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Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement, a guide for Colorado hunters
State wildlife area in Park County; 1,270 acres.
Photo: Suzie Tremmel (CC BY 2.0)
Getting to Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement
Parking, trailheads and gates near Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement
- Como CemeteryParking · 1.4 mi from the centreDirections
- Parking areaParking · 2.0 mi from the centreDirections
- Gold Dust TrailheadParking · 2.9 mi from the centreDirections
Parking, trailhead and gate locations come from OpenStreetMap contributors. Roads into public land can be gated or seasonal; check with the managing agency before you go.
Inside the Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement listing
1,270 acres is the figure the 2026 Colorado State Recreation Lands brochure gives for Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement. Rank by area: 90th of the 224 state wildlife areas we cover. It is one of 11 state wildlife areas inside Park County. It falls in CPW Area 1, Northeast Region, where the Fairplay district wildlife manager patrols. CPW printed elk under hunting for Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement in the 2026 brochure.
Species the agency lists here: Elk.
From the agency page, 2026 Recreation Lands brochure, p. 6 (Colorado Parks and Wildlife); retrieved 2026-11-04, checked November 5, 2026.
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Places to hunt and shoot around Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement
Access rules on Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement
Like every SWA, Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement asks people 16 and older for a Colorado hunting or fishing license or the wildlife area pass. Off-road driving is out, and so is camping outside authorized sites. The stand rule is portable equipment only, placed no earlier than 30 days before the season. No shooting a firearm or bow in parking, camping or picnic areas.
Property restrictions for Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement:
- Public access is prohibited except for elk hunting. No other uses allowed.
- Seasonal hunting access only during 2nd, 3rd, and 4th rifle elk seasons.
- Day use only, no overnight parking.
- Hunting access is limited to the occupants of vehicles parked in designated parking stalls, with a maximum of two hunters per vehicle.
- Walk-in access from the designated parking area only.
- Dogs are prohibited.
- No access to barn area or camp site.
From the agency source, CPW SWA finder; checked November 5, 2026.
Finding Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement on the ground
Printed directions: From Fraiplay, go 9 miles N on Highway 285 to CR 33; then go 2.5 miles. The parking lot is on the left.
Mapped centre: 39.3464, -105.9019.
Directions from the 2026 Colorado State Recreation Lands brochure; point from CPW Managed Properties (public access only) layer, CPWAdminData (1 polygon) (polygon centroid); checked November 5, 2026.
Unit map facts for Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement
Check the license against the unit; Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement falls in 1 GMU: GMU 500.
No elk antler point rule applies in these units. CWD sampling is required for some rifle elk hunt codes in GMU 500. The lion season closes when group 5 reaches its limit.
There is no property-level harvest figure for Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement; GMU 500 topped the 2024 unit tables with 234 elk.
GMU overlay from the CPW Big Game GMU layer; unit rules from the 2026 Big Game brochure; 2024 elk harvest by GMU, 2024 deer harvest by GMU, 2024 pronghorn harvest by GMU, 2024 bear harvest by GMU; checked November 5, 2026.
Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement: which hunts are open when
11 big game season rows from the 2026 brochures are valid in the units of Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement. Big game here is draw-only. Not listed: 2 private-only or RFW rows. Rows for big game not on the Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement list (24) are left out.
| Species | Method | Sex | License | Opens | Closes | Units here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk | Archery | either sex | Limited draw | Sep 2, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | 500 |
| Elk | Muzzleloader | bull | Limited draw | Sep 12, 2026 | Sep 20, 2026 | 500 |
| Elk | Muzzleloader | cow | Limited draw | Sep 12, 2026 | Sep 20, 2026 | 500 |
| Elk | Rifle | bull | Limited draw | Oct 14, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 | 500 |
| Elk | Rifle | bull | Limited draw | Oct 24, 2026 | Nov 1, 2026 | 500 |
| Elk | Rifle | cow | Limited draw | Oct 24, 2026 | Nov 1, 2026 | 500 |
| Elk | Rifle | bull | Limited draw | Nov 7, 2026 | Nov 15, 2026 | 500 |
| Elk | Rifle | cow | Limited draw | Nov 7, 2026 | Nov 15, 2026 | 500 |
| Elk | Rifle | bull | Limited draw | Nov 18, 2026 | Nov 22, 2026 | 500 |
| Elk | Rifle | cow | Limited draw | Nov 18, 2026 | Nov 22, 2026 | 500 |
| Elk | Rifle | cow | Limited, late | Dec 12, 2026 | Dec 20, 2026 | 500 |
Season rows and hunt codes from the 2026 Colorado Big Game brochure, the 2026 Small Game and Waterfowl brochure, the Turkey brochure and the Mountain Lion brochure; property access dates still apply; checked November 5, 2026.
Other public ground within reach of Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement
Head 1 mile southeast and you reach Cline Ranch SWA. Around it on the map: 5 SWAs and 1 trust land parcel. Within 25 miles but not open to hunters: Alma State Wildlife Area (CPW lists no hunting), Headwaters Ranch State Wildlife Area (Fishing Easement) (CPW lists no hunting) and Knight-Imler State Wildlife Area (Fishing Easement) (CPW lists no hunting).
| Public land | Kind | Acres | County | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cline Ranch SWA | SWA | 1,600 | Park | 1 mile | southeast |
| Teter-Michigan Creek SWA | SWA | 950 | Park | 3 miles | northeast |
| Collard Ranch SWA | SWA | 1,892 | Park | 5 miles | southeast |
| Michigan Creek SWA | SWA | 125 | Park | 9 miles | east |
| James Mark Jones SWA | SWA | 17,429 | Park | 13 miles | south |
| Treasurevault Mountain STL | State trust land | 320 | Park | 15 miles | west |
Point: CPW Managed Properties (public access only) layer, CPWAdminData (1 polygon) (polygon centroid). Straight-line distances. Closed places from lands.json closed rows. Statewide public land map.
