This quest involves visiting the 43 Wilderness Areas in Colorado, which are spread across National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and US Forest Service managed lands.

Quest Objectives

What Qualifies (?)

Only Congressionally designated Wilderness Areas that are accessible to the general public count as objectives for this quest.

Map of Objectives

List of Objectives

1. Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness
2. Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
3. Buffalo Peaks Wilderness
4. Byers Peak Wilderness
5. Cache La Poudre Wilderness
6. Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
7. Comanche Peak Wilderness
8. Dominguez Canyon Wilderness
9. Eagles Nest Wilderness
10. Flat Tops Wilderness
11. Fossil Ridge Wilderness
12. Great Sand Dunes Wilderness
13. Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness
14. Gunnison Gorge Wilderness
15. Hermosa Creek Wilderness
16. Holy Cross Wilderness
17. Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness
18. Indian Peaks Wilderness
19. James Peak Wilderness
20. La Garita Wilderness
21. Lizard Head Wilderness
22. Lost Creek Wilderness
23. Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness
24. Mount Evans Wilderness
25. Mount Massive Wilderness
26. Mount Sneffels Wilderness
27. Mount Zirkel Wilderness
28. Neota Wilderness
29. Never Summer Wilderness
30. Platte River Wilderness
31. Powderhorn Wilderness
32. Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness
33. Raggeds Wilderness
34. Rawah Wilderness
35. Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness
36. Sangre de Cristo Wilderness
37. Sarvis Creek Wilderness
38. South San Juan Wilderness
39. Spanish Peaks Wilderness
40. Uncompahgre Wilderness
41. Vasquez Peak Wilderness
42. Weminuche Wilderness
43. West Elk Wilderness

Note: Mesa Verde Wilderness is not included in the list of objectives above, as it is not open to the general public.

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Tips and Resources

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