Dirt Bike Trails Near Delta, Colorado

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Alkali Basin

Alkali Basin Loop is a combination of the Alkali Basin Trail on the west and the Pipeline West Trail on the east. This allows for a through Jeep trail rather than an in-and-out. The namesake…
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Total Miles
25.7
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

25 Mesa Road

25 Mesa Road is a wide, smooth well-graded road running all the way across Uncompahgre Plateau from Nucla to Delta. We did not find any specific attractions along the route, but it is an enjoyable…
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Total Miles
26.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Smith Mountain

Smith Mountain is a fairly easy and enjoyable trail. BLM signs call it Smith Mountain Jeep Trail. Starting at the south end. this trail runs through the low country of Peach Valley then turns and…
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Total Miles
33.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Escalante Canyon

Escalante Canyon is a very nice run from the desert at the Gunnison River to the forest on the Uncompahgre Plateau. This Jeep trail takes you upstream through Escalante Canyon (west side of the loop),…
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Total Miles
57.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

South Divide

This is a series of well-graded or slightly bumpy roads that will take you from Ridgway to Olathe over the Uncompaghre Plateau. The south part has vast views of open ranchland, the center is in…
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Total Miles
80.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Point Camp Trail

Point Camp Trail is one of only a couple of single-track trails in the Grand Mesa National Forest near Grand Mesa, Colorado. This trail is 3.2 miles and mostly flat with only a couple hundred…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Gunnison Gorge South River Road

Just outside of Delta Colorado, inside Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area you'll find a beat up gravel road that leads you down to the Gunnison river. Most SUV's and trucks will not have an issue…
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Total Miles
4.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Smith Mountain Jeep Road Overlook

Just outside of Delta, Colorado, inside Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, you'll find an unmaintained jeep trail that leads you out onto a peninsula with spectacular views of the Gunnison Gorge. The trail overall is…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Wave-Eagle Loop

Wave-Eagle Loop is a short trail that begins in an ATV off-road area, climbs up, and follows a ridge with distant views of Gunnison Gorge, then returns to the ATV area. The Peach Valley Open…
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Total Miles
12.6
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Tabeguache

Tabeguache 2.0 is a short, easy Jeep trail a short distance west of Montrose. It starts near the Dry Creek Rock Crawling Trails, and crosses Dry Creek, Piney Creek, and Cushman Creek before climbing up…
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Total Miles
11.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa

Edge Trail

The Edge Trail is an adobe ridgeline trail in the Peach Valley Recreation Area that goes through an adobe clay badlands landscape. Starting from the northern trailhead, it starts wide but narrows up on the…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Cushman Creek

Cushman Creek is a fun, fast, and flowy single track in the Dry Creek Recreation Area that is mostly smooth dirt through sagebrush and pine trees on rolling desert hills near Olathe, Colorado. It has…
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Total Miles
4.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Dry Creek ATV Trail

This 3.2 miles 50" trail is one of only a couple ATV trails in the Dry Creek Recreation Area, as most of the trails in the area are motorcycle trails or jeep roads. It's a…
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Total Miles
3.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Candy Cane Loop

Candy Cane Loop is an adobe ridge line loop for 50" vehicles in Peach Valley, but has some spots that may be quite narrow for an ATV. Going clockwise, it starts as a winding and…
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Total Miles
3.6
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Red Rocks-Nighthorse Trail

This trail offers rock steps, loose washed out steep terrain, and a flowy single track that overlooks the Black Canyon. The trail can be done in either direction. Heading South from Ute Road toward Dinasour…
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Total Miles
2.3
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Sp / Fa

Fingers

Fingers is a 12-mile desert single track near Montrose, Colorado that goes along a series of mesas, mostly made up of slab rock and loose rock on top of a dirt surface. From the north…
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Total Miles
11.5
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Ewok Village

Ewok Village is a fun and narrow desert single track that goes through a variety of terrains near Montrose, Colorado. From the south trailhead, it starts with a steep descent dipping into a dry wash…
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Total Miles
5.2
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Piney Creek

Piney Creek is one of the easier trails in the Dry Creek Recreation Area. It is a tight and narrow single track that meanders through sagebrush and pinyon pine. It starts in a sandy dry…
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Total Miles
3.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Rim Road

The primary purpose of this trail is to access six of the seven Dry Creek rock crawling trails. Rim Road runs from US 50 to Divide Road and occasionally approaches the "rim" above Shavano Valley…
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Total Miles
36.4
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Calamity

This is a small canyon that has two side loops that add to the difficulty - both can be bypassed, but the exit cannot. The first loop goes up a couple of steep ledges into…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
8 Difficult
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

Leon Lake

Leon Lake Jeep trail goes between Cedaredge and Vega Reservoir. A scenic trip, although a bit rocky and bumpy through the center portion. Leon Lake is a beautiful lake at a little over 10,000' elevation.…
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Total Miles
28.9
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Elephant Skin Road

Elephant Skin Road is an easy Jeep trail between Montrose and Olathe. There are a few shallow gullies across the road, but can be done with any vehicle with a bit of clearance. There is…
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Total Miles
15.5
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Peach Valley Loop

Peach Valley Loop is one of several ATV trails in the Peach Valley Recreation Area. It is an easy and wide two track making a loop on the adobe clay badlands that make up much…
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Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Moonlight Mesa

Moonlight Mesa is one of the longer single tracks in the adobe badlands of the Peach Valley Recreation Area. The SE trailhead on Elephant Skin Road is in the back of the adobe badlands where…
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Total Miles
4.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Eagle Valley

Eagle Valley is a highlight of visiting the Peach Valley riding area and shouldn't be missed if up for a rocky challenge. The trail is short, only 1 mile, but one of the more difficult…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Highway One (Part One)

Highway One is an ATV trail that is the main thoroughfare between the Peach Valley staging area and the Elephant Skin staging area. From the north trailhead, it drops down from Peach Valley staging area…
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Total Miles
1.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Scratch and Dent

The Scratch and Dent trailhead is on the entrance road to Calamity Canyon, about a quarter mile from Rim Road. There is a small sign to the left at the bottom of the first small…
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Total Miles
0.4
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa

Snake ATV Trail

The Snake ATV trail is a fun ATV trail accessed from the Peach Valley Staging Area that winds at the bottom of the flat valley between the adobe hills. It mostly covers the flat ground…
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Total Miles
1.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Highway Ridge

This unmarked single track is part of the Peach Valley Recreation Area and is a fun ridge line trail along the adobe clay badlands that make up much of this trail system. This trail is…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Sp

Spikes

Spikes is a short trail in Peach Valley that goes between the top and bottom of a mesa. It's a consistent grade the entire way, dropping 900 feet elevation from the top of the mesa…
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Total Miles
1.3
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Fa / Sp