Cottonwood Pass Rd — Eagle in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Cottonwood Pass Rd — Eagle in CO

Road corridorWhite River NF, Eagle Ranger District

8.0 mi from Dotsero

Maps 8,083 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

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

White River National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 12%, 100% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 0 ft, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 15%.

Known camping along this road at mile 0: .

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Cottonwood Divide stands 988 ft above the map pin, 1.7 miles northwest.

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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 33–57°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.