Narrative:

Pilot and non-flying pilot discussed before clearance was issued that cottonwood departure was not to be accepted for departure and gypsum was to be flown off runway 25. Pilot nonflying copied clearance as filed and entered issued cottonwood clearance into FMS by mistake. Both departures mirror each other initially with left turn off runway 25 and wrong input was discovered simultaneously when asked to contact denver center after 10000 ft and warned about VFR traffic with no altitude or type information. ATC queries our heading and we told about RA traffic within 2 miles from our AC. Clearance was issued to FL210 and to a fix on our flight plan. Later ATC asked us to call denver center upon landing.pilot non flying has been using cottonwood departure for years previously and accepted that clearance; entered that procedure to FMS as he was accustom to. Company dispatch had filed cottonwood departure. Cottonwood departure is not even in our ipad database and we are not approved for it. Prior takeoff acceleration altitude and diversion airport was briefed and after initial turn 215 heading problem was discovered. Both cottonwood and gypsum has initial 215 heading. Before crew had time to amend clearance with ATC crew had to avoid VFR traffic on TCAS.suggest extra care with FMS inputs. Never file procedures not authorized. ATC should query if authorized procedure in question before issue.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Challenger 300 flight crew reported filing and flying the Cottonwood Departure out of EGE which is not allowed by the company's policy.

Narrative: Pilot and non-flying pilot discussed before clearance was issued that Cottonwood departure was not to be accepted for departure and Gypsum was to be flown off Runway 25. Pilot nonflying copied clearance as filed and entered issued Cottonwood clearance into FMS by mistake. Both departures mirror each other initially with left turn off Runway 25 and wrong input was discovered simultaneously when asked to contact Denver center after 10000 ft and warned about VFR traffic with no altitude or type information. ATC queries our heading and we told about RA traffic within 2 miles from our AC. Clearance was issued to FL210 and to a fix on our flight plan. Later ATC asked us to call Denver center upon landing.Pilot non flying has been using Cottonwood departure for years previously and accepted that clearance; entered that procedure to FMS as he was accustom to. Company dispatch had filed Cottonwood departure. Cottonwood departure is not even in our iPad database and we are not approved for it. Prior takeoff acceleration altitude and diversion airport was briefed and after initial turn 215 heading problem was discovered. Both Cottonwood and Gypsum has initial 215 heading. Before crew had time to amend clearance with ATC crew had to avoid VFR traffic on TCAS.Suggest extra care with FMS inputs. Never file procedures not authorized. ATC should query if authorized procedure in question before issue.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.