Medicine Bow Divide Spur 1E (FR 516.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Medicine Bow Divide Spur 1E (FR 516.1) in CO
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Parks Ranger District
38 mi from Laramie
Maps 8,818 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Difficult
- All 0.9 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Near American Mine.
- Estimated climb: 220 ft over 0.9 miles, with sustained grades near 12%.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- A pond lies 0.5 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.
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 24–50°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.