Falls (FR 296.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Falls (FR 296.1) in CO

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

8.5 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 9,271 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 1.8 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Walton Peak.
  • Estimated climb: 300 ft over 1.8 miles, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 20%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Known camping along this road between mile 0.1 and mile 0.4: .

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Walton Peak stands 1,275 ft above the map pin, 2.3 miles southeast.

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 28–51°F, 3.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.