Unit 57 · Cottonwood Lake / Antero
About this unit
South Chaffee County around Cottonwood Lake and the Mount Antero massif. Aspen and spruce-fir climb to alpine tundra above 13,000 feet on Mount Antero and Mount Princeton. Predominantly San Isabel National Forest with the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness on the western boundary.
- Mount Antero (14,275 ft)
- Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
- San Isabel NF
Public lands inside this unit
2 found
Trails near Unit 57
12 found
TrailContinental Divide Trail
3001.6 miDifficult
TrailThe Loneliest Road (US Highway 50)
1147.3 miEasy
TrailColorado Trail
481.0 miDifficult
TrailAspen Ridge OHV Trail
28.3 miModerate
TrailCR185 Trail
15.4 miModerate
TrailFourmile Area Trail
11.5 miEasy
TrailMcGee Gulch 305 and 376
10.5 miModerate
TrailThe Castles Trail
10.5 miEasy
TrailMidland Bike Trail
10.0 miModerate
TrailBald Mountain via County Road 300
10.0 miModerate
TrailLenhardy Cutoff OHV Trail
9.9 miEasy
TrailLittle Rainbow
8.8 miEasy
Campgrounds near Unit 57
11 found
CampgroundBV Overlook
Pricing varies — check with the operator
CampgroundCo Rd 306 Dispersed Camping
Pricing varies — check with the operator
CampgroundSalida North BLM
Pricing varies — check with the operator
CampgroundSalida East - Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
Pricing varies — check with the operator
CampgroundHecla Junction - Arkansas Headwaters Rec Area
Pricing varies — check with the operator
CampgroundRuby Mountain
Pricing varies — check with the operator
CampgroundRafter's Roost
Pricing varies — check with the operator
CampgroundBassam Guard Station
Pricing varies — check with the operator
CampgroundSalida RV Resort
Pricing varies — check with the operator
CampgroundWilderness Expeditions RV Park
Pricing varies — check with the operator
CampgroundArkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
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 57, go straight to the issuing agency.
Read the Colorado agency pageBoundary verified by Outdoors against the agency source on 05/23/2026.
