Rio Grande National Forest

USDA Forest Service
Rio Grande
National Forest
1803 W. Highway 160
Monte Vista, CO 81144
719-852-5941

Telephone for the
Hearing Impaired
719-852-6271

Good fishing is possible in the upper 2/3 of the Miners Creek Drainage. Opportunities to see elk are possible in the early morning and late evenings.

Access:

Travel southwest from Creede on Colorado Highway 149 for approximately 3 miles to the intersection of Highway 149 and Forest Road #507 (Miners Creek Road), then go north for 3 miles to the end of Road #507 at the Boy Scout Camp.

Attractions & Considerations:

Good fishing is possible in the upper 2/3 of the Miners Creek Drainage. Opportunities to see elk are possible in the early morning and late evenings.

Good camping sites exist along all but the lower segments of this trail.

The trail crosses Miners Creek several times in the first 2-miles segment. Foot crossings can be dangerous during early summer runoff.

Scenery and feelings of solitude are good along this trail. Excellent views of white chalk-like cliffs are present at the head of Miners Creek.

Narrative:

Miners Creek Trail #803. The trail starts at the end of the Miners Creek Road. It immediately crosses Miners Creek and parallels the creek in the narrow canyon bottom. After crossing the creek several more times, the trail begins to climb out of the creek bottom and through some dense stands of aspen along the southwest-facing slopes of Miners Creek. After climbing for about a mile, the trail will turn and cross Miners Creek Drainage. The trail will wander from the creek and traverse through some small open parks and scattered spruce-fir stands. Shortly after returning to Miners Creek, the trail will parallel the creek through a very narrow gorge, pass through an old-growth spruce-fir stand and ten enter a large open meadow near the headwaters of Miners Creek. The trail junction with the La Garita Stock Driveway is in the southeast end of the open meadow. The junction is signed.