Unit G08 (Fossil Ridge)
Colorado Hunting Guide — Mountain Goat
Unit G08 lies in Gunnison County. CPW bounds it by USFS 742 (Taylor River Rd.) and USFS 765 (Cumberland Pass Rd among others. CPW's harvest estimates put mountain goat success here as high as 0%. Federal land covers about 78% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Mountain Goat Hunting in Unit G08
Unit G08 lies in Gunnison County. CPW bounds it by USFS 742 (Taylor River Rd.) and USFS 765 (Cumberland Pass Rd among others. CPW's harvest estimates put mountain goat success here as high as 0%. Federal land covers about 78% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Mountain Goat in Unit G08
CPW draws an exact line around unit G08 and says nothing about where the mountain goat stand inside it. 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 Gunnison County.
The lines of the unit: USFS 742 (Taylor River Rd.), USFS 765 (Cumberland Pass Rd and North Quartz Creek Rd.)
CPW has unit G08 bounded on the north by USFS 742 (Taylor River Rd.); on the east by USFS 765 (Cumberland Pass Rd. and North Quartz Creek Rd.); on the south by Quartz Creek Rd. (CR 76) and U 50; on the west by Colo. 135. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. What it does give you is the way in: the rivers and highways you cross, and the divides that decide which drainage you end up in.
High ground inside the line: Henry Mountain, Fairview Peak and Square Top Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Henry Mountain at 13,255 feet, Fairview Peak at 13,205 feet, Square Top Mountain at 12,977 feet, Broncho Mountain at 12,829 feet and Fossil Mountain at 12,751 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: Mill Gulch, Burro Gulch and Sawmill Gulch
Below them sit Mill Gulch at 10,426 feet, Burro Gulch at 10,421 feet, Sawmill Gulch at 10,277 feet, Chicago Park at 10,259 feet and New Dollar Gulch at 10,214 feet. That is the low country of the unit — the ground animals drop into when they are pushed or when the weather turns. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.
Public ground to start from: Cabin Creek SWA, Leaps Gulch SWA and Van Tuyl SWA
CPW lists Cabin Creek SWA, Leaps Gulch SWA and Van Tuyl SWA 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 78% of the unit on top of those.
Water: Biebel Springs
Named sources include Biebel Springs. 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-08
CPW does not manage mountain goat unit by unit. It manages them as data analysis unit MG-08, and unit G08 is one piece of it. CPW puts no other unit in MG-08, so this unit carries the herd on its own. So the objective behind your tag was written for that whole area, and a neighbouring unit in the same herd is a fairer comparison than the statewide figure.
Unit G08 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Henry Mountain (13,255 ft), Fairview Peak (13,205 ft), Broncho Mountain (12,829 ft), Fossil Ridge (12,623 ft)
Holding ground: Gunsight Pass (12,177 ft), Payne Gulch (10,961 ft), Jackson Gulch (10,594 ft), Cabin Creek SWA, Leaps Gulch SWA
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 G08
Mountain Goat Success Rates
CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put mountain goat success in unit G08 at 0% — 0 animals taken by 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery — 1st Season either sex (resident) | 5 | 264 | 1.9% | 3 |
| Archery — 1st Season either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
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 G08, by hunt code, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:
- GEG08O1A — Archery, 1st Season, Either Sex, resident: 264 applicants for 5 licences, 1.9% 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 G08, 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