South Chance Gulch Rd (BLM 3070) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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South Chance Gulch Rd (BLM 3070) in CO

Road corridorBLM, Gunnison

2.4 mi from Gunnison

Maps 7,695 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

Bureau of Land Management default; a local order can restrict it.

BLM Gunnison Field Office ↗

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

Difficult
  • All 17.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Hartman Rocks Trailhead.
  • Estimated climb: 3,600 ft over 17.5 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 26%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Cattle guards 4.1, 11.5 and 14.1 miles along the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.5 miles off.
  • Tenderfoot Mountain stands 932 ft above the map pin, 1.5 miles northeast.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

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.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 26–60°F, 0.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.