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Day Hiking
The Forest maintains over 3,500 miles of summer trails. Many hikers can enjoy a day hike begining right from their campground.
The GMUG National Forest has 10 wilderness areas comprising over 556,936 acres or almost 20% of our forest! There are many trails leading to alpine lakes, beautiful wildflower meadows and rugged mountain cirques in wilderness areas. You can reach many of these areas as day hike. Check out our Wilderness areas while you plan your hiking adventures.
Day Hiking Areas
- Grand Mesa
- Aqueduct #753
- Baron Lake #751
- Battlement #527
- Beaver #516
- Black Pine #647
- Blue Lake #707.1A
- Bonham #512
- Boundary #525
- Boundary Cutoff #526
- Brush Creek #529
- Bull Basin #507
- Bull and Brown #724
- Burn #522
- Buzzard #536
- Buzzard Park #519
- Carpenter #510
- Carson Lake #728
- Cedar Mesa #718
- Coal Creek #702
- Coal Creek Basin #703
- Cobbett Lake #747
- Cobbett to Ward Lake #746
- Cottonwood #712
- Crag Crest #711
- Crag Crest Loop #711.1A
- Crag to Cobbett #749
- Crum Reservoir #511
- Deep Creek #709
- Deep Creek Cutoff #709.1
- Discovery #745
- Divide #523
- Drop Off #726
- East Brush Creek #504
- East Leon #730
- Elk Park #720
- Ella #732
- Eureka #734
- Eureka Cutoff #734.1A
- Farmers #727
- Flowing Park #715.1A
- Glacier Springs Cut-off #537
- Green Mountain #719
- Greenwood #721
- Hawxhurst #530
- Hay Park #729
- Haypress #662
- High #515
- Hightower #524
- Indian Point #715
- Indian Point Cutoff #708
- Island Lake #748
- Kannah Creek #706
- Kimball Creek #532
- Lake Of The Woods #506
- Land O' Lakes #713
- Last Chance #731
- Leon Lake trail #717
- Lily Lake #509
- Little Dolores #648
- Lost Lake #502
- Mesa Creek #505
- Mesa Lake Shore #503
- Mesa Top #714
- Monument #518
- Owens Loop #539
- Point Camp #725
- Porter Cutoff #535
- Porter Mountain #534
- Power Line #520
- Raber Cow Camp Interpretive Hike
- Reservoir - 1 #663
- Ridge #646
- Rim View #533
- Salt Creek #514
- Scotland #752
- Silver Spruce #517
- Sissy #716
- Skimmed Milk #754
- Smalley Mountain #531
- Spring Camp #707
- Switchback #705
- Triangle Stomp #736
- Trout Lake #743
- Turkey Flats #661
- Two Peak #521
- Ward Lake #744
- West Bench #501
- West Green Mountain #719.1A
- West Salt Creek #513
- Whitewater Basin #700
- Willow Reservoir #755
- Youngs Creek Connector #508
- Gunnison
- Crested Butte
- Bear Creek #415
- Beaver Ponds #516
- Bellview #598
- Block and Tackle #545
- Bowman Creek #570
- Brush Creek #400
- Brush Creek Connector #627
- Canal #408
- Carbon #436
- Cement Creek #612
- Cement Mountain #553
- Conundrum #981
- Copper Creek #983
- Crested Butte Mountain Summit #605
- Crystal Peak #583
- Cumberland Basin #579
- Daisy Pass #404
- Daisy Pass Blue Lake #404.3A
- Daisy Pass Peeler #404.5A
- Deadman Gulch #420
- Deer Creek #568
- Doubletop #405
- Doubletop Walrod Spur #405.2A
- Doubletop Waterfall Spur #405.3A
- East River #634
- Farris Creek #409
- Farris Creek Bypass #409.5A
- Farris Creek Connector #445
- Flag Creek #422
- Grassy #562
- Green Lake #566
- Horse Basin #471
- Hunters Creek #410
- Hunters Hill #410.0A
- Irwin Lake #370
- Italian Connector #648
- Kebler Wagon #606
- Lily Pond #534
- Lower Cement Creek #636
