First Fork Trail #727

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A great trail near Durango that is being used more and more by mountain bikers and some hikers, although the area has a lot of horse and cow traffic as well as hunters in the fall.

Go north of Durango on CR 240 and then turn onto CR 246. Go past Colvig summer camps onto USFS to a gate. Keep going until the road dead ends at the TH for both First Fork and Red Creek. Look for First Fork marked on your left with a small gate just across the creek.

The trail begins steep and has some rocky sections. The trail eventually mellows out and stays close to the creek bed most of the way up. The creek only runs in the spring. Pass through some small aspen groves with views back to the south and east. After entering a pretty bowl, the trails tops out on Missionary Ridge.