Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Colorado, Wyoming

Sarvis Creek

12 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 1105.1 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Trailhead Upper Sarvis Creek Trailhead Drive there

Lower Sarvis Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

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This area serves as the lower access point for the Sarvis Creek Trail No. 1105.

This 12.4 mile long trail in the Sarvis Creek Wilderness ascends the Sarvis Creek drainage from its confluence with the Yampa River to its headwaters at Buffalo Park. The trail begins climbing through stands of Aspen and patches of Sarvis Berries. After 2.3 miles a bridge crosses Sarvis Creek and the trail continues upstream. Remnants of human occupation and historic logging can be spotted as the trail meanders through forest and open meadows. After 7.4 miles the trail leaves the main drainage of Sarvis Creek before entering an area that was burned in the Silver Creek Fire of 2018 and reaching the Upper Sarvis Creek Trailhead .

Please Note: This area was hit hard by the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic. Falling trees can pose a great safety risk to campers and hikers.

Restrictions <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mbr/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5133586">Wilderness Information and Regulations</a>

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Upper Sarvis Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

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This area serves as the upper access point for the Sarvis Creek Trail No. 1105.

This 12.4 mile long trail in the Sarvis Creek Wilderness descends the Sarvis Creek drainage from its headwaters in Buffalo Park to its confluence with the Yampa River. The first few miles of trail pass through an area that was burned in the Silver Creek Fire of 2018. After about 5 miles the trail meets the main drainage of Sarvis Creek and continues downstream. Remnants of human occupation and historic logging can be spotted as the trail meanders through forest and open meadows. At 10 miles a bridge crosses Sarvis Creek and the trail continues down to the Lower Sarvis Creek Trailhead .

Please Note: This area was hit hard by the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic. Falling trees can pose a great safety risk to campers and hikers.

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

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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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.