Black Mountain (FR 110.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Black Mountain (FR 110.1) in CO

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Hahns Peak-Bears Ears Ranger District

14 mi from Craig

Maps 6,781 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–6.5 and 35.3–36.3 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 4.4 of this road’s 36.9 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 4.4 miles of dirt.
  • Near McInturf Mesa.
  • Estimated climb: 3,100 ft over 36.9 miles through 25 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 23%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A gate 15.2 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road between mile 6.6 and mile 7.3: .

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Black Mountain stands 4,072 ft above the map pin, 6.8 miles northeast.

Rules

  • Dispersed camping is available throughout the Medicine Bow-Routt Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland.…Dispersed camping is limited to 16 days in the Medicine Bow Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland and 14 days in the Routt Forest in a 30 day period.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 31–58°F, 2.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.