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FSR 345 dead dead 345 FSR intersection. an to come will you miles 5 fter A . Peak Norte Del protect the environment for your enjoyment now and for future future for and now enjoyment your for environment the protect Park/ Willow to 345 FSR on right turn miles, 2 for 160 Hwy. on east Go for Hiking, Biking, Hiking, for wide and must stay on the unpaved road system. road unpaved the on stay must and wide . It is your responsibility to Tread Lightly and and Lightly Tread to responsibility your is It . Pledge Lightly Tread Vacation Planning Information, Planning Vacation miles and turn left on CR33/38A straight to La Garita, and then on to the Natural Arch. Natural the to on then and Garita, La to straight CR33/38A on left turn and miles Accept a challenge that will truly test your skills and follow the the follow and skills your test truly will that challenge a Accept UTVs are too too are UTVs roads. unpaved all and system trails Visitor Information Visitor SHORTCUT : Take Hwy 160 to Del Norte, turn left at the stop light to Hwy 112, go 5 5 go 112, Hwy to light stop the at left turn Norte, Del to 160 Hwy Take : and Events Lodging, For affecting others enjoyment of public lands. lands. public of enjoyment others affecting ATVs less than 50” wide are allowed on the ATV ATV the on allowed are wide 50” than less ATVs . Garita La to on go and 33/38A CR on left turn or , Rocks Elephant the to 33/38A to enjoy 4-wheeling without damaging the resources or negatively negatively or resources the damaging without 4-wheeling enjoy to can go back the way you came, or take FSR 660 east and either turn right on CR CR on right turn either and east 660 FSR take or came, you way the back go can at that time, so that you make it back to the trail head before dark. before head trail the to back it make you that so time, that at years old. You will also see boulder fields, ancient volcanoes and dikes. From here you you here From dikes. and volcanoes ancient fields, boulder see also will You old. years a program developed to educate and inform forest users on how how on users forest inform and educate to developed program a . cpw.State.Co.Us/ trail, pick a time when you start and turn around where ever you are are you ever where around turn and start you when time a pick trail, . The pinon tree in the window is over 100 100 over is window the in tree pinon The . Arch Natural the see will you and 659, FSR visual and solitude components on the forest(s). Tread Lightly is is Lightly Tread forest(s). the on components solitude and visual and flora, head on to Old Women’s Creek FSR 600. Travel for 9 miles, then turn left on on left turn then miles, 9 for Travel 600. FSR Creek Women’s Old to on head flora, and online at the Colorado Parks & Wildlife website at at website Wildlife & Parks Colorado the at online be alert to daylight and distance. You don’t have to follow the entire entire the follow to have don’t You distance. and daylight to alert be 4-wheeling. Potential damage may occur to soil, water, wildlife, wildlife, water, soil, to occur may damage Potential 4-wheeling. Take a short hike up the hill to the gravesite. If you are interested in geology, Indian lore lore Indian geology, in interested are you If gravesite. the to hill the up hike short a Take other conditions. Always be prepared for inclement conditions and and conditions inclement for prepared be Always conditions. other Center or National Forest Service Offices for a Motor Vehicle Use Map. Use Vehicle Motor a for Offices Service Forest National or Center available at dealerships, sporting goods stores and and stores goods sporting dealerships, at available F on the left side of the road. road. the of side left the on marker grave Pfeiffers’s Colonel find will you Forest Lands is intensified due to the increasing popularity of of popularity increasing the to due intensified is Lands Forest Routes 703, 704, 761 & 934 are also motorcycle routes. Please contact the Visitors’ Visitors’ the contact Please routes. motorcycle also are 934 & 761 704, 703, Routes in the field due to user ability, weather, fallen trees, sign loss and and loss sign trees, fallen weather, ability, user to due field the in . 5 miles past the golf course course golf the past miles 5 . Club Golf Grande Rio the past Norte, Del toward Potential damage to our natural environment on National National on environment natural our to damage Potential the State of Colorado. Registrations are usually usually are Registrations Colorado. of State the for 22 miles to the end of the road, where parking and the trail begin. Excellent ATV route. route. ATV Excellent begin. trail the and parking where road, the of end the to miles 22 for and common sense. The mapped routes may appear quite different different quite appear may routes mapped The sense. common and Take Hwy. 149, turning right on CR 15 after crossing the river. Heading east east Heading river. the crossing after 15 CR on right turning 149, Hwy. Take From Monte Vista, follow State Rd 15 for 2 miles to South Rock Creek Rd. 265 and follow follow and 265 Rd. Creek Rock South to miles 2 for 15 Rd State follow Vista, Monte From guidance. Each user has the responsibility for his/her own safety safety own his/her for responsibility the has user Each guidance. with with registered be must they lands, public on : 1.95 miles 1.95 : DISTANCE stops for lunch and museums detailing how and why the region was first settled. first was region the why and how detailing museums and lunch for stops preserve opportunities to enjoy my vehicle on wild lands. wild on vehicle my enjoy to opportunities preserve : Routes provided on this map give only general general only give map this on provided Routes : DISCLAIMER In order to ride motorcycles, ATVs and UTVs UTVs and ATVs motorcycles, ride to order In South Rock Creek Rock South E are great great are City Lake and Creede wildlife. and scenery geology, history, areas riving responsibly to protect the environment and and environment the protect to responsibly riving D , including stops along the way detailing the the detailing way the along stops including , Byway Scenic Thread Silver the OR AT LEAST LEAVE A NOTE AS TO WHERE YOU ARE GOING! ARE YOU WHERE TO AS NOTE A LEAVE LEAST AT OR , along along , Gunnison to Fork South from journey 135-mile a for 149 Hwy Follow views of the San Luis Valley. Luis San the of views DIRECTION AND CONDITION OF TRAILS. DON’T RIDE ALONE, ALONE, RIDE DON’T TRAILS. OF CONDITION AND DIRECTION and trails, steep hillsides, wildlife and livestock. and wildlife hillsides, steep trails, and elevations. Mesa Mountain stands at over 13,000 feet elevation and offers spectacular spectacular offers and elevation feet 13,000 over at stands Mountain Mesa elevations. AT TEMPTED, LOCAL SOURCES BE CONSULTED CONCERNING CONCERNING CONSULTED BE SOURCES LOCAL TEMPTED, AT voiding streams lake shores, meadows, muddy roads roads muddy meadows, shores, lake streams voiding A well worth the amazing geological formations at the end. the at formations geological amazing the worth well old Stock Driveway and will take you through a variety of scenic views, vegetation and and vegetation views, scenic of variety a through you take will and Driveway Stock old be tough to climb back up if it rains or snows. For experienced ATV riders. ATV experienced For snows. or rains it if up back climb to tough be IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT BEFORE THESE TRAILS BE BE TRAILS THESE BEFORE THAT RECOMMENDED IS IT , a rough 14-mile journey, and and journey, 14-mile rough a , Area Geological Wheeler for turn the take adventure, miles. Turn left here on FSR 670 and go 5 more miles to the trailhead. This is part of the the of part is This trailhead. the to miles more 5 go and 670 FSR on here left Turn miles. dead ends at private property. The trail goes down a steep section at the start and can can and start the at section steep a down goes trail The property. private at ends dead and asking owner’s permission to cross private property.