Horse Riding

Horse Riding Areas

• Antonito, CO

  Located on US highway 285, 25 miles south west of Alamosa. Junction of State highway 17 is just south of Antonito.

• Alverjones Cutoff Trailhead - No #
• Alverjones Trailhead
• Bear Lake Cutoff Trailhead - Trail # 721.1
• Bear Lake Trailhead
• Bear Lake Trailhead - Trail # 721
• Duck Lake Trailhead - Trail # 732
• Elk Creek Trailhead - Trail # 731
• Elk Creek Trailhead - Trail 731
• Glacier Lake Trailhead - Trail # 711
• Lower South Fork Trailhead - Trail # 724 & 720
• Roaring Gulch Trailhead - Trail # 720
• Sawmill Gulch Trailhead - Trail # 759
• South Fork Conejos Trailhead - Trail # 724
• Upper South Fork Trailhead - Trail # 720
• Victoria Lake Trailhead
• Blanca, CO

  Blanca is on US Highway 160, 28 miles west of the top of La Veta Pass.

• Medano Lake Trailhead - Trail # 887
• N. Fork South Zapata Trailhead - Trail # 868
• Raspberry Trailhead - Trail # 853
• South Zapata Trailhead - Trail # 852
• Chama, NM

  Located on Highway 17, 10 miles south of the Colorado border.

• Archuleta Trailhead - Trails # 741 & # 740
• Chama Basin Trailhead - Trail # 738
• Chama River Trailhead - Trail # 738
• Hughes Trailhead - No number shown
• Los Pinos Trailhead - Trail # 736
• Notch Trailhead - Trail # 729
• Red Lake Trailhead, Trail #733
• Valle Victoria Trailhead - Trail # 727
• Creede, CO

   Located on Highway 149,  22 miles north west of South Fork &  48 miles south east of Lake City..

• Bear Town Trailhead - Trail # 869
• Deep Creek Trail # 806
• East Bellows Trailhead # 790
• East Fk. Middle Pole Trail # 916
• East Ute Trail # 824
• Farmers Creek Trail # 801
• Farmers Creek Trailhead # 801
• Fern Creek Cut-off Trail
• Fern Creek Trail # 815
• Fern Creek Trailhead # 815
• Fisher Mountain Trail #891
• Goose Creek Trail # 827
• Grizzly Creek Trail #814
• Grizzly Lake Trail #890
• Heart Lake Trail # 823
• Ivy Creek Campground
• Ivy Creek Trail # 805
• Ivy Creek Trailhead # 805
• La Garita Sd Cut-off Trail # 787.1
• Lost Trail #821
• Lost Trail Campground
• Lost Trailhead #821
• Love Lake Trail
• Mckenzie Cut-off Trail
• Mckenzie Trail #804
• Middle Creek Trail
• Middle Pole Trail #918
• Miners Creek Trail #803
• Minnie Mountain Trail
• Pierce Elliott Trail #851
• Pole Creek Trail #820
• Red Lakes Trail #889
• River Hill Campground
• Roaring Fork Trail #807
• San Luis Pass Trail # 882
• Shallow Creek Cut-off Trail #897.1
• Shallow Creek Trail # 897
• Texas Creek Summer Home Group Trailhead
• Texas Creek Trail #816
• Thirty Mile Campground
• Trout Creek Trail #811
• Trout CreekTrailhead #811
• Ute Creek Trail #819
• Ute Creek Trailhead #819
• Ute Lake Trail # 905
• Wason Park - Inspiration Point Trail # 789
• Weminuche Trail # 818
• West Bellows Trail #871
• West Lost Trail # 822
• West Trout Trail #895
• West Ute Trail # 825
• Wheeler Trail # 790
• Willow Creek Trail
• Crestone, CO

  Crestone is 12 miles east of Highway 17. Turn east at the Town of Moffat.

• Comanche Trail #746
• Cotton Creek Trail #749
• Elaine Trail # 884
• Horse Thief Basin Trail # 856
• North Crestone Trail #744
• North Fork Crestone Trail # 747
• Rito Alto Trail #745
• San Isabel Lake Trail # 857
• San Isabel Trail # 858
• South Crestone Lake Trail # 860
• Venable Lake Trail #859
• Wild Cherry Creek Trail # 748
• Willow Lake Trail # 865
• Del Norte, CO

  located on highway 160, 30 miles west of Alamosa, home of the Divide Ranger District

• Benino Trail # 786
• Bennett Creek Trail # 872
• Burro Trail # 873
• Castle Rock Trail #846
• Deadman Loop Trail #854
• Dry Creek Trail # 700
• East Frisco Trail # 848
• Embargo Creek Trail # 792
• Fitton Cabin
• Fremont's Camp Trail #885
• Frisco Fitton Cut-off Trail #894.1
• Frisco-Fitton Trail # 894
• Groundhog Trail # 795
• La Garita Creek Cut-off Trail #793.3
• La Garita Creek Trail #793
• La Garita Stock Driveway Trail #787
• Little Bennett Trail #876
• Middle Frisco Cut-off Trail #879.1
• Middle Frisco Trail #879
• Middle Frisco Trailhead #879
• Munger Canyon Trail
• Off Cow Camp Cabin
• Perry Creek Trail #796
• Schrader Creek Trail # 934
• Shady Creek Trail #898
• West Frisco Trail # 850
• Gunnison, CO

  Located on Highway 50, 60 miles west of Highway 285.

