirt Bikers of moderate skill Glacier Peak great views at peak but trail becomes more difficult as you approach #10 Hill Boreas Pass: Easy road for beginners passable by passenger cars. |
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The Keystone area is a great riding area with many miles of trails. One of the better know trails in the area is Red Cone / Webster Pass. Another great trial connected to Red Cone is Radical Hill. The trails reach an elevation of 12,801 as they cross Red Cone , so jetting is required. Another large trail system is this area is Vail. |
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The Northern Crested Butte Area is home to two easy trails Slate and Gothic Roads. These area trails provide great backcountry views with little effort. There are also a few tougher trails know as Gunsight Pass and Schofield Pass, Crystal River that will appeal to the more out going type. |
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The Eastern Crested Butte area is home to much more challenging trails. There are three main trails that can be connected to make a large loop. The three trails are Pearl Pass followed by Taylor Pass and Italian Creek Road. This area can also be accessed from Aspen. The trails in this area provide spectacular scenery but on a much tougher trail. |
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St. Mary's Glacier The St. Mary's Glacier area is home to two trails systems. St. Mary's is by far the larger of the two areas and offers many miles of trails that circle around the unique Glacier. The Empire area does not have as many miles of trails but the area still is a fun place to ride as you quickly go above the tree line. |
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Alpine Loop The Alpine loop is perhaps the best know trail system in Colorado. There are many miles of beautiful trails with two main trails Cinnamon Pass, Engineer Pass. Besides the main trails there are many side trails in the area also including California Gulch and others. A rider could spend several days in this area. |
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Texas Creek Texas Creek is a fun riding area located along the Arkansas River in Central Colorado. This area is in the high mountain desert so be prepared for higher temperatures in the summer than most places in Colorado. The riding area is at an elevation of about 9,000ft so proper jetting is required. |
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Vail The riding area located near Vail Colorado is located in a heavily forested area. There are many logging road to ride on and the area has great views of the local ski resorts and of Mt. Powell and the Gore Mountain range. |
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BLUERIBBON COALITION ACTION ALERT! SOME OF
COLORADO'S LAST REMAINING HIGH MOUNTAIN TRAILS AT RISK Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber, The comment deadline is approaching on a draft Travel Plan for a very popular OHV area in Colorado. The Taylor Park / Gunnison Basin Travel Plan is out for public review and comment, and the deadline is next week, JUNE 3, 2009. We are sending this Colorado-based action alert to our national alert list because the area involved, commonly known as Taylor Park, is popular with BRC members from California to Florida. This is some of Colorado's last remaining high-mountain OHV trail opportunity left. The area contains miles of some of the best world-class single-track motorcycle, ATV and 4x4 trails in the nation. Each mile is precious and several popular trails are proposed for closure. Will you help keep the trails open by sending a quick comment letter via email? In order to save you time away from work and family, we've included one of BRC's INSANELY easy 3-Step Action Items to help you send your email. Remember, the deadline is next week (June 3), so please do it today! As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please
contact BRC. Brian Hawthorne Ric Foster PS: State, local and national OHV and mountain bike groups are really working hard to keep these world-class trails open. But resources are always meager in comparison to the Wilderness lobby, and unlike what you are about to read in the Denver Post, we are not funded by the OHV manufacturers. Groups like BRC and COHVCO depend on memberships and donations from individual OHV enthusiasts to fund the work we do. To us, membership is our lifeblood. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MEMBERSHIP! BLUERIBBON COALITION ACTION ALERT! SITUATION: This plan will decide which roads and trails will be open for use by motorized vehicles and mountain bikes, which uses will be allowed on each route and whether there are any restrictions on the seasons of use for each route. To the Forest Service's credit, the draft travel plan proposes leaving many of the epic mountain bike and motorized trails open. However, they are missing a few of the more special routes. Several OHV groups in Colorado have dug into the details in this plan, and we are all working hard to defend our trails. Among the groups BRC is working with are the Colorado Off Highway Vehicle Coalition (COHVCO) www.cohvco.org, Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA) www.coloradotpa.org, Thunder Mountain Wheelers www.tmwatv.org and Western Slope 4-Wheelers www.ws4w.com. