Co Rd 179 in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Co Rd 179 in CO

Road corridorArapaho and Roosevelt NFs, Canyon Lakes Ranger District

26 mi from Laporte

Maps 7,628 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · No more than 30 days in any 365-day period
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Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Many Thunders Mountain.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 12%, 30% of it on a shelf.

Known camping along this road between mile 0.3 and mile 0.4: 1 mapped spot.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Many Thunders Mountain stands 876 ft above the map pin, 0.8 miles north.
  • Columbine Creek runs 0.5 mi off.

Rules

  • You may camp within 300 feet of most Forest Service Roads and some Larimer County Roads as long as you are on National Forest System lands.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 30–55°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.