Third Gulch Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Third Gulch Rd in CO
Road corridorWhite River NF, Eagle Ranger District
8.0 mi from Eagle
Maps 10,516 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 Coffin Mountain.
- Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 18%, 100% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 180 ft through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 31%.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~140 ft on the downhill side.
- Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- Hardscrabble Mountain stands 653 ft above the map pin, 0.5 miles southwest.
- McKenzie 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.
Climate averages
October normals 24–49°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.