Red Dirt (FR 100.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access in Colorado
Red Dirt (FR 100.1) in CO
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Yampa Ranger District
13 mi from Steamboat Springs
Maps 9,377 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
Local restrictions may apply; check the land manager’s camping rules.
Motor-vehicle season 9/13–12/15Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT
Road Access
Difficult
- 7.2 of this road’s 41.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 9.8 miles of dirt.
- Winds through 16 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
9 known camp spots along this road, between mile 0.9 and mile 36.6: 2 mapped, 7 reported by travellers.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- Rabbit Ears Peak rises 3.9 miles north.
Rules
- Dispersed camping is allowed, except where the area is posted closed, within 200 feet of any developed road, trail, picnic area, water source and trailhead, as well as ¼ mile from campgrounds. … Dispersed camping is limited to 16 days in the Medicine Bow Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland and 14 days in the Routt Forest in a 30 day period.
- Camping rules
Climate averages
September normals 36–64°F, 2.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.