The Tincup Pass to Hancock Pass through the Ghost towns of St Elmo, Tin Cup and Pitkin is the most beautiful route I have ever offroaded and I've offroaded everything there is to off-road in Colorado and Utah. The fact that there are open general stores within a couple of the ghost towns just adds to the experience. Loved the Alpine Loop and Imogene as well but something about that Tin Cup Pass loop on through to Pitkin and back around coming out near Salida, offers so many places to stop and enjoy the scenery. Love 'em all.

One pass is a must between Silverton and Animas Forks. Picayne Gulch . It takes you to the Literal TOP of a mountain . Beautiful place to see 5 or more trails below. The top gets a lil difficult but worth it. Thanx for the Top 6 . Taylor Park has a few 14ers id like to try. " Thanx Fer Sharin"

Great video and some nice spots. Maybe just 2 more to add I love riding between Sargents and Saquache by Marshal Pass. Its not super high elevation, but it is quite remote and miles after miles of open trails. There are plenty of trailheads off 285 right south of Poncho Springs on the west side of the highway. Lots of campgrounds like Storm King for camping, ghost and mining towns and then you can ride into Sargents where they have a gas station and restaurant. A similar type spot is north of Rifle by Meeker that is called wagon Wheel Trail System.

Good stuff, thank you for sharing!

Miller Creek Loop and Sleepy Cat Mountain in Meeker, Colorado. Meeker is a very friendly place for off-road and utv/atv riding locations, and the views in the White River National Forest are absolutely unbeatable!

We were in Bangs Canyon early April 2023, due to a heavy snow this past winter and recent rains the trails were pretty muddy in spots so we didn't get far as we didn't want to tear up the trails for future users. Super cool area though and would be fun to explore in better weather. Since we were in Grand Junction, we explored the Grand Valley OHV Recreation Area just north of town at the base of the Little Book Cliffs. Heavy motocross traffic but lots to explore. Do note, Colorado requires an OHV permit to ride in these areas. We bought a non-resident annual pass for $25. We have a fully street legal, licensed\plated and insured for street Can Am Maverick X3. We could not get a straight answer out of anyone whether we could drive it on the roads (it's basically a Jeep at this point, at least in my mind) or not, everyone we asked had a different answer. When you say "OHV" you get a different response than if you say "A street legal side by side" So just check around the area you're in...for example: Ouray says don't even think about it, you must trailer to the trailhead, street legal or not. You'll probably get 10 different answers if you ask 10 different people.

I'd add Wheeler Geological Area, near Creede, to the list. The 28-mile out n back route starts out easy but, depending on recent weather, is eventually fairly aggressive for typical 4x4s and moderate for ATV/OHVs. But the destination is other-worldly as you end up inside an ancient caldera, so the geological formations, that you MUST explore by foot are bucket list material. And you'll see why they call this Colorado's Badlands.

so we're staying near cripple creek, CO and wanna take our enclosed Can Am around. do we need it licensed here in NE first before we go?

You used one of our pictures at the end.

don't for get the flat tops north of new castle Colorado