3.0 mi of trail, end to end · about 200 ft of climbing · 650 ft of descent · 8,964 ft–9,420 ft · native material surface · trail No. 6240 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike, motorcycle, atv, e-bike · motorized use allowed
The West Fork Trail #240 starts at Forest Service Road #858.3G, and ends and Forest Service Road 858, Owl Pass/Cimarron Road. It starts near the Middle Fork of the Cimarron River, climbs a ridge and travels along the ridge until it intersects the Cowboy Lake Trail #244 after about 1.6 miles. It then descends toward the East Fork of the Cimarron River before coming to an end at FSR 858.
Restrictions Open to Hiking, Horseback, Mountain Bike, OHV less then 50 inches in width.
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.
