"Y" Spur Nw (FR 873) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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"Y" Spur Nw (FR 873) in CO

Road corridorPike and San Isabel NFs, South Park Ranger District

17 mi from Woodland Park

Maps 8,471 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 0.7 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Blue Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 220 ft over 0.7 miles, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 18%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
  • Blue Mountain stands 754 ft above the map pin, 1.3 miles southeast.
  • South Fork of the South Platte River runs 1.1 mi off.

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 25–58°F, 0.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.