Pike and San Isabel National Forests · Colorado
Bear Creek
1.2 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 666 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike
Rainbow Trail (#1336) at Bear Creek trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
This trailhead is located east of Salida, off of County Road 101 and accesses the Rainbow Trail (#1336) which travels east from the Poncha Springs area along the base of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range. The Rainbow Trail is over 100 miles in length and travels south from the Salida area into the Wet Mountain valley and terminates near the Great Sand Dunes National Park. This trail is open to motorcycles, mountain bikers, horse and foot traffic but closed to ATV's and 4-wheeled vehicles.
Accessibility <p>This site is not universally accessible.</p>
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Pike and San Isabel National Forests
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.
