Unit 12 · Continental Divide West
About this unit
North-central Jackson County on the west wall of North Park, climbing onto the Continental Divide. Mix of sage park floor and lodgepole and spruce-fir on the upper slopes, with the Mount Zirkel Wilderness anchoring the western boundary. Predominantly Routt National Forest with BLM in the lower sage country.
- Mount Zirkel Wilderness
- North Park
- Continental Divide
Public lands inside this unit
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Trails near Unit 12
12 found
Continental Divide Trail
3001.6 miTrailDifficulty: DifficultCDT - Colorado Section
1337.2 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertDevil's Causeway, Skinny Fish and Trappers Lake Loop
30.6 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertDevils Causeway and Island Lakes Loop
23.9 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertDevil's Causeway, Lost Lakes, and Chinese Wall
22.4 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertChinese Wall Trail
18.2 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertMosquito Lake and Deer Lake Trail
14.4 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertEast Fork Trail
11.8 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertUte Creek Trail
11.3 miTrailDifficulty: ModerateDevils Causeway Loop Trail
10.6 miTrailDifficulty: DifficultCyclone Trail
8.6 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertPicket Pin Lily Pond Trail
8.2 miTrailDifficulty: Expert
Campgrounds near Unit 12
12 found
White River National Forest North Fork Campground
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundMorapos Trailhead
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundWhite River National Forest dispersed
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundYellowjacket Pass
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundSheriffs Reservoir
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundHimes Peak
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundLost Creek #1808
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundPagoda #1804
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundPattison Park #2292
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundPole Patch #2271
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundSawmill Mountain #2266
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundStove Gulch #2278
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampground
On the books in Colorado
Species inventory is state-level — which units actually hold or permit each species varies. Verify unit-specific rules with the state agency linked above.
Official agency resources
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Hunting regulations ↗
https://cpw.state.co.us/rules-and-regulations
- Draw / lottery ↗
https://cpw.state.co.us/hunting/big-game/primary-draw
- GMU map ↗
https://ndismaps.nrel.colostate.edu/index.html?app=HuntingAtlas
- Harvest reporting ↗
https://cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/Statistics.aspx
- Hunter education ↗
https://cpw.state.co.us/activities/hunting/education-and-outreach
- Buy a license ↗
https://cpwshop.com/
Authoritative source
Outdoors does not publish hunting regulations directly. For current season dates, bag limits, legal weapons, draw deadlines, and license costs in unit 12, go straight to the issuing agency.
Read the Colorado agency pageBoundary verified by Outdoors against the agency source on 09/06/2026.