Timber Basin Trl in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Timber Basin Trl in CO
Road corridorWhite River NF, Eagle Ranger District
8.1 mi from Gypsum
Maps 10,647 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
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkFAIR
Road Access
Difficult
- Road difficulty 4 of 5: a difficult drive in.
- Near Suicide Mountain.
- Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 30%, 100% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 80 ft, with sustained grades near 30% and pitches to 46%.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~100 ft on the downhill side.
- Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Secluded
- Secluded here, with the nearest through road 2.8 miles off.
- Fish Pond Lake lies 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 25–48°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.