Box Canyon Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Box Canyon Rd in CO
Road corridorRio Grande NF, Divide Ranger District
34 mi from Ouray
Maps 9,202 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Near Road Canyon Number 1 Dam.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 30%, 100% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 90 ft, with sustained grades near 30% and pitches to 41%.
- Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
- Rio Grande runs 0.1 mi off.
- Bristol Head stands 3,501 ft above the map pin, 4.8 miles east.
Rules
Climate averages
October normals 24–57°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.