Iron Mountain (FR 488.1) in CO

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

29 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 9,057 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

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

VerizonNONE

AT&TNONE

T-MobileNONE

StarlinkGOOD

Difficult

3.5 of this road’s 7.1 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 3.5 miles of dirt.
Estimated climb: 1,500 ft over 7.1 miles through 9 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 38%.
Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~100 ft on the downhill side.
Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

1 known camp spot along this road, at mile 6.7: reported by travellers.

Limited privacy

Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
Nipple Peak stands 1,265 ft above the map pin, 1.2 miles west.

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 35–62°F, 1.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

Iron Mountain (FR 488.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access in Colorado