Miners Creek Road (FR 1000.1) in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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Miners Creek Road (FR 1000.1) in CO

Road corridorWhite River NF, Dillon Ranger District

0.5 mi from Frisco

1.4 mi off I-70 (straight line)

Maps 9,054 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Camping is prohibited from mile 0 to mile 1.5 of this road.

White River National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 5/21–11/22Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Difficult
  • All 3.9 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 3.4 miles of it dirt.
  • Near Ophir Mountain.
  • Estimated climb: 1,500 ft over 3.9 miles through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 23%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Roadside parking · Within 30 ft of the road edge on MVUM-designated routes
  • Only where safe, without resource damage, and where signs and orders allow
  • Driving up to 300 ft off the road to camp is allowed only on routes 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834 and 23

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Peak One stands 3,740 ft above the map pin, 2.8 miles southwest.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 5, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.

Rules

  • Dispersed camping in areas of high use is limited to designated sites
  • On part of this corridor: Camping: Prohibited. (Miners Creek Road, Dillon Ranger District recreation page) No dispersed camping for the first 1.5 miles of the road. Dispersed camping is permitted beyond 1.5 miles; 4WD recommended.
  • Camp at least 100 ft from body of water or national forest system trail; except at developed recreation site or designated dispersed site.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 26–54°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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