Capitol City sheep corrals (BLM 3303) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Capitol City sheep corrals (BLM 3303) in CO

Road corridorBLM, Gunnison

11 mi from Ouray

Maps 11,621 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 1.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Grizzly Gulch Trailhead.
  • Estimated climb: 140 ft over 1.6 miles, with sustained grades near 12%.
  • Dead-ends 0.1 miles in at a mapped turnaround.

Known camping along this road between mile 0.9 and mile 1.2: 1 mapped spot.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Edith Mountain stands 985 ft above the map pin, 0.5 miles north.
  • Lake Fork Gunnison River runs 0.2 mi off.

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 24–47°F, 4.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.