Colorado Trail Foundation Adopters are responsible for keeping the Trail passable and reporting trail conditions for the 83 sections of trail below. These adopt-a-trail sections span the entire length of the Trail and vary in length from 1 ½ to 17 miles. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to learn more about becoming an adopter. Thank you for caring for the Trail!
We currently have two open sections: section 20.1 and section 21.1!
Are you a current Adopter with questions regarding a Trail project or need advice on how to handle a challenge with your section? If so, you can contact our Adopter Mentor, Connie Wian, to get help! Connie is a long-time Trail Adopter, Trail Crew Leader, and a current CTF Board Member. She can be reached at 970-259-8840 or Conniewian@gmail.com
| Section # | Section Description | Miles | Adopter First Name | Adopter Last Name | National Forest | Ranger District | Area | CDT | Wilderness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Waterton Canyon TH to South Platte River TH | 16.8 | Kristen and Joe | Tonsager | Pike | S.Platte | 1.0 | ||
| 2.1 | South Platte River TH to Raleigh Pk Rd xing | 6.0 | Bruce and Dan | Prather | Pike | S.Platte | 1.0 | ||
| 2.2 | Raleigh Pk Rd xing to Little Scraggy TH | 5.5 | Sean | Knieper | Pike | S.Platte | 1.0 | ||
| 3.1 | Little Scraggy TH to Meadows Group Cmpgrd Rd (FS Rd 543.F) xing | 7.6 | Gil | McCormick | Pike | S.Platte | 1.0 | ||
| 3.2 | Meadows Group Cmpgrd Rd (FS Rd 543.F) xing to Rolling Cr TH | 4.6 | Melody | Clay | Pike | S.Platte | 1.0 | ||
| 4.1 | Rolling Cr TH to jct to North Fk TH | 8.9 | John Sue Pam | Case McKelvy Doverspike | Pike | S.Platte+S.Park | 1.0 | pt W | |
| 4.2 | Jct to North Fk TH to jct to Long Gulch TH | 7.7 | Angela | Bakas | Pike | S. Park | 1.0 | ||
| 5.1 | Jct to Long Gulch TH to Rock Cr TH | 8.0 | Dawn | Zalone | Pike | S.Park | 1.0 | pt W | |
| 5.2 | Rock Cr TH to Kenosha Pass (Hwy 285 xing) | 6.6 | Chris and Heather | Thiry | Pike | S.Platte+S.Park | 1.0 | ||
| 6.1 | Kenosha Pass (Hwy 285 xing) to Jefferson Lake Rd (FS Rd 37) xing | 5.9 | Heather Carla | Williams Coleman | Pike | S.Platte+S.Park | 1.0 | ||
| 6.2 | Jefferson Lake Rd (FS Rd 37) xing to Continental Divide (above Georgia Pass) | 6.4 | Caleb and Nathan | Johnson | Pike | S.Park | 1.0 | ||
| 6.3 | Continental Divide (above Georgia Pass) to N Fk Swan Rd (FS Rd 354) xing | 7.4 | Brian and Denise | McManus | White River | Dillon | 2.0 | CDT | |
| 6.4 | N Fk Swan Rd (FS Rd 354 xing) to Horseshoe Gulch Tr jct | 9.1 | Megan | Finnesy | White River | Dillon | 2.0 | CDT | |
| 6.5 | Horseshoe Gulch Tr jct to Gold Hill TH | 3.9 | EMPTY | EMPTY | White River | Dillon | 2.0 | CDT | |
