Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests · Colorado

Creekside

2.8 mi of trail, end to end · Lower Creekside Trailhead: 2.8 mi one way in the Service's write-up · native material surface · trail No. 61 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike · seasonal: hiking 06/01-11/15

Trailhead Leland Trailhead Drive there

Lower Creekside Trailhead 2.8 mi one way · the Forest Service's write-up

The Lower Creek Trailhead is located west of Fraser and provides access to many mountain biking trails.

Creekside Trail (#61)

Length: 2.8 miles ONE-WAY

Elevation: 8,775 feet - 9,027 feet

Trail Description: Begin at either the Lower Creek Trailhead to the north or the Leland Creek Trailhead to the south. The trail follows the creek on the edge of the Fraser Experimental Forest.

Note: This is a popular trail for mountain bikers. Hikers be alert.

This is a popular area to view moose.

Latlong : 39.933682; 105.849

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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.