Fire restrictions · Colorado
White River National Forest fire restrictions
Stage 2 fire restrictions — since June 24
What this stage means
Stage 2 means no wood or charcoal fire anywhere on the forest, campground rings included. A bottled-gas stove with a shut-off valve is usually still allowed. Saws, generators, and other engines normally run only in the early hours with a spark arrester and a shovel on hand.
The White River National Forest enters Stage 2 fire restrictions June 26, 2026.
Stage 1, stage 2, and closures explained in plain words — including how a county burn ban is a different rule with a different boundary.
Read the order yourself
The forest's own alerts page has the current order, with the map of what it covers and the exceptions written out. The ranger district office nearest your trailhead can tell you the same thing over the phone.
Fire orders change with the weather — check the forest's alerts page or ranger district before you light anything.