Basalt Wildlife Management Area


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January 30th 2012
Published: January 30th 2012
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4806 acres. From 6,514 ft to 8,777 ft elevation. The three units include 4 miles of riverfront property & big game winter range, meadows, mountains, canyons & gulches. Hunting for deer, elk, bighorn sheep and blue grouse. Road also provides access for hunters into 2000 additional acres of BLM property. Lake Christine provides some warm & coldwater fishing. The Basalt Unit offers excellent fishing for rainbow, brown, brook, & cutthroat trout, along with access to 4 miles of the Fryingpan River. A shooting range is also available. Wildlife includes cottontail, snowshoe hare, blue grouse, coyote, bobcat, fox, weasels, deer, elk, bighorn sheep, mountain lion & black bear. Wildlife viewing.

Location: Watson Divide Unit From Basalt Colorado, go 6 miles south on Highway 82. The property is located west of the highway and north of County Road 8. Christine Unit: From Basalt Colorado, go .5 miles west on Highway 82 (Business) to Homestead Road; turn right on the dirt road and go up the hill to the parking area and the shooting range. Basalt Unit From Basalt Colorado, go 3 miles east on Forest Road 105 (Fryingpan River Road) to the property entrance on the left.


<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">Address: Colorado Division of Wildlife Headquarters
6060 Broadway
Denver, CO 80216Phone: (303)297-1192


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30th January 2012

Love reading about your hiking
thanks for going off the beaten path

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