GUNNISON TRAILS
Gunnison Trails is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) trail advocacy organization that partners with land managers to build, maintain, and promote sustainable multi‑use trails while educating users on responsible trail‑based recreation throughout Gunnison County, Colorado.
About GUNNISON TRAILS
Founded in the mid‑2000s, Gunnison Trails operates a professional summer trail crew and a large volunteer program to maintain and expand trail infrastructure on BLM, USFS and local lands near Gunnison, CO.
The organization manages winter grooming at Hartman Rocks, runs community trail‑work programs, and organizes fundraising events (including the Original Growler race) to support trail building, stewardship and user education.
Gunnison Trails works closely with public‑land managers, local stakeholders and recreation users to propose, design and implement new trail systems while promoting seasonal closures for wildlife protection.
Notable achievements
Hartman Rocks stewardship
Long‑term maintenance and improvements to the Hartman Rocks area — including substantial trail armoring and ongoing grooming — preserving dozens of miles of multi‑use singletrack and winter routes.
Signal Peak trail system approval
Led a multi‑year proposal, planning and approval process that resulted in the Signal Peak Trail System adding new singletrack miles on BLM lands near Gunnison.
Established professional trail crew
Sustains a full‑time trail crew and large volunteer program (trail crew work measured in thousands of summer hours) to deliver consistent construction and maintenance capacity countywide.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $445K
- Annual revenue
- $364K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 11-3785204
- Location
- Gunnison, CO
- Website
- gunnisontrails.org
- On Mahalo since
- November 2025
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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