Walton Repeater (FR 302.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access in Colorado

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Walton Repeater (FR 302.1) in CO

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

11 mi from Steamboat Springs

Maps 9,527 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

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

Motor-vehicle season 7/1–12/1Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
VerizonWEAK
AT&TWEAK
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Difficult
  • 0.4 of this road’s 3.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.4 miles of dirt.
  • Near Walton Peak.
  • Estimated climb: 800 ft over 3.8 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 17%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

7 known camp spots along this road, between mile 0.7 and mile 3.4: reported by travellers.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Walton Peak stands 1,019 ft above the map pin, 2.1 miles southwest.

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

September normals 3563°F, 2.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.