Little Bear Creek Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Little Bear Creek Rd in CO
Road corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Clear Creek Ranger District
1.6 mi from Idaho Springs
Maps 8,013 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · no more than 30 days in any 365-day period
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Road Access
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Near Flirtation Peak.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 16%, 100% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 0 ft through 6 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 17%.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~120 ft on the downhill side.
- Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
- Chief Mountain stands 3,668 ft above the map pin, 3.2 miles south.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
- Beaver Brook runs 0.4 mi off.
Climate averages
October normals 31–59°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.