Colorado National Wilderness Areas

There are 42 national wilderness areas, set aside to preserve and showcase nature. Read our federal lands blog. View all federal lands.

National Wilderness Areas in Colorado

There are 42 national wilderness areas, set aside to preserve and showcase nature. They are spread throughout the Colorado Rockies, offering outdoor recreation year round. Some are remote and difficult to access, others are quiet popular with visitors.

Black Canyon Gunnison Montrose	Black Ridge Canyons Grand Junction	Buffalo Peaks Leadville
Byers Peak Fraser	Cache La Poudre Fort Collins	Collegiate Peaks Buena Vista
Comanche Peak Fort Collins	Eagles Nest Vail	Flat Tops Grand Junction
Fossil Ridge Gunnison	Great Sand Dunes Alamosa	Greenhorn Mountain Walsenburg
Gunnison Gorge Montrose	Holy Cross Vail	Hunter-Fryingpan Aspen
Indian Peaks Boulder	James Peak Black Hawk	La Garita Monte Vista
Lizard Head Telluride	Lost Creek Telluride	Maroon Bells-Snowmass Aspen
Mesa Verde Cortez	Mount Evans Idaho Springs	Mount Massive Leadville
Mount Sneffels Ouray	Mount Zirkel Steamboat Springs	Neota Fort Collins
Never Summer Grand Lake	Platte River Rawlins, WY	Powderhorn Gunnison
Ptarmigan Peak Dillon	Raggeds Crested Butte	Rawah Fort Collins
Rocky Mountain Park Estes Park	Sangre de Cristo Alamosa	Sarvis Creek Steamboat Springs
South San Juan Pagosa Springs	Spanish Peaks Walsenburg	Uncompahgre Grand Junction
Vasquez Peak Winter Park	Weminuche Durango	West Elk Gunnison