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO: IMPORTANT: If you have had the pleasure to visit this spectacular area, and have the time to write a bit about how valuable these trails are, please do so! Comments must be in writing (paper or electronic) and must be received by June 3, 2009. Mail written comments to: Gunnison Basin Travel Management DEIS, 2250 Hwy 50, Delta, Co 81416. E-mail Comments To: r2_gmug_gunnison_travel@fs.fed.us. MORE INFO ON THE WEB: The Forest Service (FS) has formulated a "Proposed Action" Alternative (Alternative 2). Simply stated, this Alternative is what the agency wants to do. If your favorite roads and trails are not on this map, then it is extremely important that they hear from you!! Contact and other info, including copies of the DEIS and associated maps, are posted on the web at www.fs.fed.us/r2/gmug/policy/travel_mgmt. They has also posted a helpful "how to comment" link on their website at http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/gmug/policy/travel_mgmt/gun/deis/How_to_comment.pdf For more information, please contact: Anne Janik at (970) 874-6637 or email to ajanik@fs.fed.us or Gary Shellhorn at (970) 874-6666 or email to gshellhorn@fs.fed.us
NOTE: Please be polite and, if possible, make your comment letter as personal as you can. STEP 1: Open your email program and start a draft
email. Address the email to STEP 2: Use the comments below as a guideline for
comments in your email. STEP 3: Take just a minute to add a bit about where
you live, where you like to ride EXTRA CREDIT: If you can add any trail-specific information or personal testimony about your experiences enjoying this spectacular area, please take a minute to add that to your email (see links above for maps and other info). Then click "send" and you're done! Sample comment letter: Gunnison Basin Travel Management DEIS The Gunnison Basin has had a motorized and mountain bike recreational niche for many decades. Because of the growth in popularity of OHV and mountain bike use, and because of closures in other areas of Colorado, there is a need to enhance motorized and mountain bike trail based recreation on the Gunnison NF. Therefore, it incumbent on the decision maker to choose a travel plan that enhances the motorized and mountain bike trail experience. I would like emphasize this comment with a rhetorical question. Given the fact that other national forests in Colorado have designated vast areas for the exclusive use of non-motorized recreation, and subsequently closed many thousands of miles of motorized routes, does the Gunnison NF have a motorized niche because of the opportunities existing on the forest, or has the U.S. Forest Service created the motorized niche because the agency has displaced so much OHV use from other Forests? The answer is obvious: Both. The Gunnison has a motorized niche both because of the decades of use, but also because closures in other areas of Colorado are displacing more OHV people. Therefore, your preferred alternative, "Alternative 2 - The Proposed Action", which proposes yet more closures, is simply not logical. It also runs the risk of creating an unmanageable situation on the ground. It is essential that all efforts to "mitigate first - close last" be made in formulating your Final Plan. I strongly support the specific trail recommendations made by the Colorado Off Highway Vehicle Coalition (COHVCO), the Trails Preservation Alliance (TPA), the Thunder Mountain Wheelers and the Western Slope 4-Wheelers. The Thunder Mountain Wheelers make some excellent recommendations, especially regarding FS Road # 701 (Stevens Gulch) and FS Road # 265 (Buzzard Divide Road) on the Paonia Ranger District. I support the Thunder Mountain Wheeler's suggestions on the Oil Well Mt. Trail, Buck Mesa / Thousand Acre Flats Trail, FS Road # 783 (Coal Gulch), trail # 804 (Buck Mesa), FS Road # 704.4D (Spring House Park) FS Road # 704.4D1 (Spring House Park) and trail # 806 (Thousand Acre Flats). I also support their recommendations regarding the Overland Park Loop, Raggeds Trail, Minnesota Creek, Deer Creek and the proposed Sheep Mountain and Dyer Creek loops. I strongly support the Trail Preservation Alliance's recommendations regarding the Crest Trail, Agate Creek, North Bank (lower Dr Park area), Roaring Judy, and Eyre Basin. Also, please adopt their recommendations for the Teocalli Ridge, Ferris Creek and Double Top Trail Systems. Sincerely. YOUR NAME |
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Taylor Park ATV Trail Guide
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Guide to Moab ATV
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Guide to Colorado Trails
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Guide to Northern Colorado
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