Southern Cross (FR 417.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Southern Cross (FR 417.1) in CO

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

27 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 8,680 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–0.8 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗

Motor-vehicle season 6/15–12/1Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 17.2 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Near Beryl Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 6,500 ft over 17.2 miles through 20 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 20% and pitches to 35%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~130 ft on the downhill side.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.3 miles off.
  • Hahns Peak stands 2,140 ft above the map pin, 2.0 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 27–51°F, 2.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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