Pipe Line Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Pipe Line Rd in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, Salida Ranger District

9.2 mi from Salida

Maps 8,910 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.

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Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi
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Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Mount Shavano Trailhead.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 12%.
  • Estimated climb: 420 ft, with sustained grades near 12%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Mount Shavano stands 5,307 ft above the map pin, 5.3 miles northwest.

Rules

  • Camping within 100 feet of a body of water (such as a lake, stream, pond, or river) unless in a Forest Service developed recreation site or designated dispersed site.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 28–58°F, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.