Rio Grande National Forest · Colorado

Deep Creek

9.7 mi of trail, end to end · about 450 ft of climbing · 3,000 ft of descent · 8,754 ft–11,655 ft · native material surface · trail No. 806 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse, bike

11,339 ft 8,754 ft · 9.3 mi high 11,652 ft

Trailheads Deep Creek Trailhead #806 8,684 ft Drive there · Pierce Elliott Trailhead # 851 11,333 ft Drive there

Deep Creek Trailhead #806 the Forest Service's write-up

No Fee · season May to

The trailhead is located due south of the Creede, CO airport. This facility consists of a parking lot and trailhead signing for the Deep Creek Trail.

Restrictions No ATV's or Motorcycles allowed up the Deep Creek Trail.

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.