White River National Forest · Colorado
W. Mountain
9.8 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 1817 · trail class 2 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 39.8733, -107.0701 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
W. Mountain TH #1817 the Forest Service's write-up
The W. Mountain trail begins at Forest Road #616 and ends at Island Lakes Trail #1842. The first 2.5 miles ascend towards the rim of the White River Plateau at a very steep grade. Once you are on the White River Plateau the terrain is mostly rolling hills near above timberline with very long sections of meadows. In the meadows the trail may be faint at times, but it is marked with rock and log cairns.
Restrictions See Flat Tops Wilderness Regulations
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.