| 7.1 | Gold Hill TH to Tenmile Range divide high pt | 8.4 | Lizzie | Morrison | White River | Dillon | 2.0 | CDT | |
| 7.2 | Tenmile Range divide high pt to Hwy 91 xing | 5.2 | Patrick | Murray | White River | Dillon | 2.0 | CDT | |
| 8.1 | Hwy 91 xing to W edge Copper Mtn | 4.5 | Mike Justin | Looney Jtietjen | White River | Dillon | 2.0 | CDT | |
| 8.2 | W edge Copper Mtn to Searle Pass | 5.2 | Dave | Callais | White River | Dillon | 2.0 | CDT | |
| 8.3 | Searle Pass to Kokomo Pass | 3.2 | Lee | Ashley | White River | Dillon | 2.0 | CDT | |
| 8.4 | Kokomo Pass to Cataract Creek Tr jct | 4.2 | Paul | Smith | White River | Eagle "Holy Cross" | 2.0 | CDT | |
| 8.5 | Cataract Creek Tr jct to Hwy 24 xing | 5.0 | Michael | Carey | White River | Eagle "Holy Cross" | 2.0 | CDT | |
| 8.6 | Hwy 24 xing to Tennessee Pass TH | 3.3 | Tim and Jacque | Burroughs | White River | Eagle "Holy Cross" | 2.0 | CDT | |
| 9.1 | Tennessee Pass TH to Wurts Ditch Rd (FS Rd 100) xing | 2.8 | Pam | Doverspike | San Isabel | Leadville | 3.0 | CDT | |
| 9.2 | Wurts Ditch Rd (FS Rd 100) xing to Porcupine Creek bridge | 5.2 | Lauren | Jones | San Isabel | Leadville | 3.0 | CDT | pt W |
| 9.3 | Porcupine Creek bridge to Timberline Lake TH | 5.6 | Taylor and Zach | Waanders | San Isabel | Leadville | 3.0 | CDT | pt W |
| 10.1 | Timberline Lake TH to Rock Creek bridge | 6.2 | Krista | Hall | San Isabel | Leadville | 3.0 | CDT | pt W |
| 10.2 | Rock Creek bridge to Mt Massive TH | 6.9 | Eric | Mink | San Isabel | Leadville | 3.0 | CDT | pt W |
| 11.1 | Mt Massive TH to Hwy 82 underpass | 7.2 | Betsy | Sylvester | San Isabel | Leadville | 3.0 | CDT | |
| 11.2 | Hwy 82 underpass to CDT/Collegiate West CT Tr jct | 6.5 | Judy | Sanclaria | San Isabel | Leadville | 3.0 | CDT | |
| 11.3 | CDT/Collegiate West CT Tr jct to Clear Creek Rd (CR 390) xing | 7.8 | Lawton Felicia | Grinter Hermosillo | San Isabel | Leadville | 3.0 | ||
| 12.1 | Clear Creek Rd (CR 390) xing to Waverly Ridge | 4.8 | Michael Marsha | Fischer Brown | San Isabel | Leadville | 3.0 | pt W | |
| 12.2 | Waverly Ridge to Pine Creek Tr jct | 1.6 | Ron | Harper | San Isabel | Leadville | 3.0 | W | |
| 12.3 | Pine Creek Tr jct to Silver Creek TH | 12.1 | Steve | Combs | San Isabel | Leadville | 3.0 | pt W | |
| 13.1 | Silver Creek TH to Avalanche TH | 6.6 | Brent | Rumsey | San Isabel | Salida | 4.0 | pt W | |
| 13.2 | Avalanche TH to S Cottonwood TH | 2.3 | Ann and Aaron | Horner | San Isabel | Salida | 4.0 | ||
| 13.3 | S Cottonwood TH to Mt Princeton Rd (CR 322) jct | 8.2 | Tim | McElderry | San Isabel | Salida | 4.0 | ||
| 14.1 | Chalk Creek TH to Browns Creek Tr (north jct) | 6.4 | Terry (TJ) Kate | Hardie Secrets | San Isabel | Salida | 4.0 | ||
| 14.2 | Browns Creek Tr (north jct) to FS Rd 255 | 4.8 | Gene | Tison | San Isabel | Salida | 4.0 | ||
