Trickel Park (FR 121) in CO

Road corridorGrand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison NFs, Grand Valley Ranger District

11 mi from Cedaredge

Maps 10,280 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 2.2–3.8 and 12.3–13.5 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Motor-vehicle season 5/31–11/30Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · then move 3 road mi · No more than 28 days in any 60-day period

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Difficult

0.2 of this road’s 25.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.3 miles of dirt.
Near Ward Way Picnic Site.
Estimated climb: 1,700 ft over 25.3 miles through 15 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 30%.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~110 ft on the downhill side.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
A cattle guard 15.2 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road between mile 23.9 and mile 24.6: 1 mapped spot.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
The Cobbett Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off.

October normals 26–48°F, 3.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Trickel Park (FR 121) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access