Help us maintain and restore hiking trails in and around Ouray County.  OTG provides trail stewardship under a Volunteer Service Agreement with the US Forest Service and in partnership with local governments and landowners to keep some of America’s most dramatic and beautiful trails safe and sustainable.  To participate, join the Ouray Trail Group, and sign up for one of the scheduled trips below.  You will receive updates and news by email.

2023 Trail Stewardship Trips

OTG has developed an exciting stewardship calendar that will accommodate most people's schedules, ensuring there is an opportunity to provide trail stewardship for everyone, and everyone is welcome to join. Some multi-day trips will have pack support with horses, mules or llamas to help carry camp and personal gear in and out. You will enjoy some of the most scenic trails in Colorado while removing down trees or encroaching brush and repairing trails from erosion problems. You will leave the wild with the camaraderie that comes with meeting new friends and helping keep our public land trails safe and sustainable. The trips below require registration, and space may be limited.

Click the link below to register for each stewardship trip.  This will allow us to plan for horses and tools.  Contact Justin Dennison at justin.dennison.ecr@gmail.com for additional information. 

Daytrips every Monday and Thursday on Ouray/Ridgway local trails between May and October. Check your weekly email for locations. Join OTG below to receive emails.

June 3-4: Shortcut (Storm Gulch-Baldy) and Storm Gulch Trails

June 10-11: Stealey Mountain Trail (Pack support provided by Jackson Outfitters)

June 17-18: Corbett and Corbett Canyon Trails (Pack support provided by Redwood Llamas)

June 24-25: Stealey Mountain South Trail (Pack support provided by Jackson Outfitters)

July 8-9: Blaine Basin Trail

July 15: Blue Lakes Trail (Yankee Boy Basin to Blue Lakes Pass)

July 16: Wright’s Lake Trail

July 18-21: Dexter Creek and Difficulty Creek Trail (Pack support provided by Action Adventures)

July 22-23: Courthouse Trail

July 29-30: Weehawken Trail- Women Only Trip

August 5-6: Cow Creek Trail (Pack support provided by Jackson Outfitters)

August 10-13: Middle Fork (Cimarron) and Porphyry Basin Trails (Pack support provided by Action Adventures)

August 19-20: Cutler Creek and Left Fork Cutler Creek Trails- Women Only Trip

August 26-27: Sutton-Neosho Trail

August 29-30: Full Moon Trail

September 16-17: Blue Lakes Trails (CR7 to Pass)

Trail Register Maintenance:

These folks are responsible for collecting and replacing trail register sheets at trailheads.  We maintain 39 trail register boxes, and you may sign up for whatever you are able to do.  Contact Jennifer Cram, 970-209-5246, ouray.otg@gmail.com.

The membership of the Ouray Trail Group is voluntary, and new members are always welcome. To join OTG and be placed on an email list to receive notice of meeting dates, projects, and more, click below.  OTG membership is free!