- Mount Tilton #582
- Mount Tilton Spur #582.1A
- Oh-Be-Joyful #836
- Ptarmigan Lake #594
- Reno Ridge #607
- Ridge 70 #419
- Roaring Judy #552
- Rosebud #423
- Rustler Gulch #599
- Scarp #421
- Snodgrass #590
- Star #411
- Star Lily Connector #623
- Strand Bonus #407
- Strand Hill #556
- Taylor Divide #440
- Teocalli Mountain #554
- Teocalli Ridge #557
- Tony's #603
- Trail Riders #401
- Twin Lakes #402
- Twin Lakes Spur #402.1A
- Upper Loop #435
- Upper Upper Loop #435.1A
- Walrod Gulch #412
- Walrod Gulch Cutoff #418
- Warm Springs #406
- Washington Gulch #403
- Waterfall Creek #555
- Waterfall Cutoff #638
- Whetstone Vista #602
- Yule Pass #576
- Gunnison - Southeast
- Agate Creek #484
- Agate Spur #484.2A
- Baldy Lake #491
- Basin View #618
- Big Bend Creek #488
- Corduroy-Lujon #499
- Dutchman Creek #490
- Hicks Gulch #492
- Left Hand #495
- Lime Creek #485
- Long Branch #489
- Middle Barrett Creek #494
- Middle Razor #501
- Milk Creek #474
- Quakey Mountain #537
- Razor Creek #487
- Right Hand #493
- Summit #486
- Tank Seven Creek #480
- Upper Razor Spur #487.5A
- Lake City
- Alpine. #225
- Big Blue Creek #232
- Bonholder #467
- Brush Creek #457
- Calf Creek Plateau #458
- Camp #476
- Cannibal Plateau #464
- Canon Infierno #461
- Cascade Creek #468
- Cataract Creek #475
- Cebolla #459
- Crystal Lake #235
- Cuba Gulch #477
- Deer Lakes Cutoff #458.A
- Devils Canyon #469
- East Mineral Creek #593
- El Paso Creek #238
- Failes Creek #230
- Fall Creek #231
- Independence Bypass #234.1A
- Independence Gulch #234
- Larson Lakes #236
- Little Elk #244
- Machin Basin #784
- Matterhorn Cutoff #245
- Mineral Creek #466
- Miners Creek #785
- North Calf Creek #460
- Powderhorn Park #462
- Ridge Stock Driveway #233
- Rough Creek #463
- Saddle #140
- Skyline #465
- Snow Mesa #787
- Stewart Creek #470
- Uncompahgre Peak #239
- Wetterhorn Peak #256
- Williams Creek #240
- Pitkin
- Alder Creek #577
- Alpine Tunnel #539
- Bear Gulch #610
- Beaver Cow #608
- Beaver-McIntyre #472
- Brown's Pass #369
- Cameron Gulch #549
- Canyon Creek #481
- Crest #531
- East Willow #609
- Fairview #426
- Fairview Peak #426.1A
- Fossil Ridge #478
- Gold Creek #427
- Henry Lake #429
- Horseshoe Creek #482
- Kroenke Lake #448
- Lake Ann #592
- Magdalene #542
- McIntyre Gulch #578
- Mill Lake #532
- Napoleon Pass #540
- North Gulch #502
- Sanford Creek #584
- South Illinois #414.1A
- South Lottis #428
- South Quartz #483
- South Texas #417
- Summerville #430
- Texas Creek #416
- Texas Lakes #589
- Texas Ridge #571
- Threemile Creek #434
- Timber #613
- Timberline #414
- Waunita #497
- Willow Creek #479
- Willow Mine #611
- Soap Creek
- Beaver Creek #464
- Castle Pass #441
- Coal Mesa #451
- Costo Lake #425
- Cow Creek #453
- East Curecanti #454
- East Soap #535
- Lion Gulch #536
- Little Mill #455
- Little Pass Creek #563
- Low Line #438
- Mill Castle #450
- Rainbow Lake #449
- Sheep Lake #551
- Soap Basin #442
- Soap Creek #443
- Sun Park #444
- Swampy Pass #439
- Zigzag #601
- Taylor Park-Taylor Canyon
- Cougar Canyon #614
- Doctor Park #424
- Harmels Point #616
- Moonlight #615
- Taylor River #600
- Taylor Vista #619
- North Fork Valley - Paonia District
- Bald Mountain Tie-In #882
- Beckwith Bench #845
