FS Rd 301 in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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FS Rd 301 in CO

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

2.7 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 8,353 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.
  • Near Fish Creek Falls.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 30%, 100% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 500 ft, with sustained grades near 30% and pitches to 43%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.3 miles off.
  • Buffalo Mountain stands 2,030 ft above the map pin, 2.6 miles northeast.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 31–54°F, 2.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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