Boulder Ranger District - Arapaho / Roosevelt National Forest
Closed Roads
Road Name Forest Service
Road Name
FDR # Difficulty Miles Status
Antelope Park Antelope Park 127 NA 5.79 Administrative Closure
Balarat Town Site Long Gulch Spurs 297 Moderate - 6 1.16 Administrative Closure .1A, .1B
Ball Gulch Ball Gulch 284.1F   1.32 Closed, Private Property
Baltimore Ghost Town Baltimore 415.1   1.29 Closed, Private Property
Big John Mountain Big John Mountain 186.1 Easy - 2 0.58 Closed, St. Vrain Fuels project 2006, .1D, .1I
Barking Dog Long Gulch 297.1 Difficult - 8 1.80 Closed, Private Property 1999
Closed, Boulder County 2001 (cnty 87C)
Boulder Wagon Road Boulder Wagon Road 501 Easy-2 3.30 Closed
Bright Trail Taylor Mountain 330   1.76 Administrative Closure .2D, .2E, .2F
Buck Gulch Lazy H
Buck Gulch
204.1
205.1
  1.48
.85
Administrative Closure
Button Rock Button Rock Mountain 118
.3-.5
Moderate - 5 3.00 Closed, Forest Service 1992
Button Rock Reservoir Button Rock 117
119
NA 7.2
3.84
Administrative Closure
Caribou Klondike
Windy Gap
505.1
505.2
NA 4.12 Administrative Closure, .1B, .1E, .1I, .1L, .1R, .1V, .1X, .2U
Chipmunk Gulch Chipmunk Gulch 376.1
377.1
  0.70
0.19
Administrative Closure includes 376.1 part, .1A, .1C
Comforter Mountain Comforter Mountain 312.2A   0.29 Administrative Closure
Coney Creek (Flats) Coney Creek Spur 507.1C   0.15 Administrative Closure
Conifer Hill Conifer Hill 185.1 Easy - 1 0.63 Administrative Closure, .3A, .3B, .4
Dry St. Vrain Conifer Hill
Big John Mountain
185.4A
186.1
Easy - 2 0.38
2.26
Administrative Closure
Admin Closure of .1A, .1B, .1E-H, .2B
Fairview Peak Fairview Peak
E. Golden Age
285.1
288.1
Moderate - 5 2.56
1.67
Closed, Forest Service 2004
Includes 285.1A
Includes 288.1A-.1C
Fairwell Gulch Fairwell Gulch 237.1G Easy - 2 0.10 Administrative Closure
Gillespie Gulch Gillespie Gulch 331.1 Moderate - 7 2.45 Closed, Private 2006
Includes .1A(signed)
Glacier Lake Meridan 238.1 NA 2.93 Administrative Closure
Gordon Gulch Garnet Spur
Gordon Gulch
Big Springs/Matchless
226.1
233.1
314.1
  0.26
2.40
1.25
226.1 (part) Admin Closure
233.1 (part), .1E, .1G
.1B (part), .1F, .2C
Hill Gulch Prophyry Mountain
Hill Gulch
281.1
282.1
NA 0.71
0.38
Administrative Closure
James Creek Ridge Jim Creek 513.1 Easy - 3 1.33 Closed, Forest Service 1998
Johnny Park Spurs Twin Sisters 2 118
.6, .7
Easy - 3 1.93 Administrative Closure
Jumbo Mountain Jumbo Mountain 289.1
289.1
Easy - 3 1.93
0.99
Closed, Private 2004, .1A, .1B
Administrative Closure .1C, .1D
Kingston Peak Kingston Peak 353.3
353.4
  1.48 Administrative Closure
Lefthand Canyon Lefthand Spur 286.B   0.80 Reclamation Closure
Lefthand Reservoir Lefthand Reservoir 232
.1B-.1D

0.93 Administrative Closure
Little James Creek James Creek 102J Easy - 3 2.59 Closed, Boulder County 2000
Meeker Park Meeker Park 122.1 NA 1.55 Admin Closure .1(part), .1A, .1B
Miller Rock Cannon Mountain 254   2.73 Admin Closure .1B, .1D, .1E
Moon Gulch Moon Gulch 290.1   0.89 Admin Closure .1B(part), .1C
Nebraska Hill Nebraska Hill 183.2 NA 4.89 Closed, Forest Service
Observatory Spurs North Observatory
Observatory
342.1
355
  0.29
0.19
Admin Closure .1A, .1B, .1C
Admin Closure .1B, .1E, .1F
Owens Flat Owens Flat   Easy - 3 1.40 Closed, Forest Service 2005
Park Creek Upper Basin 202.1 Easy - 3 1.06 Admin Closure .1(part), .1B
Plumely Canyon Plumely Canyon 299.4 NA 1.40 Administrative Closure
Rattlesnake Gulch Rattlesnake Gulch 118.2A Easy - 4 0.36 Closed, Forest Service 1992
Rock Creek Rock Creek 116.2 Easy - 4 0.65 Admin Closure .2A, .2F, .2J, .2K, .3
Silver Lake Niwot Ridge 506
.1,.2,.3
NA 8.35 Closed (Boulder Watershed)
Slaughterhouse Gulch Slaughterhouse Gulch 510.1 Easy - 2 1.64 Private Closure .1(part)
Boulder County closed Cnty 87S in 2001which closed .1B
Spring Gulch Gold Lake 372 Easy - 3 0.81 Forest Service Closed .1A-.1D
Stapp Lake Stapp Lake 508 NA 2.78 Administrative Closure .1, .2, .2A, .2B
Switzerland Trail Switzerland 141 Easy - 1

Closed, .1, .2
Winiger Ridge Winiger Ridge 359.1   2.95 Admin Closure .1A, .1B, .1D, .1F
 Total Miles of Recreation Roads CLOSED 99.51

Last Modified: 11/20/07

Notes:

1) Road mileage is taken from Forest Service INFRA data as of January 2005. It has been cross referenced with Forest Service topo maps overlayed with transportation routes.

2) Difficulty ratings are based on an average. To some, the levels list the road as easier than they are, while to others they are listed as harder. Consider this when choosing roads to drive. Know your ability. If you are new to four wheeling, start at the easy level and work up to find your highest ability.