Elk Horn Mountain (FR 508.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Elk Horn Mountain (FR 508.1) in CO

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

34 mi from Saratoga

Maps 8,712 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

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

Difficult
  • 12 of this road’s 13.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 12 miles of it dirt.
  • Estimated climb: 1,700 ft over 13.3 miles through 20 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 33%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.7 miles off.
  • Elkhorn Mountain stands 831 ft above the map pin, 1.6 miles east.

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

October normals 25–49°F, 2.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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