Hey all, I don't have a lot of vacation time that I can actually take this year (Again) and am wanting to do a week in Colorado with the small bikes. Camping/dirtbike trip.
Anyone know if some good places that I can pull in with the ToyHauler and be able to ride from to trails? Looking for a spot that will be cool to hang out with the Family that isn't riding as well.
Anything you got, let me know!!!
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I'm looking forward to what replies you may get as I'm sure you are not the only one who will benefit from the information shared.
**Will your bikes be street legal with license plates or off-road only?
**Will your bikes be street legal with license plates or off-road only?
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Will need to work around "not street legal" as my son will be with.
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Let me know if this sounds like something you might be interested in. If so, I can try to get your more specifics...
The riding would be the official motorcycle single-track in the "Taylor Park" area. This is the land between Crested Butte on the West and Taylor Reservoir to the East end of the trails. Spring Creek Road is a nice, wide, mostly smooth gravel road you can haul a toy hauler up and find places to setup and camp. The trails are easy to access off the road, and nobody is going to mess with you on the bikes. It may even be legal to be on unplated dirt bikes on the roads in this area, but I'm not sure about that.
While you are relatively close to Crested Butte as the crow flies, it would be a good drive from camp to CB because of the mountains between.
Here is a google map showing the route from Crested Butte to the small Spring Creek Reservoir where you can camp and ride from to hit trails.
https://goo.gl/maps/nreQb9bAxQR2
Here is the Gunnison National Forest MVUM that shows you all the trails legal for OHV use. When you are there, most of the trails are marked pretty well, but could be hard to find unless you have a pre-made plan on where you are going to hit a trail.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 436181.pdf
You can find GPS tracks.
As a non-resident, you'll need to get a non-resident CO Wildlife & Parks OHV permit. I think they are about $25.
http://cpw.state.co.us/buyapply/Pages/R ... nsOHV.aspx
The riding would be the official motorcycle single-track in the "Taylor Park" area. This is the land between Crested Butte on the West and Taylor Reservoir to the East end of the trails. Spring Creek Road is a nice, wide, mostly smooth gravel road you can haul a toy hauler up and find places to setup and camp. The trails are easy to access off the road, and nobody is going to mess with you on the bikes. It may even be legal to be on unplated dirt bikes on the roads in this area, but I'm not sure about that.
While you are relatively close to Crested Butte as the crow flies, it would be a good drive from camp to CB because of the mountains between.
Here is a google map showing the route from Crested Butte to the small Spring Creek Reservoir where you can camp and ride from to hit trails.
https://goo.gl/maps/nreQb9bAxQR2
Here is the Gunnison National Forest MVUM that shows you all the trails legal for OHV use. When you are there, most of the trails are marked pretty well, but could be hard to find unless you have a pre-made plan on where you are going to hit a trail.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DO ... 436181.pdf
You can find GPS tracks.
As a non-resident, you'll need to get a non-resident CO Wildlife & Parks OHV permit. I think they are about $25.
http://cpw.state.co.us/buyapply/Pages/R ... nsOHV.aspx
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Troy is all over it but if you want to base camp in a cool town and then ride from there, Silverton is a cool place.
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looking into both suggestions. Luckily I have a little time. the mountains are getting so much snow, I doubt some of the higher areas will be passable until July.