Express Creek Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Express Creek Rd in CO
Road corridorWhite River NF
10 mi from Aspen
Maps 9,593 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
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkFAIR
Road Access
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Near Ashcroft Ghost Town.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 24%, 100% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 40 ft, with sustained grades near 20% and pitches to 31%.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~150 ft on the downhill side.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
- A gate 0.3 miles along the road.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.8 miles off.
- Ashcroft Mountain stands 2,789 ft above the map pin, 1.2 miles southeast.
- Express Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
Rules
Climate averages
October normals 25–52°F, 2.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.