Middle Frost Creek in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Middle Frost Creek in CO

Road corridorWhite River NF, Eagle Ranger District

7.8 mi from Eagle

Maps 10,212 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.
  • Near Hardscrabble Mountain.
  • 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: 240 ft, with sustained grades near 16%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Hardscrabble Mountain stands 957 ft above the map pin, 1.0 miles southeast.
  • Third Gulch Spring lies 0.7 mi 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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 27–49°F, 2.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.