Platoro Cabin 1
Platoro, Conejos County, Colorado. Cabin; Open until the end of September.
Details
- Where
- 112 Conejos Avenue, Platoro, CO 81120. Directions
- Getting there
- From Antonito, Highway 17 west to FSR 250; northwest up the Conejos Canyon about 22 miles to Platoro; left on FSR 250.6A and 0.2 mile to the cabin.
- Fees
- $75.00 per night, plus a Recreation.gov reservation fee.
- Access
- Access by combination lock; call the Forest Service office at (719) 274-8971 one week before your stay for the combination; contact the Ranger District before arriving about fire or road closures and weather; pack out all garbage and food; no pets; non-smoking, no campfires; no parking beyond No Motor vehicle signs (leach field); bears in the area.
- Walk-in or reserve
- Booked on Recreation.gov; access is by combination lock — call the Forest Service office at (719) 274-8971 one week before your stay for the combination.
- Website
- recreation.gov
- Managed by
- U.S. Forest Service, Rio Grande National Forest.
- Established
- 1963.
- Coordinates
- 37.35217482, -106.5276448.
A 1963 Forest Service cabin downtown in the small mining town of Platoro, Colorado, at an elevation of 10,000 feet in the Rio Grande National Forest.
Notable Events
- 1963The cabin was built by the Rio Grande National Forest as base quarters for Forest Service crews working in the surrounding areas. fs.usda.gov
- 1990sForest Service crews used the cabin as base quarters until the early 1990s; today it is a getaway for guests. fs.usda.gov