Co Rd 60 — BLM in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Co Rd 60 — BLM in CO

Road corridorBLM, Gunnison

12 mi from Gunnison

Maps 8,046 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.

BLM Gunnison Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 30 mi
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Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Prospector Spring.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 14%, 30% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 1,300 ft, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 14%.
  • A cattle guard at the start of the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.5 miles off.
  • Alder Creek runs 0.7 mi off.
  • Henry Mountain stands 5,211 ft above the map pin, 13 miles north.

Rules

  • You must not camp longer than 14 days in any 30-day period, at any one location, including any campground on public land. … After the 14 days have been reached, you must move at least 30 air miles away from the previously occupied location.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 25–60°F, 0.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.