Unit G16 (Mt.. Guyot)
Colorado Hunting Guide — Mountain Goat
Unit G16 lies in Summit, Clear Creek and Park counties. CPW bounds it by U.S. 6 and USFS 5 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put mountain goat success here as high as 94%. Federal land covers about 45% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Mountain Goat Hunting in Unit G16
Unit G16 lies in Summit, Clear Creek and Park counties. CPW bounds it by U.S. 6 and USFS 5 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put mountain goat success here as high as 94%. Federal land covers about 45% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Mountain Goat in Unit G16
CPW draws an exact line around unit G16 and says nothing about where the mountain goat stand inside it. So the ground below is the unit's own and the read on where to start is ours, labelled as such. The unit lies in Summit, Clear Creek and Park counties.
The lines of the unit: U.S. 6, USFS 5 and Argentine Pass trail
CPW has unit G16 bounded on the north by U.S. 6, USFS 5 and 260, Argentine Pass trail, Continental Divide and Pike-Arapaho National Forest boundary; on the east by Guanella Pass Rd.; on the south by U.S. 285; on the west by Boreas Pass Rd. (USFS 404 and Summit CR 10), Colo. 9 and U.S. 6. 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: Square Top Mountain, Argentine Peak and Bald Mountain
Named high points inside the unit include Square Top Mountain at 13,770 feet, Argentine Peak at 13,732 feet, Bald Mountain at 13,685 feet, Mount Guyot at 13,341 feet and Geneva Peak at 13,255 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: Georgia Pass, Smelter Basin and Gibson Gulch
Below them sit Georgia Pass at 11,589 feet, Smelter Basin at 11,401 feet, Gibson Gulch at 10,793 feet, Cinnamon Gulch at 10,781 feet and Lincoln Park at 10,637 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past on the way to somewhere steeper. Pick the one with the least road on its upwind side.
Public ground to start from: Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement, Cline Ranch SWA and Teter Michigan Creek SWA
CPW lists Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement, Cline Ranch SWA and Teter Michigan Creek 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 45% of the unit on top of those.
The herd this unit belongs to: MG-07
CPW does not manage mountain goat unit by unit. It manages them as data analysis unit MG-07, and unit G16 is one piece of it. The rest of MG-07 is unit G7, unit G10 and unit G15. 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 G16 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Square Top Mountain (13,770 ft), Argentine Peak (13,732 ft), Bald Mountain (13,685 ft), Mount Guyot (13,341 ft)
Holding ground: Argentine Pass (13,172 ft), Black Powder Pass (12,168 ft), Webster Pass (12,102 ft), Boreas Pass Ranch Hunting Easement, Teter Michigan Creek 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 G16
Mountain Goat Success Rates
CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put mountain goat success in unit G16 at 94% — 17 animals taken by 18 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) | 2 | 388 | 0.5% | 3 |
| Rifle — 1st Season either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Rifle — 2nd Season either sex (resident) | 1 | 209 | 0.5% | 3 |
| Rifle — 2nd Season either sex (nonresident) | 1 | 607 | 0.2% | 3 |
| Rifle — 3rd Season either sex (resident) | 2 | 275 | 0.7% | 3 |
| Rifle — 3rd Season either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Rifle — 4th Season either sex (resident) | 2 | 177 | 1.1% | 3 |
| Rifle — 4th Season either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Rifle — 1st Season nanny only (resident) | 1 | 52 | 1.9% | 3 |
| Rifle — 1st Season nanny only (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Rifle — 2nd Season nanny only (resident) | 1 | 44 | 2.3% | 3 |
| Rifle — 2nd Season nanny only (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Rifle — 3rd Season nanny only (resident) | 1 | 42 | 2.4% | 3 |
| Rifle — 3rd Season nanny only (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Rifle — 4th Season nanny only (resident) | 1 | 19 | 5.3% | 3 |
| Rifle — 4th Season nanny only (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 G16, by hunt code, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:
- GEG16O2R — Rifle, 2nd Season, Either Sex, nonresident: 607 applicants for 1 licences, 0.2% drawn, 3 preference points needed
- GEG16O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Either Sex, resident: 388 applicants for 2 licences, 0.5% drawn, 3 preference points needed
- GEG16O3R — Rifle, 3rd Season, Either Sex, resident: 275 applicants for 2 licences, 0.7% drawn, 3 preference points needed
- GEG16O2R — Rifle, 2nd Season, Either Sex, resident: 209 applicants for 1 licences, 0.5% 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. There are 5 further code-and-residency combinations in the recap for this unit. 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 G16, 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