Deer Peak (FR 401) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Deer Peak (FR 401) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, San Carlos Ranger District

20 mi from Colorado City

20 mi off I-25 (straight line)

Maps 11,318 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 5/1–11/30Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 8.3 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 1,000 ft over 8.3 miles through 6 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 24%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A cattle guard 7.8 miles along the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.

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.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 25–48°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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