1. HUNTSMAN RIDGE, HUNTSMAN MOUNTAIN can be done as a long loop. A paved road goes up Coal Creek from Redstone to the TH at private land but hikers and bikers are allowed thru. The trail is a road that goes 1.2 miles to a fork with buildings and a spring near point 8535. I went right up to the peaks then came back on the left fork. But it would be easier to walk the left fork up all the way to the crest west of peak 11298 and on to the peaks then down. I put a track on peakbagger under Huntsman Ridge that makes it obvious. 8 hours, 15 miles with 4350 gain but rarely steep. Riding a bike the first 1.2 miles on the smooth road would help. The USFS topo shows these roads best. All the roads have mtn bike trails or cow trails and hardly any deadfall. I saw dirt bike tracks nearly up to the crest at peak 11298. Domestic sheep graze the high peak so there must be a decent way up from the west. Posted 2025
2. PEAK 11035 can be reached from McClure Pass using a steep but not eroded ATV trail. It starts just east of the pass and ends at el 10500 then a trail goes on to the summit. From the summit I followed a trail down the east ridge to the east saddle of peak 10377 where I lost it. I kept going down the ridge to the trail east of point 9250 but that's fake. I used game trails along the route of the trail and hit a real trail at el 8600 and walked it out to the Coal Basin TH. That took me 6 hours, 11 miles with 3000 gain from the pass. I got lucky on the descent route but that's for crazy people. I only had some light brush and deadfall didn't show up until I got on the lower trail at el 8600 and it wasn't bad. A better plan is to drop north around peak 10377 to the logging roads and walk those to the lower TH. I can see cow trails or some such on those roads. The USFS topo shows everything best. I put a track on peakbagger under Huntsman Mtn because it would be a route for that peak but only for hikers with ATV. Posted 2025
3. MARBLE has a paved road to it from highway 133. A good dirt road goes up from town to a marble mine. Along the way are THs for Raspberry Creek and Yule Creek. There is a 4wd road that leaves town and goes to the town of Crystal where there is a historic mill. It's 5 miles of 4wd to reach it and will be clogged on weekends . I saw mtn bikers riding the road but it's out of my league. Some restaurants in town but nearest gas is Carbondale. Posted 2025
4. CHAIR MOUNTAIN can't be reached from McClure Pass. The road that goes up from the pass turns private at the 9800 line. A gate can be seen there on the topo. But there are campsites to that point. Posted 2025