S Fk Arapaho CR (FR 700.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
S Fk Arapaho CR (FR 700.1) in CO
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Parks Ranger District
23 mi from Steamboat Springs
5.2 mi off US 40 (straight line)
Maps 9,433 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
- 13.6 of this road’s 28.4 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 18.6 miles of it dirt.
- Estimated climb: 4,800 ft over 28.4 miles through 31 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 25%.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
- Cattle guards 8.9, 14.9 and 22.2 miles along the road.
Known camping along this road at mile 13.7: 1 mapped spot.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- Little Haystack Mountain stands 1,254 ft above the map pin, 1.8 miles southeast.
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 23–50°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.