Beef Trail Rd in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Beef Trail Rd in CO

Road corridorBLM, Uncompahgre

19 mi from Mountain Village

Maps 8,448 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

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

BLM Uncompahgre Field Office ↗

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

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Big Baldy.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 14%, 100% of it on a shelf.
  • Estimated climb: 290 ft through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 16%.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~140 ft on the downhill side.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Lone Cone stands 4,154 ft above the map pin, 5.9 miles southwest.
  • Gurley Ditch runs 0.6 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 29–57°F, 2.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.