- Beckwith Pass #842
- Buck Mesa #804
- Castle Pass #441
- Castle Rock Jeep #881
- Clear Fork #810
- Cliff Creek #840
- Coal Basin Trail #859
- Crater Lake #800
- Curecanti #870
- Dark Canyon #830
- Dark Canyon/Munsey Tie-in #830A
- Drift Creek #815
- Dyer Connection #886
- Dyer Creek #888
- Dyke Creek #837
- Dyke Mountain Bike #838
- Elk Basin #854
- Elk Park #800A
- Gooseberry #814
- Hoodoo Gap #877
- Hubbard Canyon #704
- Inter-Ocean Pass #890
- Jones Creek #812
- Kaufman Creek #852
- Kebler Wagon #606
- Lamborn #894
- Landsend #897
- Little Coal Creek Jeep #883
- Little Elk Basin #892
- Little Robinson #850
- Lone Cabin #876
- Lone Pine #862
- Low Line #438
- Mendicant Ridge #884
- Moseley Ridge #851
- Mount Lamborn #895
- Munsey Ruby Stock Driveway #831
- Navajo Ridge #857
- North Anthracite #832
- Oh-Be-Joyful Pass #835
- Oil Well Mtn. Loop #522.1A
- Peter Creek #856
- Piburn #880
- Raggeds #820
- Raggeds Tie-in Trail #823
- Robinson Creek #854A
- Ruby Anthracite #836
- Sheep Lake #848
- Sheep Lake Cutoff #855
- Silver Basin #834
- Sink Creek #861
- Soap Creek #443
- South Dyer Trail #714
- Spud Pass #824
- Swampy Pass #439
- Terror #802
- Thousand Acre Flats #806
- Three Lakes #843
- Throughline #860
- Todd Reservoir Jeep #891
- Todd Reservoir Tie-In #896
- Trail Creek #872
- West Dyer #885
- San Juan Mountains
- Cimarron Area
- Alpine #225
- Big Park #234
- Clear Lake #247
- Courthouse #218
- Courthouse Mountain #144
- Cow Creek #220
- Cowboy Lake #244
- Coxcomb #132
- Deer Creek #223
- East Fork #228
- Firebox #245
- Fish Creek Reservoir #224
- Fox Creek #249
- Hampton Lake #224.1A
- High Mesa #133
- Jackson Guard Station #225.1A
- Little Cimarron #229
- Little Cimarron East #246
- Lou Creek #222
- Matterhorn #135
- Middle Canyon #136
- Middle Fork #227
- Nate Creek #221
- Old Owl Creek #236
- Old Owl Creek Spur A #236.1A
- Old Owl Creek Spur B #236.1B
- Porphyry Basin #243
- Ridge #221.1B
- Salt House #252
- Sheep Mountain #253
- Silver Jack Shoreline #129
- Spruce #221.1A
- Stealey Mountain North #219
- Stealey Mountain South #258
- Stealey Mountain Spur #219.1B
- Upper East Fork #142
- West Fork #240
- Wetterhorn Basin #226
- Ouray Area
- Alpine Mine #206.1A
- Baldy #216
- Baldy Peak #216.1A
- Bear Creek #241.1A
- Bear Creek - South Fork #242
- Bear Creek National Recreation Trail #241
- Blaine Basin #203
- Blue Lakes #201
- Box Factory #200.1B
- Cobb's Gulch #211
- Corbett #209
- Cutler Creek #217
- Dallas #200
- Dexter Creek #205
- Difficulty Creek #214
- Gray Copper Gulch #889
- Hayden #210
- Horsethief #215
- Left Fork Cutler Creek #235
- Moonshine #200.1A
- Mount Sneffels #204
- Oak Creek #207
- Okeson #137
- Portland #238
- Portland Mine #238.1A
- Richmond #250
- Shortcut #138
- Silvershield #199
- Storm Gulch #212
- Sutton Mine & Neosho Mine #197
- Twin Peaks #208
- Upper Cascade Falls #213
- Weehawken #206
- Wilson Creek #202
- Winchester Gulch #216.1B
- Wright's Lake #201.1A
- Telluride Area
- Alder Creek #510
- Bear Creek #635
- Blixt #508.1A
- Blue Lake #637
- Bridal Veil #636
- Camel's Garden #630
- Deep Creek #418
- Deep Creek Connector #418.1B
- East Fork Bear Creek #513
- Eider #417
- Elk Creek #407
- Galloping Goose #499
- Goat Creek #641
- Gurley Ditch #611.1A
