Colorado Turkey Unit 79

Turkey hunters in Unit 79 are working the western wall of Colorado's San Luis Valley, where sage flats near 7,700 feet climb hard into the volcanic La Garita Mountains and cross above 12,000 feet toward wilderness. That vertical mile-plus stacks bio-zones like rungs: valley sage and cottonwood creek bottoms, then piñon-juniper and Gambel oak, then ponderosa parks and aspen. Water tells the story, with Saguache, La Garita, and Carnero creeks running perennial up high while the arid valley leans on ditches and tanks, and reaching that public high country often means threading legal corridors through checkerboard private bottomland. The pack breaks it down: Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access, plus a one-page Essential Recon summary. Study the unit on our interactive map, then export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.