| 14.3 | FS Rd 255 to Angel of Shavano TH | 3.7 | Randy Ted | Dyson Hilbun | San Isabel | Salida | 4.0 | ||
| 14.4 | Angel of Shavano TH to Hwy 50 xing | 5.5 | Joanne | Starkey | San Isabel | Salida | 4.0 | ||
| 15.1 | Hwy 50 xing to CDT/Collegiate West CT Tr jct | 8.6 | Greg Vincent | Baxter Franzen | San Isabel | Salida | 4.0 | ||
| 15.2 | CDT/Collegiate West CT Tr jct to Marshall Pass TH | 5.7 | Scott | Baker | Gunn+S.Isab | Gunn+Salida | 4.0 | CDT | |
| 16.1 | Marshall Pass TH to Headwaters Hill | 4.8 | Stuart | Allen | Gunn+S.Isab | Gunn+Salida | 5.0 | CDT | |
| 16.2 | Headwaters Hill to Sargents Mesa (FS Rd 855 jct) | 10.4 | Bob | Daniel | Gunn+Rio Gr | Gunn+Saguache | 5.0 | CDT | |
| 17.1 | Sargents Mesa (FS Rd 855 jct) to Razor Creek Tr jct | 10.8 | EMPTY | EMPTY | Gunn+Rio Gr | Gunn+Saguache | 5.0 | CDT | |
| 17.2 | Razor Creek Tr jct to Hwy 114 xing | 9.6 | Matt | Schwartz | Gunn+Rio Gr | Gunn+Saguache | 5.0 | CDT | |
| 18.1 | Hwy 114 xing to FS Rd 787.2D jct | 13.8 | Martha | Violett | Gunnison | Gunnison | 5.0 | CDT | |
| 19.1 | FS Rd 787.2D jct to FS Rd 597.1A jct | 6.8 | George | Neserke | Gunnison | Gunnison | 5.0 | CDT | |
| 19.2 | FS Rd 597.1A jct to Eddiesville TH | 6.9 | Larry | Allison | Gunnison | Gunnison | 5.0 | CDT | pt W |
| 20.1 | Eddiesville TH to San Luis Pass | 12.7 | Chris | Stiffler | Gunn+Rio Gr | Gunn+Divide | 5.0 | CDT | W |
| 21.1 | San Luis Pass to W Mineral Creek Tr jct | 6.2 | Pawel | Szafruga | Gun+Rio Gr | Gunnison+Divide | 6.0 | CDT | W |
| 21.2 | W Mineral Creek Tr jct to Spring Creek Pass TH | 8.6 | Elizabeth Diane | Kostiuk La May | Gunn+Rio Gr | Gunnison+Divide | 6.0 | CDT | |
| 22.1 | Spring Creek Pass TH to W Fk Big Buck Creek | 8.7 | Tim | Kugler | Gunn+Rio Gr | Gunnison+Divide | 6.0 | CDT | |
| 22.2 | W Fk Big Buck Creek to Carson Saddle | 8.5 | Mark and Joellen | Fonken | Rio Grande | Divide | 6.0 | CDT | |
| 23.1 | Carson Saddle to Cataract Gulch Tr jct | 5.5 | Ron | Davis | BLM+Gunn+Rio Gr | Divide+Gunn +BLM | 6.0 | CDT | |
| 23.2 | Cataract Gulch Tr jct to Stony Pass Rd (FS Rd 520) xing | 10.4 | Dave Jodie | Peters Petersen | BLM+Gunn+Rio Gr | Divide | 6.0 | CDT | |
| 24.1 | Stony Pass Rd (FS Rd 520) xing to Elk Cr Tr jct | 6.4 | Seth and Jody | Furtney | Rio Gr+San Juan | Divide+Columbine | 6.0 | CDT | W |
| 24.2 | Elk Cr Tr jct to Animas River bridge | 8.8 | Connie | Wian | San Juan | Columbine | 7.0 | pt W | |
| 24.3 | Animas River bridge to Molas Pass (Hwy 550 xing) | 5.0 | Diana Ron | Bristol Dudek | San Juan | Columbine | 7.0 | ||
| 25.1 | Molas Pass (Hwy 550 xing) to Rolling Mt Pass | 11.2 | Jon | Sherer | San Juan | Columbine | 7.0 | ||
| 25.2 | Rolling Mt Pass to Celebration Lake (FS Rd 578 xing) | 9.7 | Mark | Ritchey | San Juan | Columbine | 7.0 | ||
