Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Colorado, Wyoming

Roaring Fork Trail

7.5 mi of trail, end to end · about 400 ft of climbing · 2,500 ft of descent · 7,942 ft–10,343 ft · native material surface · trail No. 860 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

9,299 ft 8,004 ft · 4.2 mi high 9,299 ft

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 41.1144, -106.9822 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Roaring Fork Creek Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Free · season June to October

Near Friend Park Campground at the base of Laramie Peak. This 9 mile non-motorized trail wraps around the northwest side of Laramie Peak into Ashenfelder Basin. Horse camping allowed, with no development provided. Adequate parking is available for horse trailers and camping units at the trailhead, and dispersed camping is available at the trailhead and at Goochie Park along the trail. The trail follows an old fire road for the first mile then becomes a single-track trail ascending steeply for another mile. During the mid-1980s, a large forest fire burned through the area. You will see small lodgepole pines growing in the burned area. The trail then descends into Goochie Park for another 2 to 2.5 miles. Goochie Park offers numerous camping opportunities along meadows and sage flats.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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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.