Redskin (FR 550) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Redskin (FR 550) in CO

Dispersed camping corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, South Platte Ranger District

14 mi from Aspen Park

5.5 mi off US 285 (straight line)

Maps 7,792 ft

Designated sites only

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 1.7 of this road’s 16.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 15.8 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Wellington Dam.
  • Winds through 11 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road between mile 12 and mile 16.1: 34 mapped spots.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Mount Jerome stands 957 ft above the map pin, 0.8 miles northeast.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

Rules

  • Camping within 100 feet of a body of water (such as a lake, stream, pond, or river) unless in a Forest Service developed recreation site or designated dispersed site.
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  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–59°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.