Gross Reservoir (FR 97.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Gross Reservoir (FR 97.1) in CO

Dispersed camping corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Boulder Ranger District

3.4 mi from Coal Creek

Maps 7,955 ft

Designated sites only

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 5/15–12/1Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · no more than 30 days in any 365-day period
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkGOOD

Road Access

Difficult
  • All 1.8 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Forsythe Rock.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.5 miles off.
  • Starr Peak stands 2,572 ft above the map pin, 3.8 miles south.
  • South Boulder Creek runs 1.1 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 34–57°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.