Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Colorado, Wyoming

Routt Divide

7.8 mi of trail, end to end · Routt Divide Trailhead: 7.1 mi out and back in the Service's write-up · native material surface · trail No. 1108.1 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

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Routt Divide Trailhead 7.1 mi out and back · the Forest Service's write-up

Free

This Trailhead serves as the access point for the Routt Divide Trail No. 1108.

This 7.1 mile out and back trail travels high above Buffalo Park along the dividing ridge of Gore Pass and gives spectacular views of the neighboring Sarvis Creek Wilderness Area to the West.

Restrictions Please review <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mbr/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5133586">Wilderness Information and Regulations</a>&nbsp;if travelling within the Wilderness Area.

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.