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rio grande national forest
11 Porch Notes tagged “rio grande national forest,” from counties across Colorado.
Outdoors and wildfire - Alamosa County
Blanca Peak and the rough road to Lake Como
Blanca Peak rises on Alamosa County's eastern edge, and the Forest Service describes the jeep road to its Lake Como trailhead as extremely rough and rocky, so most people walk it.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Costilla County
Reaching Blanca Peak means walking or crawling up the Lake Como road
Blanca Peak, one of Colorado's highest summits, is reached from a trailhead off Highway 150 where a rough jeep road to Lake Como turns back most vehicles.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Conejos County
The west side of Conejos County is national forest, with its own rules
Much of western Conejos County is the Rio Grande National Forest, managed by the Conejos Peak Ranger District, where camping and access follow Forest Service rules rather than open-anywhere freedom.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Rio Grande County
South Fork is the doorway to the Rio Grande National Forest
At South Fork, Highway 149 begins the Silver Thread byway and the Rio Grande National Forest opens up, with public-land rules that differ from a town or a park.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Costilla County
Costilla County reaches from the Rio Grande to the Sangre de Cristo crest
Public land in Costilla County runs from valley floor near the Rio Grande up into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, managed mostly by the BLM and the Forest Service with their own access rules.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Costilla County
The Sangre de Cristo Wilderness is close to Costilla County, not in it
The Sangre de Cristo Wilderness lies just beyond Costilla County's northwest corner, and its special camping and campfire rules apply on the national forest side of the range — while much of Costilla's own high country is private land.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Conejos County
The South San Juan Wilderness fills the wild western edge of Conejos County
The South San Juan Wilderness covers much of western Conejos County, and as designated wilderness it allows foot and horse travel but no bikes or motorized vehicles.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Alamosa County
Dispersed camping in the Rio Grande National Forest
The Rio Grande National Forest around the San Luis Valley allows free dispersed camping outside developed campgrounds, but with real limits on where you park, how close to water, and how long you stay.
Read note ->Water and land - Saguache County
The whole La Garita country was shaped by one enormous eruption
Wheeler's pale spires, Penitente Canyon's walls, and much of western Saguache County's rock come from a huge ancient volcanic eruption.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Conejos County
Camping along the Conejos River road follows a special designated-site order
Forest Service Road 250 up the Conejos River is under a special order that limits where you can park and camp, so the usual dispersed-camping freedom does not apply along this corridor.
Read note ->Outdoors and wildfire - Saguache County
La Garita Wilderness and the Wheeler Geologic Area are hard to reach on purpose
The La Garita Wilderness in the Rio Grande National Forest holds the volcanic spires of the Wheeler Geologic Area, which you reach only by a long hike or a rough four-wheel-drive road.
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