Rio Grande National Forest · Colorado

Ivy Creek

13 mi of trail, end to end · about 4,200 ft of climbing · 9,281 ft–12,975 ft · native material surface · trail No. 805 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, horse

Campgrounds

9,684 ft 12,706 ft · 11 mi high 12,966 ft

Along the way Ivy Creek Campground

Trailhead Ivy Creek Trailhead # 805 9,255 ft Drive there

Ivy Creek Trailhead # 805 the Forest Service's write-up

Sixteen miles South West of Creede.

This trailhead offers parking, hitch rails, highline, and directional signing.

The Ivy Creek trail follows Ivy Creek from the trailhead for the first 1/2 mile to the Weminuche Wilderness boundary and then switchbacks take the hiker up and out of the Ivy Creek drainage.

This trail leads to Fisher Mountain, Goose Lake, and on to the Continental Divide 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.