Pike & San Isabel National Forests
Cimarron & Comanche National Grasslands

USDA Forest Service
Pike & San Isabel
National Forests
Cimarron & Comanche
National Grasslands
2840 Kachina Drive
Pueblo, CO 81008
719-553-1400

Telephone for the
Hearing Impaired
719-553-1404

Access

The Gold Dust Trail begins off the Church Camp Road in the town of Como. The trailhead is approximately 5.5 miles from US Highway 285. There is a wide spot for parking in the road approximately .3 miles past the trailhead. There is also access along County Road 50, approximately 1.5 miles northwest of the Boreas Pass Road turnoff.

Attractions and Considerations

This trail provides access to Boreas Pass via the old Boreas Pass Wagon Road, which it connects to after crossing FDR 406.

Much of the trail above County Road 50 generally follows an old flume which diverted water from North Tarryall Creek and its tributaries to mining
operations located in the upper Tarryall Drainage.

Water Availability

Water is not available at the trail heads or at Selkirk Campground.

This trail is also a popular cross-country ski trail.


For other information concerning the HISTORY of the area refer to:

Benson, Maxine, Duane A. Smith, and Carl Ubbelhohde. A Colorado History, Seventh Edition.
Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Books, 1995.

Dyer, Mary. Echoes of Como: 1897 to 1988. Denver, Colorado: George Meyer, 1988.

McTighe, James. Roadside History of Colorado. Boulder, Colorado: Johnson Books, 1989.

Simmons, Virginia McConnell. Bayou Salado: The Story of South Park. Boulder, Colorado: Fred Pruett Books, 1992.