Box Willow (FR 487.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access in Colorado

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Box Willow (FR 487.1) in CO

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

27 mi from Hayden

Maps 8,920 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

Local restrictions may apply; check the land manager’s camping rules.

Motor-vehicle season 6/15–12/1Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 3.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 1.1 miles of dirt.
  • Near Iron Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 680 ft over 3.6 miles through 4 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 23%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~100 ft on the downhill side.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 2.5: reported by travellers.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • Nipple Peak stands 1,402 ft above the map pin, 1.8 miles north.

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

September normals 36–63°F, 2.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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