7.4 mi of trail, end to end · about 2,500 ft of climbing · 9,177 ft–11,683 ft · native material surface · trail No. 9463 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse
The Rough Creek Trail #463 begins at the Rough Creek Trailhead, heads south into La Garita Wilderness and ends at the Skyline Trail #465. This trail serves as a secondary access route into the La Garita Wilderness Area, Wilderness Regulation do apply. It follows Pasture Creek for about one mile and then crosses over into the Rough Creek drainage. Herds of deer and elk are often seen at various places along the trail. Trail Map
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.
