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4 Porch Notes tagged “wilderness rules,” from counties across Colorado.

Outdoors and wildfire - San Miguel County

The Lizard Head Wilderness holds three fourteeners and bans motors and bikes

The Lizard Head Wilderness southwest of Telluride contains the Mount Wilson, Wilson Peak, and El Diente fourteeners and the Lizard Head spire, and it is closed to bikes and motor vehicles.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Routt County

Mount Zirkel Wilderness is the high, roadless country east of Steamboat

The Mount Zirkel Wilderness in the Park Range is designated wilderness, which means no motors, bikes, or wheeled carts and a set of rules different from regular national forest.

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Outdoors and wildfire - San Juan County

The Weminuche Wilderness fills much of San Juan County's high country

The Weminuche is Colorado's largest designated wilderness, spreading across San Juan County's peaks with strict no-motor, no-bike rules and a 15-person group limit.

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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.

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