| 26.1 | Celebration Lake (FS Rd 578 xing) to Blackhawk Pass | 6.9 | Brent Anne | Adams Englert | San Juan | Colum+Dolores | 7.0 | ||
| 26.2 | Blackhawk Pass to Hotel Draw (FS Rd 550 jct) | 4.0 | Jason (Diz) | Dzikowski | San Juan | Colum+Dolores | 7.0 | ||
| 27.1 | Hotel Draw (FS Rd 550 jct) to Big Bend TR jct | 6.5 | Diana Ron | Bristol Dudek | San Juan | Colum+Dolores | 7.0 | ||
| 27.2 | Big Bend Tr jct to Grindstone Tr jct | 8.5 | Rob Jodi | Harries Deller | San Juan | Colum+Dolores | 7.0 | ||
| 27.3 | Grindstone Tr jct to Kennebec Pass TH | 5.6 | Ian | Altman | San Juan | Colum+Dolores | 7.0 | ||
| 28.1 | Kennebec Pass TH to Champion Venture Rd (FS Rd 171.N) xing | 2.4 | Emma Ryan | Millar Brink | San Juan | Columbine | 7.0 | ||
| 28.2 | Champion Venture Rd (FS Rd 171.N) xing to Gudy's Rest bench | 15.0 | Mary | Monroe | San Juan | Columbine | 7.0 | ||
| 28.3 | Gudy's Rest bench to Junction Creek TH | 4.1 | Mary | Monroe | San Juan | Columbine | 7.0 | ||
| CW01A | Collegiate East CT Tr jct to Tr No. 1471a (to Willis Gulch TH) jct | 3.5 | Andy Bob | Wald Mathes | San Isabel | Leadville | CW | CDT | |
| CW01B | Tr No. 1471a (to Willis Gulch TH) jct to Hope Pass | 3.8 | Carson | Mathes | San Isabel | Leadville | CW | CDT | |
| CW01C | Hope Pass to jct to Sheep Gulch TH | 2.5 | Rhonda | Weiler | San Isabel | Leadville | CW | CDT | |
| CW02A | Jct to Sheep Gulch TH to jct to Mt Huron TH | 5.9 | Ryan | Charter | San Isabel | Leadville | CW | CDT | pt W |
| CW02B | Jct to Mt Huron TH to Lake Ann Pass | 3.9 | Tom | Easley | San Isabel | Leadville | CW | CDT | W |
| CW02C | Lake Ann Pass to Texas Creek | Kurt Laurie | Hardester Nakauchi | Gunnison | Gunnison | CW | CDT | W | |
| CW02D | Texas Creek TH to Cottonwood Pass TH | 7.3 | Don | MacLachlan | Gunnison | Gunnison | CW | CDT | W |
| CW03A | Cottonwood Pass TH to Kreutzer's Nose | 7.9 | Mark | Ely | Gunn+S.Isab | Gunnison+Salida | CW | CDT | |
| CW03B | Kreutzer's Nose to Tincup Pass Rd (FS Rd 267) xing | 8.0 | Jeffrey | Pratt | San Isabel | Salida | CW | CDT | |
| CW04A | Tincup Pass Rd (FS Rd 267) xing to Hancock TH | 8.1 | Jeff | Erion | San Isabel | Salida | CW | CDT | |
| CW04B | Hancock TH to jct to Chalk Creek Pass | 4.5 | Dave | Kuhn | San Isabel | Salida | CW | CDT | |
| CW04C | Chalk Creek Pass to the Boss Lake TH | 5.1 | Shane | Corrigan | San Isabel | Salida | CW | CDT | |
| CW05A | Jct to Boss Lake TH to Water Dog Saddle | 5.5 | Robin | Mino | S.Isab+Gunn | Salida+Gunnison | CW | CDT | |
| CW05B | Water Dog Saddle to Monarch Pass TH | 5 | Charles | Washer | S.Isab+Gunn | Salida+Gunnison | CW | CDT | |
| CW05C | Monarch Pass TH to Collegiate East CT Tr jct | 5.2 | EMPTY | EMPTY | Gunnison | Gunnison | CW | CDT |
