Buffalo Pass (FR 60.1) in CO

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

3.7 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 7,630 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Motor-vehicle season 7/1–12/1Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days

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Difficult

5.4 of this road’s 15.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 13.2 miles of it dirt.
Estimated climb: 4,100 ft over 15.1 miles through 33 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 24%.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~110 ft on the downhill side.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
A cattle guard 24.2 miles along the road.

5 known camp spots along this road, between mile 4.8 and mile 24.5: 2 mapped, 3 reported by travellers.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Buffalo Mountain stands 2,753 ft above the map pin, 3.9 miles east.
Gunn Creek runs 0.9 mi off.
Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

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

September normals 37–70°F, 2.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Buffalo Pass (FR 60.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access in Colorado