White River National Forest · Colorado
Upper Piney
2.9 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 1885 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 39.7204, -106.4050 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
Upper Piney TH #1885 the Forest Service's write-up
The Upper Piney trail begins at Piney Lake at the end of the Red Sandstone Road #700 and ends at the Piney River falls: The trail starts at picturesque Piney Lake and is very gentle as it climbs through open meadow before entering forest and reaching a cascading waterfall at about 3 miles, which makes a good easy destination for the average hiker. There is no maintained trail above the falls.
Restrictions <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/whiteriver/recarea/?recid=81106">Eagles Nest Wilderness</a> regulations apply to areas within the Wilderness boundary.
This hike on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in White River National Forest
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.
