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  • Ruedi Reservoir Boat Ramp, CG and Day Use area to open May 17

    Ruedi Reservoir boat ramp and parking area will undergo heavy maintenance May 1 through May 16 this season, delaying the typical May 1 opening by several weeks to May 17. The work will include removing vegetation, sealing the lot, and repainting the lane strips for better ingress and egress.

    Alert Start Date: April 18th, 2025
  • Aspen RD Seasonal Area and Trail Closures and Dog Restricitions

    The following are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands in the Aspen Ranger District, White River National Forest:

    Alert Start Date: February 10th, 2025
  • Hanging Lake and Glenwood Canyon trail reconstruction

    Beginning in May 2024, access to Hanging Lake and other Glenwood Canyon trails will be limited while trail reconstruction work, bridge replacements, and other improvements are completed. 

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2025
  • Rifle Ranger District, Occupancy and Use

    The following is prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands in the Rifle Ranger District, White River National Forest:

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2025
  • Grizzly Creek Canyon Area and Trail Closure

    The following is prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands and trails in the Rifle and Eagle Holy Cross Ranger Districts, White River National Forest:

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2025
  • Eagle - Holy Cross Ranger District, Occupancy and Use

    The following are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands in the Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District, White River National Forest

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2025
  • Eagle - Holy Cross Ranger District, Seasonal Trail Closures and Use

    The following are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) trails in the Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District, White River National Forest

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2025
  • Dillon Ranger District, Occupancy and Use

    The following are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands in the Dillon Ranger District, White River National Forest:

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2025
  • Blanco Ranger District, Occupancy and Use

    The following are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands in the Blanco Ranger District, White River National Forest:

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2025
  • Sopris Ranger District, Occupancy and Use

    The following are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands and trails in the Sopris Ranger District, White River National Forest:

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2025
  • Aspen Ranger District, Occupancy and Use

    Prohibitions on National Forest System (NFS) lands in the Aspen Ranger District

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2025
  • Carbondale and Glenwood Springs visitor centers are temporarily closed

    The Aspen-Sopris Ranger District in Carbondale will be closed for construction until 2025, and the Supervisor's Office visitor center in Glenwood Springs is closed until further notice. Please call (970) 945-2521 for any Aspen-Sopris specific inquiries.

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2025
  • Ruedi Marina Day Use area Dump Station is CLOSED

    The septic waste dump station at Ruedi Marina day use area is closed and non-functional. The nearest dump stations are in Silt and Edwards.

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2025
  • Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, Occupancy and Use

    The following acts are prohibited within the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness on the Leadville and Salida Ranger Districts of the Pike-San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Gunnison Ranger District of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, and

    Alert Start Date: July 19th, 2024
  • Food storage order

    May 15 to October 1, annually: Prohibits possessing or storing food - solid or liquid substance that is or may be consumed by any person or animal (including pet and stock food and harvested fish and game but excluding water or hay without additives) - or refuse, including items

    Alert Start Date: May 14th, 2024
  • Ptarmigan Wilderness, Occupancy and Use

    The following are prohibited on all National Forest Service (NFS) lands and trails within the Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness Area, Dillon Ranger District, White River National Forest

    Alert Start Date: May 10th, 2024
  • Eagles Nest Wilderness, Occupancy and Use

    The following are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands and trails within the Eagles Nest Wilderness Area, Eagle-Holy Cross and Dillon Ranger Districts, White River National Forest

    Alert Start Date: May 10th, 2024
  • Camping stay limitations

    Camping within the White River National Forest for more than 14-days with in any continuous 30-day period is prohibited; this begins on the first day of occupancy. 36 C.F.R. § 261.58(a)

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2024
  • Flat Tops Wilderness, Occupancy and Use

    The following are prohibited within the Flat Tops Wilderness on the Blanco, Rifle, and Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger Districts of the White River National Forest, and the Yampa Ranger District of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, in Eagle, Garfield, and Rio Blanco Counties, State of Colorado:

    Alert Start Date: January 1st, 2024
  • Wildwood Parcel, Occupancy and Use

    The following are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands known as the “Wildwood Parcel” in the Aspen- Sopris Ranger District, White River National Forest:

    Alert Start Date: June 1st, 2023
  • Holy Cross Wilderness Prohibitions

    The following are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands and trails within the Holy Cross Wilderness in the Eagle-Holy Cross and Aspen-Sopris Ranger Districts of the White River National Forest and the Leadville Ranger District of the San Isabel National Forest:

    Alert Start Date: May 1st, 2023
  • Maroon Bells - Snowmass Wilderness, Occupancy and Use

    The following are prohibited within the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of the White River and Gunnison National Forests in the Aspen, Sopris, and Gunnison Ranger Districts, including in specific zones within the Wilderness, described below and shown on the attached maps incorporated into this O

    Alert Start Date: April 20th, 2023
  • Tenderfoot - Frey Gulch Fire Closure

    The following act is prohibited in the Dillon Ranger District, White River National Forest, Summit County, State of Colorado

    Alert Start Date: April 18th, 2023
  • Holy Cross Wilderness, Occupancy and Use

    The following are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands and trails within the Holy Cross Wilderness in the Eagle-Holy Cross and Aspen-Sopris Ranger Districts of the White River National Forest and the Leadville Ranger District of the San Isabel National Forest:

    Alert Start Date: April 5th, 2023
  • El Jebel Administrative Site Prohibitions

    The following acts are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands known as the El Jebel Administrative Parcel in the Aspen-Sopris Ranger District, White River National Forest