- Hope Lake #410
- Hughes Ditch #422.1A
- Iron Mountain #418.1C
- Jud Wiebe #432
- Liberty Bell #431
- Lizard Head #505
- Lone Cone #426
- Lone Cone Spur #426.1B
- Morningstar #420
- Nature Interpretive Hike #411
- Old Wilson Mesa #423
- Prospect #413
- Ridge #433
- Rock Of Ages #429
- See Forever #415
- Sheridan Crosscut #869.1A
- Sneffels Highline #434
- Sunshine #498
- Swamp Canyon #634
- Telluride #631
- Thunder Trail System (#593, #594, #595, #596)
- Village #416
- Wasatch #508
- Wasatch Connection #508.1B
- Whipple Mountain #419
- Wilson Meadows #512
- Wilson Mesa #421
- Woods Lake #406
- Woods Lake Shoreline #426.1A
- Uncompahgre Plateau
- 41 Trail #145
- 47 Trail #403
- Ashley #147
- Aspen #125
- Atkinson #624
- Atkinson Bench #623
- Bad Land #635
- Basin #603
- Bear Pen Gulch #124
- Bear Pen Spur 1B #124.1B
- Beaver Dam #627
- Ben Lowe #109
- Big Creek #656
- Big Creek Cutoff #637
- Big Creek Scout #638
- Big Johnson #622
- Bittle Loop #669
- Black Point #613
- Blue Creek #620
- Bret Point #649
- Buck #149
- Buck Connector #149.1A
- Bucktail Creek #659
- Bucktail Creek Spur #659.1A
- Bunch Ground #634
- Cabin #606
- Cabin Bench Area #104
- Carson Hole #610
- Clear Creek #516
- Coal Bank #112
- Coal Creek #605
- Corral Fork #652
- Corral Gulch #658
- Cottonwood #103
- Cow Creek #611
- Dave Wood Interpretive Hike #115.1A
- Dented Door #248
- Divide Forks Cutoff #639
- Dominguez Cutoff #629
- Dry Creek #114
- Dry Creek Spur #114.1A
- East Basin #106
- East Bull Spur #155.1A
- East Bull #155
- East Fork Dry Creek #114.1B
- East McKee Divide #597
- East Unaweep #612
- Forest Fence #128
- Forty Seven #100
- Franks Bench #632
- Gill ATV #666
- Gill Creek #602
- Gray's Creek #157
- Hornet #131
- Hornet Spur #131.1A
- Horsefly #121
- Horseshoe Basin #107
- Hungry Gulch #665
- Indian #500
- Kelso Mesa #614
- La Fair #668
- Leonards Ridge #643
- Little Bear Lake #660
- Little Creek #655
- Little Johnson #617
- Long Canyon #621
- Long Point #628
- Love Mesa Bench #101
- Lower Bench #650
- Lower Spring Creek #116.1C
- Mailbox #619
- Mailbox Cutoff #630
- Massey Branch #618
- Middle Fork Bear Canyon #654
- Middle Point Escalante #631
- Moore Mesa #146
- Mud Holes #670
- North Bench #633
- North Fork Bear Canyon #653
- North Kelso #626.1A
- Old Roubideau #105
- Old Transfer #110
- Old Transfer Bike #251
- Paradox #126
- Paradox #502
- Parallel #139
- Payne Mesa #134
- Picket Corral #102
- Picket Corral Spur #102.1A
- Pool Creek #113
- Powerline #541
- Red Canyon #118
- Rim #122
- Roatcap #121
- Rocky Pitch Loop #664
- Roubideau Pack #544
- Roundabout #120
- Short Point #615
- Short Point Bench #651
- Short Point Cutoff #651.1A
- Simms Mesa #115
- Simms Mesa Aspen Grove #115.1B
- Simms Mesa Loop Connector Hike #115.1A1
- Smith Point #636
- Snowshoe #607
- South Bear Pen Gulch #124.1A
- South Bench #626
- Spring Creek #116
- Spring Creek #616
- Spring Creek Spur A #116.1A
- Spring Creek Spur B #116.1B
- Tabeguache (25 Mesa) #544.1A
- Tabeguache (Cushman) #255
- Telephone #657
- Thimble Point #417
- Traver #119
- Traver Mesa #111
- U.C. #642
- Unaweep #601
- Upper Bench #625
- Ute Creek #608
- Ute Creek Cutoff #659
- Wildcat #640
- Winter Camp #645
- ZK Spring #124
Hikers on the Hope Lake Trail