Cougar Ridge

Colorado

Colorado

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2.5 mi

Distance

1,635 ft

Gain

25 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside White River National Forest

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Trail character

Difficult

Why you'll love it

Part of Trails near Dowds Junction
Big climb

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Elevation & route

Distance
2.5 mi
Elevation gain
1,635 ft
Elevation loss
768 ft
Highest point
9,831 ft
Lowest point
8,174 ft

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About this trail

Cougar Ridge is a 2.50-mile trail in the Trails near Dowds Junction system within Colorado's Forest Service land. The trail gains 2,434 feet of elevation.

Permits & access

Managing agency
Forest Service

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
8,210 ft
High point
9,831 ft
Total climbing
1,635 ft
Total descent
768 ft
Steepest stretch
27% grade around mile 1.6 from the start
Length
2.5 mi

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for White River National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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