GRAND MESA JEEP CLUB
The following are some area trails the Jeep Club consider to be of particular high value. Please feel free to use this information when making YOUR comments.
Revised as of March 3rd, 2013
The following is a list of trails that the RMP Committee
felt we had the most interest in:
*Routes marked to become ATV-width will be restricted to 50”
or less. This would mean closure to a
jeep and the majority of UTVs
*Routes marked to become Administrative would be closed to
all motorized & mechanized. Hikers
and horsemen would most likely still be able to use them.
Trail Name
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Trail Number(s)
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Descriptions
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Billings Canyon
and the access roads
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P155
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The trail itself
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P159
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The connector
from Third Flats Rd (P3) to P898 (Art Cooks Loop) to the beginning of
Billings Canyon (P155) is missing from the BLM’s maps but was on Scoping Maps
as P159
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21 Rd
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L2551, L2555, L2547
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The common lower
entry points into the wash
* These are
marked for closure
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L2556, L2557, L2550, L2553, L2554, L2544
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Lower section of
the wash itself before the road crosses it in the canyon
*These are marked
for closure
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County Rd 21 and I22
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Upper Road
*The I22 portion
is marked as seasonally closed
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L2545
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Very bottom end
of the smooth road on the east side of the canyon
*Marked for
closure
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I1045, I1044
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The wash after
the main road crosses it
*Marked as
seasonally closed
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I1047
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Small connector
between I1045 and I22 (wash and road)
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H159, H160
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Road through the
upper portion of the canyon
*Marked as
seasonally closed
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H156
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Smooth road on
the east side of the canyon above the wash
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H164, H165
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Wash through
upper canyon
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H156, H158
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These are the 2
roads that drop down from the upper road into the wash to avoid the section
where the main road is washed out
* Especially important
to have H156
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H164
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Upper end of the
canyon
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There is a gap in the upper section of smooth road on the .kmz files
for Zone H
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I633
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Exit road to be able
to loop back over to 16 Rd
* Marked as seasonally
closed
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Coon Hollow
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F195, F655, F609
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Main route
*Marked to become
ATV-width
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F196
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Spur route near
the western end of F195, taking off to the south and then west
*Marked to become
ATV-width
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F172
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Spur route near
the western end of F196, taking off to the west and then north
*Marked to become
ATV-width
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Coal Canyon and
overlooks
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M140, M145, M261, & M101, M164
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Route down the
canyon
*Marked to be restricted
to ATV-width
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M152 & M170
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Route to overlook
of Grand Junction
*Marked for
closure
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The rest of route M157 traveling west
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This is a steep
rocky hill (looks like fun jeeping!) that appears to connect to M148
*Omitted from
maps
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M148
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Route to old mine
is a place of interest
* Marked to
become ATV-width
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M156, M162, M157 connecting with M156 and M177
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Crosses private
property and ends on BLM land at overlook of Grand Junction
* Marked
administrative on all alternatives
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Snyder Flats
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P291
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We would like to
see this connected to North East Creek at P311. This would open a new area that has been
landlocked. Open other times of the
year other than hunting season
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East Creek
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P8, P251
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Leave open to
full size, nice short trip for exploring
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North East Creek
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P314, P312, P315, P309, P310, P311, P286, P450, P288
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This has been
landlocked for a long time, a connector from P311 to P291 would open this up
for new areas to explorer (see Snyder Flats)
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Calamity Mesa
Loop
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11.5 Rd, V921, V3122, V976, V528, V138, V432,
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(V426 has old
mine truck)
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Calamity Mesa
Airstrip
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V328, V668, V792, V791, V979, V985, V982, V989,
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(V792 has great
views @ the east end)(V979 goes to good views to the east)
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Pace Lake
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W217, W103, W17, W18, W19, W209,
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Eventually tie
W217 to W137 to make a loop road back to John Brown Rd.
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Tabeguache and
Windmill Loop
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P12, P336, P2, P1
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Nice scenic loop
trail
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Glade Park to
Gateway
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Q338, Q479, Q478,
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Much of this
trail is in Utah and enters Colorado off and on.
