Peru Creek

Closed for the season! See you next year!

Can be a little rocky in certain parts but I think a stock 2WD car can handle this if they have the patience to drive slow (1-5mph in many spots). I like that this trail follows the creek and you can stop in many places to camp or walk around.

Very easy, fun trail. I often air down for Peru Creek, just to make it more comfortable going fast, but it’s not necessary. The west side of the trail has a lot of dips, but nothing a standard crossover can’t handle. The trail has amazing views and tons of dispersed camping spots.

Easy trail with lots of potholes for the first mile or two. Stopped for lots of photos of a pretty little stream next to the trail, beaver dams, mines and scenic mountains along the trail. Sorry to see the trail doesn't go to Horseshoe Basin anymore. We used to really enjoy it back in the 1980's when it was open.

Very easy dirt road with some really good views driving through the valley. Having a few spurs (Warden Gulch, Chihuahua Gulch & Cinnamon Gulch) makes this area a lot of fun and I spent two days exploring/camping and had a good time. It was also pretty cool seeing some cars parked on top of Argentine Pass knowing I've been up there a few times and am usually looking down on the Peru Creek area!

Dillion Ranger District confirms that trails are open to motorized use as of 5/21 this season! Beware of late-season snow and muddy conditions that can make these trails more difficult.

This trail has a seasonal closure until next year. See you then!

Good hikes at the end.

Open and dry up to the entrance of Chihuahua Gulch. Unsure past that point as I ran out of daylight to explore further. Lots of foot traffic and vehicles. Peru Creek has plenty of potholes but was smooth enough for someone in a Prius.

Great easy trail/road with lots of great camping spots. Snow drift toward the end that’s not passable at time of review see track of people that tried but weren’t successful but still far enough to take in all the views at the end.

This trail is open for the season, though snow may still exist at high altitudes. Use caution and enjoy the summer!

This trail is at a high altitude within the state of Colorado and has no maintainence. As such, this trail should be considering impassable until spring.

These trails are now reopened and the forest closure has cleared. Trails may be impassable due to snowfall.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Oct. 20, 2020) – Due to unprecedented and historic fire conditions, the USDA Forest Service’s Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests is announcing a temporary closure of all National Forest land in Clear Creek, Jefferson, Gilpin, Boulder, and Larimer counties, effective at midnight tonight (closure begins at 00:01 Oct. 21). This decision will be re-evaluated daily as conditions change.

This is a crazy easy trail to get to other trails off of Peru Creek. A civic could go down Peru Creek. I know because there was a Civic at the hiking trailhead at the end of the trail :)We did Cinnamon Gulch and Chihuahua Gulch.

Easy trail with great views of some old ghost mines. A lot of campers and bikers on the way.

Easy and very beautiful. Peru Creek looks amazing, but turns out is one of the most polluted water ways in Colorado. Awesome views of Horseshoe Basin and amazing old mine/mill structures. You can drive all the way up to Pennsylvania Mine.

Easy “off-road” trail, but VERY heavily trafficked with inexperienced drivers. The scenery was nice and the Pennsylvania Mine was fun to explore, but with all the traffic and people who didn’t know proper off roading courtesy or safety, it made for a slightly less fun experience... One person in a literal full sized “bus” RV decided to come up the trail and got upset with me when we met up because he barely had any room to pass even when I pulled over at a pull-off point to let them pass. I had another person come speeding down around a blind curve and almost ran into me, then proceeded to ride my front bumper as I was backing up to get to a spot wide enough to let them pass. Please remember to have common courtesy and proper safety habits when on these trails.

Peru Creek is blocked by a 3-4 foot snow drift between Chihuahua Gulch and Cinnamon Gulch, The trail is VERY busy with campers and hikers.

Not at all a technical trail, it's very pretty and we went all the way out to the gate and back. The avalanche damage is impressive and a little scary. Most of these trees didn't break, they were just uprooted. Well worth the trip and it will be interesting to see what the downed trees do to the area as they settle in.

Peru Creek is clear and open. The USFS has done a spectacular job clearing huge avalanche debris and resurfacing the road in several places. The avalanche remnants are staggering!! Several 50-yard swaths. Massive trees snapped like twigs. Even now, there's 8 feet of snow in one spot just off the trail. Sadly, an avalanche obliterated the Maid of Orleans. There is nothing left but an ore cart perched on the debris pile.

Today at 2:30, the BLM ranger opened the trail! Excel energy and the chainsaw crews had finished clearing the trails. First on the trail this summer! Lol. Good, easy trail. Went to the very end without any issues. This could have been done in any simple SUV. It was a nice trip.

Today (7/2/2019) I talked to the Dillon Ranger District. Peru Creek is still gated. They hope to open the gate sometime this week, but even then, Peru Creek will only be open to Chihuahua Gulch. Anything beyond that will be closed until the FS guys can get up there and assess the trails.

According to the Dillon Ranger District, Peru Creek is now open and dry.

The seasonal gate is still closed. We saw some people who just finished hiking it and they said there are still massive snow drifts up at the top. I would give this trail another month before it opens.

Ran this while mapping nearby trails. The trail is open all the way through and the scenery is great right now with the flowers. The creek is also high and rushing. A gorgeous day on the trail.

The seasonal gate is still closed. The road looks muddy, but passable at the gate. I flew my drone down the trail a bit. Just after the first bend, the trail is clearly snow covered. I expect it will be another couple of weeks before it's clear through.

This was a super easy trail. Beautiful Scenery and we hiked the end of the trail where they closed it off for vehicles. This trail was easy enough that I never had to put my truck into 4 wheel drive.