Unit 551 · Italian Mountain
About this unit
North-central Gunnison County wrapping Italian Mountain and the upper Cement Creek drainage. Aspen and spruce-fir climb to alpine cirques at 12,000 feet and above. Predominantly GMUG National Forest with the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness on the northern edge.
- Italian Mountain
- Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness
- GMUG NF
Public lands inside this unit
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Trails near Unit 551
12 found
TrailContinental Divide Trail
3001.6 miDifficult
TrailThe Loneliest Road (US Highway 50)
1147.3 miEasy
TrailColorado Trail
481.0 miDifficult
TrailThe Collegiate Loop
153.3 miDifficult
TrailBuena Vista to Tincup OHV Route
32.1 miModerate
TrailBear Gulch, Adler Creek, McIntyre Gulch, and Fossil Ridge OHV Trail
32.0 miDifficult
TrailSummerville Trail
21.3 miModerate
TrailBrowns Creek and Little Browns Creek Trail
18.2 miDifficult
TrailFooses Creek Trail
16.7 miModerate
TrailChicago Park to Terrible Mountain
15.8 miDifficult
TrailMount Antero via Wagon and Little Browns Creek Trail
15.4 miDifficult
TrailHancock Lake OHV Trail via Country Road 295
14.3 miModerate
Campgrounds near Unit 551
12 found
CampgroundAgate Campground
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CampgroundNeedle Creek Ranch
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CampgroundSnowblind
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CampgroundComanche
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CampgroundAlpine Tunnel Trailhead Dispersed
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CampgroundCochetopa Canyon Recreation Area
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CampgroundHancock Ghost Town Dispersed
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CampgroundGunnison National Forest Pitkin Campground
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CampgroundGunnison National Forest Quartz Campground
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CampgroundNeedle Creek Reservoir
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CampgroundMonarch Park
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CampgroundMiddle Quartz
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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 551, go straight to the issuing agency.
Read the Colorado agency pageBoundary verified by Outdoors against the agency source on 05/23/2026.