Sand Mt (FR 480.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Sand Mt (FR 480.1) in CO

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

22 mi from Hayden

Maps 9,831 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 7/1–12/1Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 5.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near McFaddin Peak.
  • Estimated climb: 1,900 ft over 5.6 miles through 9 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 36%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
  • Meaden Peak stands 708 ft above the map pin, 0.7 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 27–49°F, 3.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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