Colorado National Wilderness Areas List


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Wilderness Name Agency Year
Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wilderness NPS 1976
Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness BLM 2000
Buffalo Peaks Wilderness USFS 1993
Byers Peak Wilderness USFS 1993
Cache La Poudre Wilderness USFS 1980
Collegiate Peaks Wilderness USFS 1980
Comanche Peak Wilderness USFS 1980
Dominguez Canyon Wilderness BLM 2009
Eagles Nest Wilderness USFS 1976
Flat Tops Wilderness USFS 1975
Fossil Ridge Wilderness USFS 1993
Great Sand Dunes Wilderness NPS 1976
Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness USFS 1993
Gunnison Gorge Wilderness BLM 1999
Hermosa Creek Wilderness USFS 2014
Holy Cross Wilderness USFS 1980
Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness USFS 1978
Indian Peaks Wilderness USFS 1978
Indian Peaks Wilderness NPS 1980
James Peak Wilderness USFS 2002
La Garita Wilderness USFS 1964
Lizard Head Wilderness USFS 1980
Lost Creek Wilderness USFS 1980
Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness USFS 1964
Mesa Verde Wilderness* NPS 1976
Mount Evans Wilderness USFS 1980
Mount Massive Wilderness USFS 1980
Mount Massive Wilderness FWS 1980
Mount Sneffels Wilderness USFS 1980
Mount Zirkel Wilderness USFS 1964
Neota Wilderness USFS 1980
Never Summer Wilderness USFS 1980
Platte River Wilderness USFS 1984
Powderhorn Wilderness BLM 1993
Powderhorn Wilderness USFS 1993
Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness USFS 1993
Raggeds Wilderness USFS 1980
Rawah Wilderness USFS 1964
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness NPS 2009
Sangre de Cristo Wilderness USFS 1993
Sangre de Cristo Wilderness NPS 2000
Sarvis Creek Wilderness USFS 1993
South San Juan Wilderness USFS 1980
Spanish Peaks Wilderness USFS 2000
Uncompahgre Wilderness USFS 1980
Uncompahgre Wilderness BLM 1993
Vasquez Peak Wilderness USFS 1993
Weminuche Wilderness USFS 1975
West Elk Wilderness USFS 1964


BLM = Bureau of Land Management
FWS = U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
NPS = National Park Service
USFS = U.S. Forest Service
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