White River National Forest · Colorado

West Grouse Creek

8.7 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 2129 · trail class 3 · typical grade trail_grade · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 39.5162, -106.5286 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Grouse Mountain TH #2010 the Forest Service's write-up

The Grouse Mountain trail links the West Grouse Creek Trail #2129 and the Cross Creek Trail #2006. One of these trails must be hiked about 6 miles just to get to this trail, so most people will require more than one day to hike this. The trail passes over an eastern shoulder of Grouse Mountain and several panoramas of the Sawatch Range can be seen from openings in the forest and near timberline areas along the trail.

Restrictions <a href="http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/whiteriver/?cid=STELPRD3825863">Holy Cross Wilderness</a> regulations apply within the Wilderness boundary.

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West Grouse Creek TH #2129 the Forest Service's write-up

The West Grouse Creek trail begins at Us Hwy 24 near Minturn and ends at Turquoise Lakes: This trail is an old Forest road through pastureland for approximately 1/4 mile before entering dense stands of conifers and climbing steadily past a couple small lakes, over the north ridge of Grouse Mountain, and descending to Turquoise Lakes and the headwaters of Beaver Creek.

Restrictions See Holy Cross Wilderness Regulations

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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.