Co Rd 8 — Yampa in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Co Rd 8 — Yampa in CO
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Yampa Ranger District
28 mi from Hayden
Maps 9,851 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 20%, 100% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 1,700 ft, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 26%.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~120 ft on the downhill side.
Known camping along this road between mile 0.8 and mile 19: 29 mapped spots.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
- Lost Lakes Peaks stands 2,077 ft above the map pin, 5.1 miles southeast.
Rules
- Dispersed camping is allowed, except where the area is posted closed, within 200 feet of any developed road, trail, picnic area, water source and trailhead, as well as ¼ mile from campgrounds. … 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.
Climate averages
October normals 25–51°F, 2.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.