Ripper (FR 823) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Ripper (FR 823) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, South Park Ranger District

19 mi from Blue River

Maps 9,510 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.

Pike-San Isabel National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 20 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 0.8 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Mud Hill.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.6 miles off.
  • Porcupine Spring lies 0.4 mi off.
  • South Twin Cone Peak stands 2,817 ft above the map pin, 5.9 miles north.

Rules

  • Camping within 100 feet of a body of water (such as a lake, stream, pond, or river) unless in a Forest Service developed recreation site or designated dispersed site.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 24–54°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.