CO-Carbondale Area Trails

Colorado

With the picturesque Mount Sopris looming over, Carbondale, CO has a variety of local trails on Bureau of Land Management as well as Forest Service land. The Red Hill Trail system and Lorax Trail on BLM land near town as well as the Mount Sopris Trail itself in the White River National Forest are a few of the area's hiking attractions. Just east of town are a series of Forest Service trails on Basalt and Red Table Mountain, and the town is one of the gateways to famous Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness to the south.

When Open?	Area Acres	Operated By
Year-round; 24 hours a day	227,148 acres	Bureau of Land Management: Colorado River Valley Field Office US Forest Service: Sopris Ranger District

Dogs Allowed?	Miles of Trail	Max/Min Elev (ft)
Dogs allowed - must be on leash in developed areas	84	5,890ft - 12,960ft

Carbondale Area Trails Trail and Map Finder

Area Hiking Trails:
1 - Basalt Mountain Trail #1911.1
2 - Beaver Creek Trail #2092.1
3 - Big Top Trail
4 - Blue Creek Trail #N524.1D
5 - Blue Ribbon Trail

Area Hiking Trails:
1 - Basalt Mountain Trail #1911.1
2 - Beaver Creek Trail #2092.1
3 - Big Top Trail
4 - Blue Creek Trail #N524.1D
5 - Blue Ribbon Trail
6 - Bogus Trail
7 - Buckhorn Out Trail
8 - Buckhorn Traverse Trail
9 - Cattle Creek Trail #1909.1
10 - Cutoff Trail
11 - Elk Traverse Trail
12 - Faerie Trail
13 - Four Mile Trail #2091
14 - Green Loop Trail #N1937.W5
15 - Hay Park Trail #1957.1
16 - Lorax Alt Trail
17 - Lorax Trail
18 - Mill Creek Trail #1937W.1
19 - Mount Sopris Trail #1958.1
20 - Mushroom Rock Trail
21 - Northside Loop Trail
22 - Otter Loop Trail
23 - Perham Creek Trail #1949.1
24 - Prarie Mesa Trail
25 - Red Hill Trail
26 - Roller Coaster Trail
27 - Sage Loop Trail
28 - Skeeters Ridge Trail
29 - Thomas Lakes Access Trail
30 - Thompson Creek Trail
31 - Three Gulch Trail
32 - Trail #8270
33 - Trail #8275
34 - View Trail

Area Trailheads:
1 - Basalt Mountain Trail #1911.1
2 - Beaver Creek Trail #2092.1
3 - Beaver Creek Trail #2092.1
4 - Blue Creek Trail #N524.1D
5 - Blue Creek Trail #N524.1D

Area Trailheads:
1 - Basalt Mountain Trail #1911.1
2 - Beaver Creek Trail #2092.1
3 - Beaver Creek Trail #2092.1
4 - Blue Creek Trail #N524.1D
5 - Blue Creek Trail #N524.1D
6 - Cattle Creek Trail #1909.1
7 - Cattle Creek Trail #1909.1
8 - Four Mile Trail #2091
9 - Four Mile Trail #2091
10 - Green Loop Trail #N1937.W5
11 - Green Loop Trail #N1937.W5
12 - Lorax Trailhead
13 - Mill Creek Trail #1937W.1
14 - Mill Creek Trail #1937W.1
15 - Mount Sopris Trail #1958.1
16 - Perham Creek Trail #1949.1
17 - Prarie Mesa Trail
18 - Prarie Mesa Trail
19 - Red Hill Trailhead
20 - Thompson Creek Trailhead