Stores, processors and towns for Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement
From the Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement point, Fairplay sits 10 miles away. Silverthorne, 24 miles out, is larger, with 5,220 people in 2024. For licenses in person, the Littleton CPW office is 49 miles off.
| Place | County | Population | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairplay | Park | 755 | 10 miles | southwest |
| Breckenridge | Summit | 4,892 | 13 miles | northwest |
| Leadville | Lake | 2,624 | 22 miles | west |
| Hartsel | Park | – | 23 miles | south |
| Silverthorne | Summit | 5,220 | 24 miles | northwest |
Towns from places.json (Census 2024 estimates); CPW offices from the CPW Contact Us page; businesses from services.json listings; straight-line miles. Checked November 5, 2026.
Legal light on Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement, opener by opener
The CPW brochures print Denver sunrise and sunset tables with town offsets; the times for Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement here are worked out with the NOAA solar formula for its own location.
| Date | Opener | Sunrise | Sunset | Elk window | Duck window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2026 | Pronghorn bow opener | 6:15 a.m. | 8:00 p.m. | 5:45 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. | 5:45 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Archery opener | 6:32 a.m. | 7:34 p.m. | 6:02 a.m. to 8:04 p.m. | 6:02 a.m. to 7:34 p.m. |
| Sep 12, 2026 | Muzzleloader opens | 6:40 a.m. | 7:18 p.m. | 6:10 a.m. to 7:48 p.m. | 6:10 a.m. to 7:18 p.m. |
| Oct 3, 2026 | Duck season opens | 6:59 a.m. | 6:44 p.m. | 6:29 a.m. to 7:14 p.m. | 6:29 a.m. to 6:44 p.m. |
| Oct 24, 2026 | Second rifle opens | 7:21 a.m. | 6:13 p.m. | 6:51 a.m. to 6:43 p.m. | 6:51 a.m. to 6:13 p.m. |
| Nov 23, 2026 | Lion season opens | 6:54 a.m. | 4:45 p.m. | 6:24 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. | 6:24 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. |
| Dec 21, 2026 | Shortest day | 7:18 a.m. | 4:43 p.m. | 6:48 a.m. to 5:13 p.m. | 6:48 a.m. to 4:43 p.m. |
Hours rules from the 2026 Colorado Big Game brochure and the Small Game and Waterfowl brochure; sunrise and sunset worked out for this location with the NOAA solar formula (Mountain Time); checked November 5, 2026. Legal hours for every county.
What the region around Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement looks like
Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement: the nearest public range, then clubs
Park County Shooting Range is 3 miles from Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement and is the nearest public range in CPW’s finder. After the public range come the nearest clubs within 30 miles.
From the CPW Shooting Range Finder, ranges’ own pages and directory listings, checked November 5, 2026.
Quick answers about Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement
What is the closest town with services to Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement?
The closest town with a page here is Fairplay (10 miles).
Do elk point rules or CWD testing apply on Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement?
None of these units is on the antler point list. CWD heads must be submitted from selected rifle elk hunt codes in GMU 500, at no charge.
What must I wear on Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement during rifle season?
At least 500 square inches of solid orange or pink above the waist and a hat; archers hunting during rifle seasons wear it too.
Whom should I phone with questions about Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement?
CPW Littleton Office in Littleton, (303) 791-1954 (49 miles away).
When must I stop shooting on Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement each evening?
6:06 a.m. to 5:27 p.m. for big game on November 7, 2026 (Park County, NOAA solar formula). See the table above for other dates.
Is it legal to hunt over bait on Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement?
No. It is illegal to hunt big game, turkey, small game or migratory birds over bait in Colorado, whoever placed it.
Which pass must I carry on Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement?
No separate permit in most cases: a hunting or fishing license (or SWA Pass) for everyone 16+, unless the restrictions here say otherwise.
Where can I read the source for Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement?
Read the official source before each trip.
Which county lines does Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement cross?
Park County; the county page lists the nearby ground.
What size is Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement on the agency count?
The 2026 Colorado State Recreation Lands brochure lists 1,270 acres.
Are there date or time limits on Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement?
Public access is prohibited except for elk hunting. No other uses allowed.
Which GMU numbers does Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement fall in?
The ground lies in GMU 500, and a big game license must be valid for the unit.
How do I get an elk tag for Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement?
No over-the-counter elk in these GMUs (11 limited rows). Primary draw applications ran March 1 to April 7, 2026.
Which animals does the agency list for Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement?
On record: elk. Seasons and licenses still decide what is open.
Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement: the final check
Snow and mud close roads in Colorado without much notice; check access to Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement before the drive.
Sources: source 1 · source 2 · source 3; seasons from the 2026 Colorado Big Game brochure. Checked November 5, 2026.
Other photos on this page: Max and Dee Bernt (CC BY 2.0); Bob Denaro (CC BY 2.0); U.S. Department of Agriculture (Public Domain Mark 1.0).