Sundell Rdg in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Sundell Rdg in CO
Road corridorWhite River NF, Eagle Ranger District
5.8 mi from Gypsum
Maps 8,167 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
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Near Suicide Mountain.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 30%, 100% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 0 ft, with sustained grades near 30% and pitches to 34%.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 2.0 miles off.
- Suicide Mountain stands 1,671 ft above the map pin, 1.3 miles southwest.
- Sundell Creek runs 0.9 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.
Climate averages
October normals 31–59°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.