Big Buck in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Big Buck in CO
Road corridorWhite River NF, Eagle Ranger District
5.8 mi from Gypsum
Maps 9,877 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
VerizonUSABLE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkFAIR
Road Access
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Near Hardscrabble Saddle.
- 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: 20 ft, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 18%.
- Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.6 miles off.
Rules
- Camping, unless in a Forest Service developed recreation site or designated dispersed site, within 100 feet of a body of water (such as a lake, stream, pond, river, wetland) or a National Forest System Trail. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(e)
- Camp at least 100 ft from body of water or national forest system trail; except at developed recreation site or designated dispersed site.
Climate averages
October normals 28–50°F, 2.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.