Music Pass (FR 119) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Music Pass (FR 119) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, San Carlos Ranger District

35 mi from Colorado City

Maps 10,475 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

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

Difficult
  • 2.8 of this road’s 3.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Music Pass Trailhead.
  • Estimated climb: 1,500 ft over 3.1 miles through 4 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 26%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Water crossings 1.3, 1.4, 1.6 and 1.7 miles along the road.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Snowslide Mountain stands 1,192 ft above the map pin, 0.9 miles southwest.

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 27–49°F, 3.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.