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photos by John Meyer, 7/4/2017

At the summit.

At the summit.

At the summit.

At the summit.

At the summit.

At the summit.

photos by Curtis Kohl, 8/2011
I was able to get to Cottontail from the west on a side road off of County Road 41.7. Road was marked
with a sign and was a fairly easy road except for a couple of steep, rutted switchbacks right near the
pass summit and had no gates along the way until after the pass summit. I came back out the same way I
came in. I don't think it is accessible from the east/south without permission or going through a gate(s).

Intersection for turn to Cottontail from CR 41.7.

Sign at turn.

Pass summit was at this four way road intersection.

Pass summit was at this four way road intersection.

Dead end and parking area for SWA about 50 yards from pass summit.

photo by Roamin Carloski

At the summit.

From Karst Postma, Oct 2011:
I tried to get to Cottontail and Wet Canyon Pass last Thursday from Trinidad. A couple of miles short
of Cottontail the road more or less ends it seems, but there is a track to the right from his house. I
stopped at the house and talked to the fellow who lives there. He works for the state dealing with the
wild life area. Nice guy. He said the ongoing “road” is a maintenance road, normally not accessible, but
he said he would let me go. Just before Cottontail there are a couple of very steep switch backs according
to him. The weather did not look good, so I decided to wait for a better day and turned around. He said
at the other side there is a gate with a lock, but the lock is not pushed together, so you can go through
it. You can go from there to Wet Canyon as well. This guy knew all the roads very well and explained it
to me, but it is a maze there, so I do not remember what he told me exactly. Coming from the south you
can go over Cottontail, get to a tee intersection, turn left and loop around to Wet Canyon and continue
to Cordova.