About Brewery Creek Guard Station
Brewery Creek Guard Station is situated at an elevation of 9,500 feet in a densely wooded aspen grove overlooking Brewery Creek. The cabin is a few miles south of the Continental Divide on the northern end of the San Luis Valley in the Rio Grande National Forest. Built in 1935, the two room cabin was originally used by a forest ranger who oversaw the Poncha and Bonanza Districts of what was then called the Cochetopa National Forest. Today the cabin is a comfortable getaway for guests seeking relaxation and recreation in south central Colorado. The area offers many opportunities for hiking and off-road vehicle adventures in summer, hunting in the fall, and cross country skiing and snowmobiling in the winter. Several hiking trails are in close proximity to the cabin, including several leading up to Antora and Antora Meadows. The cabin is furnished with three bunkbeds (the top is a single…
- Fees: $50 per night. Recreation.gov charges a reservation fee.
- Season: Late May – Mid-November
- Managed by: Rio Grande National Forest, FS
- Where: 2 mi southwest of Bonanza, CO · 38.28778, -106.16778
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jun–Aug (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–May.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brewery Cr Gs | ATV road | at camp | 0.2 mi |
| Flagstaff | Horse | 0.4 mi | 3.4 mi |
| Antora Creek | Horse | 0.7 mi | 1.5 mi |
| Brewery Creek | Horse | 0.8 mi | 3.0 mi |
| Findley Gulch | ATV road | 1.1 mi | 10.1 mi |
| Elk Horn | Horse | 1.4 mi | 3.3 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.
Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Stargazing nearby: Browns Canyon National Monument (Dark Sky Park), 30 mi.
Dump station: 16.8 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.