Unit S22 (San Luis Peak)
Colorado Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep
Unit S22 lies in Hinsdale, Mineral and Saguache counties. CPW bounds it by USFS 788 and Hinsdale CRs 5 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success here as high as 63%. Federal land covers about 72% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Bighorn Sheep Hunting in Unit S22
Unit S22 lies in Hinsdale, Mineral and Saguache counties. CPW bounds it by USFS 788 and Hinsdale CRs 5 among others. CPW's harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success here as high as 63%. Federal land covers about 72% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Bighorn Sheep in Unit S22
What CPW publishes for unit S22 is a boundary, not a bighorn sheep map. 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 Hinsdale, Mineral and Saguache counties.
The lines of the unit: USFS 788, Hinsdale CRs 5 and Saguache CR KK-14
CPW has unit S22 bounded on the north by USFS 788, Hinsdale CRs 5, 15 and 45, Saguache CR KK-14 and NN-14; on the east by Continental Divide, USFS 787 and La Garita Wilderness boundary; on the south by USFS Trail 787 (La Garita Stock Driveway), USFS 504 and Colo. 149; on the west by USFS 507, USFS trails 803, 787 and 473 and Colo. 149. It tells you the shape of the unit and nothing about its inhabitants. Its value is practical — those are the features you will navigate by, and the ridges that separate one day's country from another's.
High ground inside the line: San Luis Peak, Stewart Peak and La Garita Mountains
Named high points inside the unit include San Luis Peak at 14,005 feet, Stewart Peak at 13,967 feet, La Garita Mountains at 13,897 feet, Organ Mountain at 13,771 feet and La Garita Peak at 13,715 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Sheep need rock to escape into and will not stand far from it.
Holding ground: Big Meadows, Elk Park and Groundhog Park
Below them sit Big Meadows at 10,805 feet, Elk Park at 10,787 feet, Groundhog Park at 10,755 feet, Blue Park at 10,744 feet and Cañon Diablo at 10,740 feet. Those are the basins, parks and bottoms this unit has, and they are what you glass into from above. Reaching the edge of one before light beats reaching its middle at noon.
Public ground to start from: Cochetopa SWA and Los Creek STL
CPW lists Cochetopa SWA and Los Creek STL 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 72% of the unit on top of those.
Water: Cold Spring
Named sources include Cold 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: RBS-22
CPW does not manage bighorn sheep unit by unit. It manages them as data analysis unit RBS-22, and unit S22 is one piece of it. The rest of RBS-22 is unit S36 and unit S53. 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 S22 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: San Luis Peak (14,005 ft), Stewart Peak (13,967 ft), La Garita Mountains (13,897 ft), Organ Mountain (13,771 ft)
Holding ground: Halfmoon Pass (12,520 ft), San Luis Pass (11,941 ft), Mineral Park (11,412 ft), Cochetopa SWA, Los Creek STL
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 Bighorn Sheep in Unit S22
Bighorn Sheep Success Rates
CPW's 2023 harvest estimates put bighorn sheep success in unit S22 at 63% — 5 animals taken by 8 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.
Bighorn Sheep Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts Req |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — 1st Season ram only (resident) | 4 | 362 | 1.1% | 3 |
| Rifle — 1st Season ram only (nonresident) | 1 | 625 | 0.2% | 3 |
| Rifle — 1st Season ewe only (resident) | 2 | 22 | 9.1% | 3 |
| Rifle — 1st Season ewe 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 bighorn sheep in unit S22, by hunt code, with resident and nonresident kept apart because the two draw from different licence pools:
- SMS22O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Ram Only, nonresident: 625 applicants for 1 licences, 0.2% drawn, 3 preference points needed
- SMS22O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Ram Only, resident: 362 applicants for 4 licences, 1.1% drawn, 3 preference points needed
- SFS22O1R — Rifle, 1st Season, Ewe Only, resident: 22 applicants for 2 licences, 9.1% 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.
Unit Logistics & Expectations
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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 Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Harvest Estimates — Colorado Parks and Wildlife · supports: Percent success for bighorn sheep in unit S22, 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