Perry Creek ATV

Trail Overview

Perry Creek is an 8-mile-long ATV trail through the Rio Grande National Forest that is easy/moderate with a few rocky sections. From the south end, it winds through the pine trees and beetle kill on a wide path that is more like an old road. It pops out on Baughman Creek Road for a moment, and goes through a trailhead and pinch point, and then narrows up as it continues north. It's still a wide path with lots of loose rock and embedded rock through the pines. The trail goes past an alpine lake which is a nice place for a break. It flows through open grassy hills and saddles at high elevations, sometimes with rocky stream crossings with embedded boulders and lots of loose rock. The trail crosses a 4-way intersection with Bowers Peak and La Garita Stock Driveway at a saddle above 12,000 feet elevation, and then it descends down to the Perry's Creek Trailhead as it goes north.