Nipple Peak (FR 47.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Nipple Peak (FR 47.1) in CO

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

29 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 8,082 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 1.1 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near City Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 270 ft over 1.1 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 15%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • City Mountain stands 1,441 ft above the map pin, 1.3 miles west.

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 29–53°F, 2.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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