Camping/road travel Colorado unit 49

[emmagator]

Specific to archery season. Can a guy haul a camp trailer and find a camp spot ok? Or is tent recommended? Atv/sxs needed? Does this unit typically get weather during the season?

 

[crazygrizz]

For camping or travel related questions, CO has a huge outdoor community. So just look up various trailheads or towns and you can find everything you want to know. As for Sept weather just prepare for anything, but I would prepare more for 40+ degrees with some bursts of crappy weather hours.

 

[satchamo]

I was just up there for 3rd rifle - tons of camping options.

 

[cnelk]

The entire area is a popular recreational area. All months of the year
Go have fun

 

[emmagator]

SxS atv needed? Or roads decent for a pickup?

 

[crazygrizz]

SxS atv needed? Or roads decent for a pickup?

Depends on what you want to do. You can park a truck at a trailhead and hike into a non-motorized area. You can hit some trails that are 4x4 rated and road hunt/short hike it. There are some trails that are sub 50" width restricted so you can only use ATVs and dirtbikes and such.

I would download OnX hunt and pay the $35 or whatever it is now for the yearly subscription. The put the gmu layer on and the motorized trails layer on, then do some e-scouting for where you'd like to camp or hunt around.

 

[satchamo]

SxS atv needed? Or roads decent for a pickup?

You can do it in a pickup if it isn’t lifted or overly wide. I took my f150 down a few jeep trails and they were pretty damn narrow

 

[cnelk]

I’ve use atvs in some spots and a truck in others.
I’ve pulled my camper one year and used my wall tent another time

Be prepared to go where the elk are

 

[sambo3006]

I drove multiple FS roads in my 4x4 truck last year. They weren't terrible, but a UTV would be very handy to avoid wear and tear on the truck.

 

[wind gypsy]

You can do it in a pickup if it isn’t lifted or overly wide. I took my f150 down a few jeep trails and they were pretty damn narrow

I'm guessing one of em might have been to that one glassing spot i mentioned - That was about as much pucker as I need in a basic f150 on A/Ts when i was there a few years back. Definitely wouldn't pull a camper through there but a guy could easily camp elsewhere and drive there.

OP - lots of options in/adjacent to that unit including AirBNB/VRBO (which is what I did both on my scouting trip and hunting but that was 4th season).

 

[5MilesBack]

I will say that some of those roads in there turn into axle grease slick with even a little bit of rain. They dry out quick with the sun on them, but make for a fun little trek right after or during a rain......LOL. Most years that's not a big deal during archery.