Cottonwood
Colorado
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1.6 mi
Distance
325 ft
Gain
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside Medicine Bow-Routt 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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Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
Cottonwood
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 325 ft
- Highest point
- 9,086 ft
- Lowest point
- 8,760 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- Allowed
- Horses
- Allowed
- Surface
- Natural
Source for bikes, horses, surface: USDA Forest Service National Forest System Trails (EDW)
About this trail
Cottonwood is a 1.61-mile out-and-back trail in Colorado's Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest. The trail gains 325 feet of elevation over its round-trip distance and reaches a maximum elevation of 9,086 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- High point
- 9,086 ft
- Length (round trip)
- 1.6 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Hahns Peak-Bears Ears Ranger District · Ranger district
- Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Hahns Peak-Bears Ears Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Area Closure for the Fishhook Fire - Routt National Forest
critical · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Freeman Reservoir CampgroundCamping0.1 mi
- TaylorHiking0.2 mi
- AspenHiking0.4 mi
- Sherman-FreemanHiking0.9 mi
- Fortification CreekHiking2.6 mi
- Bears EarsHiking4.2 mi
- Black MountainHiking4.7 mi
- Little Bear CreekCanoeing5.9 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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