Cedar Pass (FR 261) in WY -- Camping Rules & Access
Cedar Pass (FR 261) in WY
Road corridorMedicine Bow-Routt NF, Brush Creek-Hayden Ranger District
11 mi from Saratoga
Maps 7,777 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 41.1–41.3 and 54.6–55.2 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests ↗
Motor-vehicle season 5/1–11/14Stay limit: 16 days · within 30 days · then move 3 mi
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkGOOD
Road Access
Difficult
- 31 of this road’s 55.7 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 32.4 miles of it dirt.
- Estimated climb: 5,500 ft over 55.7 miles through 14 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 34%.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~110 ft on the downhill side.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
- Kennaday Peak stands 3,037 ft above the map pin, 4.2 miles east.
- Savage Creek runs 1.1 mi off.
Climate averages
October normals 28–55°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.