Slate Creek in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Slate Creek in CO
Road corridorWhite River NF, Holy Cross Ranger District
15 mi from Avon
Maps 9,333 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
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Road Access
Difficult
- Road difficulty 4 of 5: a difficult drive in.
- Near Long Park.
- Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 24%, 70% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 1,600 ft through 12 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 32%.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
- Cottonwood Peak stands 2,143 ft above the map pin, 2.0 miles west.
Rules
- Dispersed campers should choose a site that is already impacted, no more than 300' from the centerline of the road and at least 100' from any body of water.…Unless otherwise noted, maximum stay is 14 days within a 30-day period, for recreational use only: residential use is not permitted. After 14 days, campers must relocate outside a 20 mile radius.
- 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 31–52°F, 2.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.