Unit 481 · Leadville / Holy Cross South
About this unit
Central Lake County around Leadville and the upper Arkansas headwaters. Aspen and spruce-fir climb to alpine tundra above 12,000 feet with Mount Massive and Mount Elbert on the western flank and the Mosquito Range on the east. Predominantly San Isabel and White River national forests.
- Mount Massive Wilderness
- Mount Massive (14,421 ft)
- San Isabel NF
Public lands inside this unit
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Trails near Unit 481
12 found
TrailContinental Divide Trail
3001.6 miDifficult- Trail
The Loneliest Road (US Highway 50)
1147.3 miEasy - Trail
Colorado Trail
481.0 miDifficult - Trail
The Collegiate Loop
153.3 miDifficult - Trail
Iron Mike Mine and Halfmoon Creek OHV Trail
81.0 miModerate - Trail
Buena Vista to Tincup OHV Route
32.1 miModerate - Trail
Mount Harvard via Pine Creek Trail
19.1 miDifficult - Trail
Harvard Lakes, Mount Columbia, Mount Harvard
18.8 miDifficult - Trail
Mount Harvard via Frenchman Creek Trail 1457
18.1 miDifficult - Trail
Mount Oxford via Pine Creek Trail
16.8 miDifficult - Trail
Missouri, Belford and Oxford Mountains
16.4 miDifficult - Trail
Horn Fork Basin, Mount Harvard, Mount Colombia Loop
16.1 miDifficult
Campgrounds near Unit 481
12 found
CampgroundCrescent Mining Camp
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CampgroundFourmile Travel Management Area
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Raspberry Gulch Dispersed Site
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BV Overlook
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CampgroundChalk Lake
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Cascade Campground - San Isabel National Forest
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Bootleg Campground
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Fourmile Travel Management Area
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Fourmile Travel Management Area
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CR 306 -Dispersed Site
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Railroad Bridge - Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
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Arkansas River Rim Campground
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Species in this unit
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/hunting/education-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 481, go straight to the issuing agency.
Read the Colorado agency pageBoundary verified by Outdoors against the agency source on 05/23/2026.