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GGNCA HIKING & HORSE TRAILS

Kayaker at Chukar Trailhead

BLM photo by Rich Durnan


Trail

Length

(ONE WAY)

Elevation

Description

Distance from Peach Valley Access Road

BOBCAT

1.5 miles
 (2.4 kilometers)

6,100-5,300 feet
(1,860-1,616 meters)

800-foot/244- meter change

Difficult - Undeveloped and hard to follow. Steep descent down rock face in last 1/2 mile.  Good river access with two hiker camps.  Not recommended for horses.

1.5 miles
(2.4 kilometers)

CHUKAR 

1.1 miles
 (1.8 kilometers)

5,960-5,400 feet
(1,817-1,646 meters)

560-foot/170-meter change 

Moderately difficult - Adobe clay with sand & rock outcrops.  Boating put-in.  Very heavy foot and horse use.  Limited hiker camps.

 7.0 miles
(11.3 kilometers)

 DUNCAN

1.5 miles
 (2.4 kilometers)

6,160-5,300 feet
(1,878-1,616 meters)

840-foot/258- meter change

Difficult - Well established with heavy use.  Last 1/2 mile very steep with loose scree.  Stay on north side.  Cross below old mine and climb up final ridge before descending last 200 yards to river.  Good river access with four hiker camps.  Not recommended for horses.

2.5 miles
(4.0 kilometers) 

UTE

4.5 miles
 (7.2 kilometers)

6,500-5,300 feet
(1,982-1,616 meters)

1,200-foot/366-meter change

Moderately difficult - Well developed.  Gradual slope with one section of steep switchbacks. Great views & good river access.  Four hiker camps. 

2.5 miles
(4.0 kilometers) 

SIDEWINDER Visit the Sidewinder webpage

20 miles 
(32.2 kilometers)

300-foot/91.4 meter change

Moderate - Snakes in and out of canyons as it contours the western flank of the Gunnison Gorge NCA. All single-track users are welcome on this rocky, sinuous trail.

1.5 miles
(2.4 kilometers)

 NORTH FORK

to

SMITH FORK

4.0 miles
(6.4 kilometers)

5,100-5,300 feet
(1,555-1,616 meters)

200-foot/61-meter change

Fairly easy - Riverside trail with some uphill stretches.  Good fishing access.  Four hiker/ boater camps.  Access is from Gunnison Forks and requires wading (at low flows only!) or boat shuttle across North Fork.

 

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