Hahns Peak Lake Cg (FR 486.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Hahns Peak Lake Cg (FR 486.1) in CO

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

27 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 8,442 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
  • 0.2 of this road’s 3.5 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.2 miles of dirt.
  • Near Cap Smith Hill.
  • Estimated climb: 480 ft over 3.5 miles through 8 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 27%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~100 ft on the downhill side.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.6 miles off.
  • Iron Mountain stands 1,285 ft above the map pin, 1.2 miles northeast.
  • The Hahns Peak Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off.

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 27–51°F, 2.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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