(submitted by Nathan Pieplow): This is a beautiful, primitive and remote State Wildlife Area. The Beaver Creek drainage is part of a proposed wilderness area on the south slope of Pikes Peak that includes high grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, aspen groves and Ponderosa and mixed-conifer forests. Much of the SWA is a deep, remote canyon that can be accessed only by hiking. Dippers can be found along the stream along with many middle- and high-elevation riparian species. Bighorn sheep can be found in the canyon as well.

A hunting or fishing license or State Wildlife Area Pass is required.

Habitat: Ponderosa Forest, Mixed-Conifer Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Forest, Aspen Grove, Mountain Meadow

Directions: From Canon City, head 8 miles east on CO 67, then turn left (north) on CR 132. It is nine miles to the SWA.

Acknowledgments: Hotspot information was originally compiled on Birding Colorado, a service of Colorado Field Ornithologists. CFO thanks all the original contributors.