Reed CR (FR 440.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Reed CR (FR 440.1) in CO

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

16 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 7,618 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

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

Difficult
  • 6 of this road’s 13.3 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 4.5 miles of dirt.
  • Near Round Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 2,300 ft over 13.3 miles through 9 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 35%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~110 ft on the downhill side.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Cattle guards 5.9 and 11.2 miles along the road.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.0 miles off.
  • A pond lies 0.4 mi off.
  • The Dome stands 4,131 ft above the map pin, 10 miles east.

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 25–55°F, 2.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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