Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests · Colorado

Horse Basin

2.3 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 9471 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 38.8505, -106.8173 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Horse Basin #471 the Forest Service's write-up

season June to October

The Horse Basin Trail #471 begins at Forest Service Road 740, Cement Creek Road, and comes to a dead end at about 10,400 feet in elevation. The trail crosses Cement Creek shortly after leaving FSR 740. It gently climbs with a few short steep parts and 4 easy stream crossings along the way. There are breath-taking views from this trail which include Cement Mountain, raising up 12,209 ft. and the Rosebud drainage below. Backcountry campsites are plentiful.

Geo-Ref Trail Map Geo-Reference Instructions

Restrictions Open to hiking and horseback.

This hike 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.