Unit 8 · Comanche Peak
About this unit
North Larimer County wrapping the Mummy Range and Comanche Peak Wilderness. High spruce-fir basins, glacial cirques, and lodgepole drop down through the Poudre Canyon. Predominantly Roosevelt National Forest with the Comanche Peak Wilderness on the southern end and Rocky Mountain National Park further south.
- Comanche Peak Wilderness
- Rocky Mountain NP-adjacent
- Cache la Poudre River
Public lands inside this unit
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Trails near Unit 8
12 found
Continental Divide Trail
Difficulty: Difficult3001.6 miTrailCDT - Colorado Section
Difficulty: Expert1337.2 miTrailPearl Creek
Difficulty: Expert44.2 miTrailLink, McIntyre Lake, Medicine Bow, and McIntyre Trails Loop
Difficulty: Expert32.8 miTrailGreen Ridge Road Trail
Difficulty: Expert29.8 miTrailRawah Trail
Difficulty: Expert25.0 miTrailTwin Crater Lakes via Rawah Trail
Difficulty: Expert23.8 miTrailFrog Pond Trail
Difficulty: Expert23.2 miTrailCamp Lakes, Rawah Lakes, and Twin Crater Lakes Loop Trail
Difficulty: Expert23.2 miTrailDeadman Road
Difficulty: Expert22.9 miTrailBeaver Creek to Fish Creek Loop
Difficulty: Expert21.9 miTrailLink, Medicine Bow, McIntyre Creek Trails Loop
Difficulty: Expert19.5 miTrail
Campgrounds near Unit 8
12 found
Sleeping Elephant Campground
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundManhattan Road Dispersed Camping & OHV
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundHome Moraine Trailer Park
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampground
Dowdy Lake Campground
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampground
Jacks Gulch
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundTunnel Campground
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundElkhorn Creek Dispersed Camping
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundRoosevelt National Forest Aspen Glen Campground
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundFire Route 321 Dispersed Site - Arapahoe NF
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundAspen Glen
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampground
West Lake
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundKelly Flats Campground
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 8, go straight to the issuing agency.
Read the Colorado agency pageBoundary verified by Outdoors against the agency source on 10/25/2026.