Middle Hunt CR (FR 942.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access
Middle Hunt CR (FR 942.1) in CO
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Yampa Ranger District
24 mi from Steamboat Springs
Maps 8,127 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0–0.3 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Difficult
- All 1.5 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Near Heart Mountain.
- Estimated climb: 620 ft over 1.5 miles, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 16%.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
- Bellyache Mountain stands 1,685 ft above the map pin, 2.4 miles southwest.
- Mill Creek Ditch runs 0.9 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Rules
- Dispersed camping is allowed, except where the area is posted closed, within 200 feet of any developed road, trail, picnic area, water source and trailhead, as well as ¼ mile from campgrounds. … 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
Climate averages
October normals 30–56°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.