Bristol Head (FR 532) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Bristol Head (FR 532) in CO
Road corridorRio Grande NF, Divide Ranger District
28 mi from Ouray
22 mi off US 160 (straight line)
Maps 10,367 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 6–6.8 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Motor-vehicle season 5/16–3/14Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Difficult
- 9.8 of this road’s 25.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 20.8 miles of it dirt.
- Estimated climb: 4,200 ft over 25.7 miles through 15 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 23%.
- Dead-ends 7.5 miles in at a mapped turnaround.
- Cattle guards 6.4 and 7.6 miles along the road.
- A water crossing 7.7 miles along the road.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 2.0 miles off.
- The Continental Reservoir shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
- Jarosa Mesa stands 1,691 ft above the map pin, 3.2 miles northwest.
Rules
Climate averages
October normals 23–52°F, 2.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.