Rcr 25 in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

AnyRoost

Rcr 25 in CO

Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Yampa Ranger District

22 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 8,145 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
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Pinnacle Peak.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 10%, 43% of it on a shelf.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Sand Point stands 3,023 ft above the map pin, 5.3 miles southwest.
  • South Spronks Creek runs 0.4 mi off.

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.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 26–55°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.