Unit G06 (Gore Range)
Colorado Hunting Guide — Mountain Goat
Unit G06 lies in Grand, Eagle and Summit counties. CPW bounds it by Colorado River and Colo. 9 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put mountain goat success here as high as 88%. Federal land covers about 30% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Mountain Goat Hunting in Unit G06
Unit G06 lies in Grand, Eagle and Summit counties. CPW bounds it by Colorado River and Colo. 9 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put mountain goat success here as high as 88%. Federal land covers about 30% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Mountain Goat in Unit G06
CPW's material on unit G06 stops at the boundary — there is no agency account of where its mountain goat live. Every place named below sits inside the unit line. Which of them holds animals in your season is for you to find out. The unit lies in Grand, Eagle and Summit counties.
The lines of the unit: Colorado River, Colo. 9 and Colo. 131
CPW has unit G06 bounded on the north by Colorado River; on the east by Colo. 9; on the south by I-70; on the west by Colo. 131. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. Those features are what you will check against the map all week, and the divides among them are the ones that matter.
High ground inside the line: Mount Powell, Gore Range and Eagles Nest
Named high points inside the unit include Mount Powell at 13,500 feet, Gore Range at 13,500 feet, Eagles Nest at 13,376 feet, Red Peak at 13,143 feet and Keller Mountain at 13,078 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Goats live above the trees on cliff and talus and come down only when weather makes them.
Holding ground: Moniger Park, Rock Creek Park and Big Park
Below them sit Moniger Park at 10,084 feet, Rock Creek Park at 10,078 feet, Big Park at 9,902 feet, Flagstone Park at 9,473 feet and Officers Gulch at 9,452 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Work out which of them you can see from one position before you pick a camp.
Public ground to start from: Radium SWA, Radium SWA - Hartman Unit and Radium SWA - Sheephorn Unit
CPW lists Radium SWA, Radium SWA - Hartman Unit and Radium SWA - Sheephorn Unit inside this unit as ground open to public hunting. Each property sets its own restrictions, and the agency's page for it is where they are written down. Federal land covers about 30% of the unit on top of those.
Water: Red Spring and Gore Creek Spring
Named sources include Red Spring and Gore Creek Spring. Nothing in the data says which of them run in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
The herd this unit belongs to: MG-06
CPW does not manage mountain goat unit by unit. It manages them as data analysis unit MG-06, and unit G06 is one piece of it. CPW puts no other unit in MG-06, so this unit carries the herd on its own. Read a neighbour in the same herd before you read the state average — the herd, not the unit line, is what the agency is steering.
Unit G06 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Mount Powell (13,500 ft), Red Peak (13,143 ft), Keller Mountain (13,078 ft), Buffalo Mountain (12,764 ft)
Holding ground: Uneva Pass (11,915 ft), Eccles Pass (11,893 ft), McCord Pass (10,826 ft), Radium SWA, Radium SWA - Hartman Unit
Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.
How to Hunt Mountain Goat in Unit G06
Mountain Goat Success Rates
CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put mountain goat success in unit G06 at 88% — 21 animals taken by 24 hunters. On a sample that small the percentage moves several points with one animal, so read the hunter count beside it.
These are the agency's own printed figures for this unit, not a modelled estimate and not a state average. They describe one season, so check CPW's current harvest estimates before you read a trend into them.
Mountain Goat Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts Req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — 1st Season either sex (resident) | 26 | 1,388 | 1.9% | 3 |
| Rifle — 1st Season either sex (nonresident) | 3 | 822 | 0.4% | 3 |
Data from 2026 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number.
Open in Draw Odds EngineCPW's 2026 draw recap for mountain goat in unit G06, by hunt code, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:
- GEG06O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Either Sex, resident: 1,388 applicants for 26 licences, 1.9% drawn, 3 preference points needed
- GEG06O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Either Sex, nonresident: 822 applicants for 3 licences, 0.4% drawn, 3 preference points needed
Colorado runs a pure preference-point draw, so the point figure above is the requirement the agency published for that code in that year, not a forecast for the next one. Figures checked against CPW's own statistics pages on 2026-06-09.
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-23.
- Colorado Sheep & Goat Hunting Brochure — Game Management Unit (GMU) Descriptions (pp. 16-17) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife · supports: GMU boundary description, Counties the unit lies in, Data analysis unit (DAU) the unit belongs to · accessed 2026-10-22
- 2023 Colorado Mountain goat Harvest Estimates — Colorado Parks and Wildlife · supports: Percent success for mountain goat in unit G06, Hunters and harvest by weapon and season · accessed 2026-10-22
- CPW CPWAdminData feature service — GMU and sheep/goat unit boundaries — Colorado Parks and Wildlife GIS Unit · supports: Mapped extent of the unit, Which named ground falls inside the unit line · accessed 2026-10-22