Unit 53 · Crawford / West Elk North
About this unit
East Delta and west Gunnison counties wrapping the West Elk Mountains north flank above Crawford. Aspen and spruce-fir climb to alpine cirques in the West Elk Wilderness. Predominantly GMUG National Forest with the West Elk Wilderness on the southern boundary.
- West Elk Wilderness
- Black Canyon NP-adjacent
- GMUG NF
Public lands inside this unit
2 found
Trails near Unit 53
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
Kebler Pass Road
31.1 miEasy - Trail
Dark Canyon Trail
13.2 miDifficult - Trail
Oh-Be-Joyful Trail
11.2 miDifficult - Trail
Ohio Creek Road
11.0 miEasy - Trail
Swampy to Beckwith Pass to Lost Lake Slough
11.0 miDifficult - Trail
Ruby Anthricite
9.4 miModerate - Trail
Kebler Wagon Trail
9.2 miModerate - Trail
Landsend Peak via Lamborn Trail
8.0 miDifficult - Trail
Mount Lamborn Trail
7.6 miDifficult
Campgrounds near Unit 53
9 found
CampgroundKebler Pass Designated Dispersed
Pricing varies — check with the operator- Campground
Throughline/Coal Creek TH (Dispersed)-Paonia RD
Pricing varies — check with the operator - Campground
Sage View Ranch
Pricing varies — check with the operator - Campground
Horse Ranch Park (dispersed)-paonia Rd
Pricing varies — check with the operator - Campground
Soap Creek #443
Pricing varies — check with the operator 
CampgroundLake Irwin
Pricing varies — check with the operator- Campground
Kebler Corner
Pricing varies — check with the operator - Campground
Gunnison National Forest Erickson Springs Campground
Pricing varies — check with the operator - Campground
The Campground at Big B’s Delicious Orchards
Pricing varies — check with the operator
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 53, go straight to the issuing agency.
Read the Colorado agency pageBoundary verified by Outdoors against the agency source on 05/23/2026.