Arrastra Gulch in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Arrastra Gulch in CO

Road corridorBLM, Gunnison

14 mi from Telluride

Maps 9,885 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.

BLM Gunnison Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 30 mi
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Road Access

Difficult
  • Road difficulty 4 of 5: a difficult drive in.
  • Near Waterfall Overlook.
  • Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, gravel, pitching to 22%, 100% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 750 ft, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 21%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~130 ft on the downhill side.
  • Terrain estimates suggest little level ground beside this road.

Known camping along this road at mile 0.1: .

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles off.
  • Hazelton Mountain stands 2,582 ft above the map pin, 1.3 miles south.
  • Animas River runs 0.4 mi off.

Rules

  • You must not camp longer than 14 days in any 30-day period, at any one location, including any campground on public land. … After the 14 days have been reached, you must move at least 30 air miles away from the previously occupied location.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 30–53°F, 3.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.