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Colorado Trail Fires - 2026

These are the most recent Colorado Trail fires, CT fire perimeters and national surface smoke information.

The table below shows fires near the CT. Fires on trail or within a mile of the trail will show red text. If a fire perimeter intersects the trail the table will show start/end trail mile, first encounter to last encounter, the entire segment is not necessarily burned.

View maps of national surface smoke, near trail fires/perimeters or both layers together. Fires/perimeters are updated daily, surface smoke is updated hourly.

Surface smoke data and fire weather is from NOAA, fires/perimeters are from National Interagency Fire Center and hot spots are from NASA.

Details: Last 72 hours shown. Full vertical column smoke, hot spots and burn scars. Land cover is a fire weather risk index comprised of: temperature, wind, relative humidity and ground surface moisture. Land cover fire risk is color-coded as: green (low), greenish-brown (moderate) and brown (high). Click Fire Name in the table below for interactive map with fire perimeters. Portfolio

Fire Year (1950 to present):

Updated: Aug 16, 2026

#UpdatedFire Name
(click for map)
Miles
from trail
Nearest
Trail Mile
Start/End
Trail Mile
Acres
1Aug 14, 2026Elk8.92366.3-7374
2Aug 14, 2026Gold Mountain15.01387.1-39675
3Aug 13, 2026WillowOn Trail158.4158.5
164.1
7196
4Aug 4, 2026Penley4.607.5-3
5Jul 31, 2026Mesa Mountain19.70486.0-1
6Jul 30, 2026C 47013.171.4-1
7Jul 29, 2026Hayden3.19179.4-10
8Jul 13, 2026Log Jumper6.3724.0-1
9Jul 10, 2026Spring Creek13.98155.1-20
10Jun 21, 2026Red Cliff6.89133.9-1
11Jun 19, 2026Ward Gulch10.75281.1-25
12Jun 17, 2026Home Street12.750.0-1
13Jun 11, 2026501 Command15.22486.0-1
14Jun 8, 2026Hermosa Cliff7.27483.8-19
15May 8, 2026Bear Creek0.739.1-3
16Apr 7, 2026Hermosa8.14483.8-2
17Mar 15, 2026Willis15.6690.1-3
18Feb 27, 2026Wagon Tongue Rd9.9638.5-2
19Jan 11, 2026Duck Blind Rx10.14240.5-2
20Jan 10, 2026Deer Creek10.0157.6-3

Change Log

June 11, 2026: Added 72 hour fire video.

May 31, 2023: Adapted to new interactive map. Data changed 1950 to present.

March 1, 2023: Fixed for NIFC data source changes.

June 19, 2021: Fixed for NIFC data source changes.

April 18, 2021: Added all fires from 1801 to present.

August 30, 2020: Added 'Nearest Trail Mile'.

August 24, 2020: Added surface smoke.

August 23, 2020: Added hotspots.

August 19, 2020: Initial release.

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