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Little Dolores to
Border
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Q247, Q230, Q228, Q225, Q214, Q657, A656, Q655, Q654, Q652, Q651,
Q650, Q658, Q661, Q256, Q673, Q229, Q184, Q183, Q634, Q174, Q48,
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Once this trail
dries up enough to run, it makes a good early spring trip.
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Loop on Pinon
Mesa – NW end
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Q114, Q457, Q461, Q208, Q451, Q461, Q437, Q445, Q121, Q450, Q479,
Q338, Q480, Q448, Q121, Q117,
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Flat Top Mesa
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11 3/10 Rd, V47, V1774, V3300, V2385, V3303, V2369, V2907, V2701,
V2400,
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V2385 has great
views of the Delores River/valley;
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Tenderfoot Mesa
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(V407, V1932, V2690, V1881, V409, V408, ) (V3225, V400) (V1180)
(V2155, V2127, V2146) (V2010, V2145) (V2328, V2635) (V2626, V1695, V1400)
(V2720, V2718) (V3113) (V2505) (V3000, V3080, V3050, V3055) (V904, V2455)
(V2086, V882, V882, V881, V3034, V3035, V3036, V2442, V2446, V2447, V1885)
(V3105, V3550, V374, V370, V377, V379, V3058, V3057, V2214, V2216, V385, V387, V1321, V3060,) (V2680, V2562)
(V2660) (V3140, V1198, V1115, V1849,
V1207, V3373)
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Numbers within ()
are somewhat of a route.
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Outlaw Mesa
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(V507, V509) (V108, V88) (V490, V491, V493, V495, V494, V500, V502,
V495, V499, V497) (V772, V602, V775, V600, V596, V113, V112, V116, V622, V622,
V128, V127, V126, V121) (V621, V795, V922, V928)
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Numbers within ()
are somewhat of a route.
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Post and Pole Canyons
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H11, H21, H31, H9, H2, H10, H26, C18, C30, C38, C106, C37, C109,
C32, C27, C29, C19, H27, H2, C16, C21,
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H2 = Hereford Cyn
and Pole Cyn,
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Baxter to Douglas
Pass Connectors
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B102
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Connects B183 on
the west to B23 on the east to make it possible to travel from Baxter Pass to
Douglas Pass
*Marked to become
administrative
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B92 to B153 to B154
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These connectors also
make it possible to get from the Baxter Pass Road to Douglas Pass
*The southern end
of B92 is marked open to full-size, but then is marked to become ATV width
after the fork at B97
*B153 & B154
are marked to become ATV width
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Up John Brown
Canyon out to Dolores Point
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U110, U181, U32, U37, U423, U72, U730, U731, U425, U655,
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(U32 is out on
South Beaver Mesa)(U423 is the airstrip)
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John Brown to
Cottonwood Canyon
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W49,
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South of Castle
Rock in the burn area, there’s an overlook road, F200. On boundary to Little Bookcliffs Wilderness
Study Area.
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F200
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Boudish Gulch
&
Logan Wash
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E23 & E27
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These form loop
north of De Beque. E23 is the access for
a hiking trail called the Spruce Point Trail.
It takes off to the south from E23, climbs the ridge, and connects
back in to E27.
*Both are marked
to become administrative
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Roads by Miracle
Rock, SW of Glade Park. There are 2
pieces of private inside of it that the BLM is trying to get.
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Q529, Q528, Q524, Q526, Q517, Q539, Q623
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This is land
locked but if and when BLM makes a land trade it would open up a new area to
explorer
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N 27 ¼ Rd
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L981, L894, L895, L896, L900, L949,
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This road goes to
the historic Carpenter Mine & Ghost Town.
Part of the road follows the path of the historic Little Book Cliff
Railroad.
*Marked for
closure
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Calamity Mesa
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V3589, V700,
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Blue Mesa
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(V813, V1010, V1007) (V3266,
V3263, V3277, V3282) (V3266, V1471, V1470)
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