Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Colorado, Wyoming

Baldy

6.7 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 1200.1 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Trailhead Baldy Trailhead Drive there

Baldy Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Free

This Trailhead serves as the access point for Baldy Trail #1200.

This 6.75 mile trail begins on private land, please respect the landowner and stay on the trail.

The trail begins by crossing the East Fork Williams Fork River and at mile 0.4 enters the Routt National Forest. The trail steadily climbs as it heads southwest through stands of aspen and enters the Flat Tops Wilderness at mile 3.5. Several old sheep trails diverge along this route. To stay on the main trail, follow the rock cairns. For the next mile, the trail remains in the open as it heads east to intersect a prominent ridge defining the southern boundary of Bunker Basin. Crossing the headwaters of Baldy Creek, the trail continues to ascend and enters a spruce-fir forest at mile 4.6. The trail continues up the ridge and reaches its high point of 11,200 feet, just south of Pyramid Peak. The trail then descends the remaining 0.5 miles to the junction with Black Mountain Creek Trail No. 1117.

Restrooms are available 0.8 miles South of the Trailhead at the East Fork Trailhead .

Restrictions <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mbr/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5133586">Wilderness Information and Regulations</a>

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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.