Grizzly Helena Trl — Parks in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Grizzly Helena Trl — Parks in CO
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Parks Ranger District
31 mi from Steamboat Springs
Maps 8,565 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Moderate
- Road difficulty 2 of 5: a moderate drive in.
- Near Grand Republic Mine.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 6%.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- Red Elephant Mountain stands 3,005 ft above the map pin, 4.3 miles west.
- A river runs 0.6 mi off.
Rules
- 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. If you continue camping after 30 days, you must move at least 3 miles from your current site. 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.
Climate averages
October normals 29–51°F, 3.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.