FR-302 Dispersed Camping - Rabbit Ears Pass

Perfect for a night. Lots of places to park/camp.  My only complaint were the mosquitos. Tons. But if you have spray you'll be fine.

Very nice spot close to Steamboat Springs. (Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest) We arrived a little before noon on a Saturday in July. The road in was fine and very manageable with the OP 15 and a 1/2 ton truck. We found a beautiful spot 1.9 miles in on the East (left) side of the road. We saw 6-7 other campers set up on the way in… Mostly tent campers and a van or two. (Later in the weekend we did see some fairly sizable rigs occupying some “spots” along the 1.9 mile route to our spot) There may have been a place or two open that we could have chosen on the way in, but I’m glad that we kept going and settled in this spot. We had a beautiful view and the weather was perfect. Only downfall was the mosquitos. They were pretty bad this time of the year. Bring bug spray, or better yet, a misquote tent. We bought one in Steamboat Springs on our second day here and it was well worth the money! Verizon service was good and we had 2-3 bars all of the time. There was a little traffic on FR 302 but only about 1 car every 4-6 hours or so. Overall… Highly recommend!

It’s awesome that this exists close to steamboat. Steamboat will not let you park anywhere. They have good reason it’s cold and snowy but you also know it’s because they are capitalist buttheads. We tried to go here but the entrance was way too muddy and we were scared that my JEEEP (needs new tires ;)) wouldn’t make it through. We figure due to that it was probably snowed in as heck. Just tryna be safe. Instead we parked in the strip mall lot near the McDonald’s in steamboat ;) you can get away with it for sure. Just be careful if it’s too cold. They have signs that show that say no overnight parking; you’ll get fined. I dunno. It’s hard to be a ski bum in steamboat