    Alert Start Date: August 19th, 2022
  • Sweetwater Lake Area, Occupancy and Use

    The following acts are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands at Sweetwater Lake and vicinity in the White River National Forest, Garfield County, State of Colorado:

    Alert Start Date: May 20th, 2022
  • Maroon Bells Scenic Area - Maroon Valley Prohibitions

    The following acts are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands and waters in the Maroon Valley and Maroon Bells Scenic Area:

    Alert Start Date: April 26th, 2022
  • Eagle-Holy Cross and Dillon RD, Dispersed Camping Restrictions

    The following acts are prohibited on National Forest System (NFS) lands in the White River National Forest described below and shown on the attached map:

    Alert Start Date: April 7th, 2022
  • Holy Cross RD, Group Size Limits

    The following acts are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands within the White River National Forest described below and shown on the attached maps:

    Alert Start Date: April 7th, 2022
  • Eagle-Holy Cross RD, Occupancy and Use

    The following acts are prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands in the White River National Forest described below and shown on the attached maps:

    Alert Start Date: April 7th, 2022
  • Eagle - Holy Cross and Dillon Ranger District, Dispersed Camping Restrictions

    The following acts are prohibited on National Forest System (NFS) lands in the White River National Forest

    Alert Start Date: April 7th, 2022
  • McCoy Park - Beaver Creek Ski Area, Seasonal Closure

    The following act is prohibited on the National Forest System (NFS) lands at McCoy Park in Beaver Creek Ski Area in the White River National Forest, Eagle County, State of Colorado:

    Alert Start Date: October 28th, 2021
  • No camping within 100' of water and trails

    No camping within 100' of a body of water (such as a lake, stream, pond, or river) or a National Forest System Trail.

    Alert Start Date: March 22nd, 2021
  • Hunter Fryingpan Wilderness, Occupancy and Use

    The following acts are prohibited within the Hunter-Frying Pan Wilderness on the Aspen-Sopris Ranger Districts of the White River National Forest, in Pitkin County, State of Colorado: 

    Alert Start Date: January 15th, 2021
  • Dillon Ranger District, Designated Dispersed Camping

    The following acts are prohibited on certain National Forest System lands within the Dillon Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Summit County, Colorado

    Alert Start Date: November 9th, 2020
  • Green Mountain Reservoir, Jump Rock Closure

    The following act is prohibited on the National Forest System lands in the Dillon Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Summit County, Colorado

    Alert Start Date: September 3rd, 2020
  • Ski Area prohibitions

    ls is prohibited to go into or be upon the Restricted Area when in violation of Colorado Revised Statutes Title
    33, Article 44, specifically including, but not limited to, Sections 105 and I 09, also known as the Colorado
    Ski Safety Act of 1979. 36. C.F.R 261.53(e)
     

    Alert Start Date: November 21st, 2019
  • No Camping or Fires Along Montezuma Road

    The following act is (U.S.C.) § prohibited within the White River National Forest, on the Dillon Ranger District, in Summit County

    Alert Start Date: October 29th, 2019
  • Hanging Lake Occupancy and Use

    The following acts are prohibited on those National Forest Service lands described as the Hanging Lake National Natural Landmark Area and on all trails within the Restricted Area within the Eagle/Holy Cross Range

    Alert Start Date: May 1st, 2019
  • Bicycle Use

    The following acts are prohibited as shown on Exhibit A of this order within the White River National Forest, Colorado:

    Alert Start Date: December 26th, 2017
  • Raggeds Wilderness, Occupancy and Use

    The following acts are prohibited on National Forest System lands within the Raggeds Wilderness of the White River and Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests:

    Alert Start Date: March 21st, 2017
  • Asbestos safety closure - Camp Hale

    The following acts are prohibited on National Forest lands in Sections 3, 4, 9, and 10 in Township 7S and Range 80W (parts of Camp Hale)

    Alert Start Date: October 12th, 2012
  • No Travel Off Roads and Trails in Parts of Camp Hale

    The following acts are prohibited on National Forest lands in Township 7S and Range 80W (parts of Camp Hale)

    Alert Start Date: October 12th, 2012
  • Dillon Reservoir, Boat Storage

    The following act is prohibited within the boundaries of the Dillon Ranger District, White River National Forest, until this Order is rescinded.

    Alert Start Date: July 3rd, 2005
  • No Motorized Vehicles off Boreas Pass Road

    The following act is prohibited, at the area surrounding the Boreas Pass Section House, {as shown on Exhibit A), within the White River National Forest

    Alert Start Date: January 21st, 1998
  • Unlicensed OHV/vehicle restrictions and camping

    Prohibitions on all National Forest system lands, roads, trails and improvements on the White River National Forest and the Dillon District of the Arapaho National Forest until further notice

    Alert Start Date: March 3rd, 1997
  • Webster Pass Seasonal Road Closure

    The following acts are prohibited on the South Platte Ranger District and Dillon Ranger District as described in this order 

    Alert Start Date: February 27th, 1997
  • Aspen RD, No Camping within 300' of a Trailhead- Exceptions

    The following acts are prohibited within the boundaries of the Aspen Ranger District, White River National Forest:

    Alert Start Date: October 10th, 1996
  • Cooper Basin Drainage Closed to Motorized Vehicles

    To continue historic modes of travel within the Cooper Basin Drainage, operation of motorized vehicles is prohibited: 

    Alert Start Date: May 15th, 1996
  • Developed campground stay limitations

    Stay limits for developed campgrounds on the White River National Forest

    Alert Start Date: June 23rd, 1993