NFS Rd 487 in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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NFS Rd 487 in CO

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

27 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 8,462 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 Iron Mountain.
  • 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: 530 ft, with sustained grades near 26% and pitches to 42%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~110 ft on the downhill side.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • Iron Mountain stands 1,265 ft above the map pin, 1.4 miles northeast.
  • The Hahns Peak Lake shoreline is 0.6 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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 29–52°F, 2.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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