Trout-filled lakes, aspen groves, canyons, and numerous elk herds populate the land below, and we put you right where you want to be: the middle of it.Īs our guest, you’ll enjoy your wilderness experience from our base camp in spacious walled tents. Our terrain reaches elevations of nearly 10,000 feet, topped by the flat rim of the Mesa. We specialize in elk, bear, and mule deer hunting, but offer high country trail riding and fly-fishing trips as well. We’re based in Grand Junction, Colorado, but our guides combine decades of experience earned throughout the west and across North America.

Unit 41 is non-motorized, so we offer some of the most remote terrains for the hunter, rider, or fisherman seeking a true back country experience. We still camp where the original outfitter established its base camp on the Grand Mesa over 40 years ago and remains the sole outfitter on Unit 41 of the National Forest Service. Mesa Outfitters operates in an area where the hunting roots run deep. From fully guided to DIY drop camps, we're sure to have an adventure to suit your needs and budget. So come hunt, ride, or fish with us and take a break. This is a non-motorized unit, which allows us to offer truly backcountry big game hunts, summer horseback vacations, and Colorado fly-fishing.Īccessible only by foot or horse, our area remains primitive, private, and unfailingly wild. We operate as the exclusive outfitter on over 100,000 acres of the Grand Mesa, the largest flattop mountain in the world.

As one of the last outfitters in the state to offer authentic pack-style hunts and mountain tours, Mesa Outfitters invites you to experience a true Colorado elk hunt on the state's western slope. Black Mesa State Park is adjacent to Lake Carl Etling and offers RV, tent and equestrian campsites, picnic facilities, boat ramps and a mooring buoy, trout fishing in season, a playground, restrooms with showers and a group camp with bunkhouses.

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