• Benito Creek Trail # 867
• Coyote Trail # 915
• Deep Creek Trail #779
• Halfmoon Creek Trail # 914
• Halfmoon Pass Trail # 912
• Lake Fork Trail # 785
• Machin Basin Trail # 784
• Middle Fork Cutoff Trail # 888
• Middle Fork Trail #783
• Saguache Creek Trail # 776
• South Fork Saguache Trail # 781
• Twin Peaks Trail # 782
• Unknown Creek Trail # 866
• Upper Deep Creek Trail # 777
• Wagon Cutoff Trail #772
• Wannamaker Trail # 908
• Whale Creek Trail #780
• La Garita, CO

  Located 6 miles east of Hwy 285 on County Road G, or 12 miles north east of Del Norte on County Road 38A.

• Bower's Peak Trail # 909
• North Carnero Trail #773
• Penitente Canyon Campground
• La Jara, CO

  Located on US Highway 285, 14 miles south of Alamosa. Home of the Conejos Peak Ranger District.

• Acascosa Trail
• Alamosa Trailhead and Trail 703
• Empedrado Lake Trail # 742
• Silver Mountain Trail # 704
• Treasure Creek Trail, Trail 710
• Willow Mountain Trail # 737
• Monte Vista, CO

  Located at the junction of US Highways 285 & 160. Home of the Rio Grande National Forest Supervisor's Office

• Alamosa Rock Trail #703
• Comstock Campground
• North Rock Creek Trail # 701
• Rock Creek Campground
• South Rock Creek Trail # 702
• Platoro, CO

  Located on Forest Road 250 near the Platoro Reservoir.

• Adams Fork Trail # 713
• Adams Fork Trailhead, Trail 713
• Canon Rincon Trail # 722
• Canon Verde Trail 726
• Conejos River Trail # 712
• El Rito Azul (Blue Lake) Trail #718
• Hidden Lake Trail # 734
• Middle Fork Conejos Trail 712.1
• No Name Lake Trail # 728
• Ruybalid Trail # 855
• Saddle Creek Trail # 715
• Three Forks Trailhead 712
• Timber Lake Trail # 723
• Tobacco Lake Trail # 719
• Valdez Trail # 717
• Valdez Trailhead, Trail 717
• Saguache, CO

  Saguache is 34 miles north of Monte Vista, junction of  highway 114 and highway 285. Home of the Saguache Ranger District.

• Bear Creek Trail # 778
• Buffalo Pass Campground
• East Middle Creek Trail # 767
• East Sheep Creek Trail #771
• Luders Creek Campground
• Middle Creek Trail # 768
• Sheep Creek Trail #770
• Tank Seven Trail #760
• South Fork, CO

  Located at the junction of US Highway 160 and State Highway 149.

• Alder Bench Trail # 799
• Alder Bench Trailhead #799
• Alder Guard Station
• Archuleta Trail # 839
• Bear Creek Trail # 709
• Beaver Mountain Trail #933
• Big Meadows/Archuleta Trailhead # 839
• Big Park Trail
• Bonito Pass Trail
• Cathedral Campground
• Cathedral Trail # 794
• Church Creek Trail # 935
• Crater Lake Trail # 707
• Cross Creek Campground
• Cross Creek Trail #812
• Decker Trail #834
• East Trout Trail #810
• Elk Creek Trail #833
• Highline Trail #832
• Hope Creek Trail #838
• Hunter Lake Trailhead # 800
• Hunters Lake Trail # 800
• Kitty Creek Trail #837
• Lake Fork Trail #836
• Lake Fork Trailhead #836
• Lower Beaver Creek Campground
• Main Beaver Trail # 847
• Middle Alder Trail # 797
• Palisade Trail # 761
• Raspberry Trail #830
• Salt Canyon Trail
• Sawtooth Trail
• Shaw Lake Loop Trail #837-846
• South Fork Archuleta Trail # 750
• Spruce Lakes Trail #710
• Tewksberry Trail #842
• Tewksberry Trailhead #842
• Tie Hill Trail #835
• Trout Trail #831
• West Alder Trail# 798
• West Bear Trail # 932
• Wolf Creek Trail #849
• Villa Grove, CO

  Located on highway 285, 19 miles north east of Saguache.

• Antora Creek Trail # 765
• Antora Meadows Trail # 764
• Black Canyon Trail #754
• Brewery Creek Trail # 762
• Elk Horn Trail # 925
• Flagstaff Trail # 763
• Garner Creek Trail #752
• Hot Springs Trail #753
• Indian Creek Cut-off Trail # 766.1
• Indian Creek Trail # 766
• Kelly Creek Trail # 923
• Major Creek Trail #751
• Simmons Peak Trail #757
• Steel Canyon Trail #755
• Wilderness areas

  Wilderness is defined as a portion of land set aside by the 1964 Congressional Wilderness Act that will remain unspoiled for future generations. The Wilderness Act gave the U.S. Forest Service a mandate to manage these special lands so they would be "an enduring resource," one that would remain "unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness."

  In contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate that landscape, a wilderness is recognized as an area '…where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain". Wilderness areas are generally over 5,000 acres in size and may contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.

  Please view the special regulations associated with Wilderness and always use Leave No Trace techniques to help keep these areas wild, clean, and pristine.

  Rio Grande National Forest manages four Wilderness areas: 

  • La Garita Wilderness
  • Sangre de Cristo Wilderness 
  • South San Juan Wilderness
  • Weminuche Wilderness
• La Garita Wilderness: Rio Grande
• Sangre de Cristo Wilderness: Rio Grande
• South San Juan Wilderness: Rio Grande
• Weminuche Wilderness: Rio Grande