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
3001.6 miTrailDifficulty: DifficultCDT - Colorado Section
1337.2 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertPearl Creek
44.2 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertLink, McIntyre Lake, Medicine Bow, and McIntyre Trails Loop
32.8 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertGreen Ridge Road Trail
29.8 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertRawah Trail
25.0 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertTwin Crater Lakes via Rawah Trail
23.8 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertFrog Pond Trail
23.2 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertCamp Lakes, Rawah Lakes, and Twin Crater Lakes Loop Trail
23.2 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertDeadman Road
22.9 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertBeaver Creek to Fish Creek Loop
21.9 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertLink, Medicine Bow, McIntyre Creek Trails Loop
19.5 miTrailDifficulty: Expert
Campgrounds near Unit 8
12 found
Sleeping Elephant Campground
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampground
Jacks Gulch
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 operatorCampgroundManhattan Road Dispersed Camping & OHV
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundManhattan Road Dispersed Camping & OHV
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 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 09/06/2026.