US Forest Service - Pike National Forest (CO)

The Pike National Forest encompasses approximately 1.2 million acres spread across Park, Jefferson, Douglas, Teller, and El Paso Counties in central Colorado. Because of its close proximity to both Denver and Colorado Springs, the Pike National Forest is one of the busiest forests in the region, boasting an annual visitation average of nearly 2.5 million people. The South Platte Ranger District is responsible for 450,000 acres of the Pike National Forest, covering the entirety of southern Jefferson County, western Park County, and western Douglas County. Two other Ranger Districts manage the forest, Pikes Peak to the south, covering the portions of the forest in Teller and El Paso Counties, and the South Park Ranger District, covering the remaining portions of the forest which ring Park County. The Pike National Forest is managed jointly with the San Isabel National Forest and the Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands. Unlike the unified Arapahoe-Roosevelt, Pawnee radio system to the north, geographic disparities keep the operations of the PSICC radio systems separate, with each management unit operating their own net.

Dispatching and resource tracking on the Pike National Forest is handled by the Pueblo Interagency Dispatch Center.

• WildCAD CO-PBC Local Incident and Resource Status Tracking
• Federal Dispatch Boundary Maps for Colorado
• Pike, San Isabel, Comanche, and Cimmarron Response Area Maps

Radio Frequencies

Repeater Network

• Frequencies changed in July 2016 to comply with NITA directive to move repeater outputs to frequencies between 169.5125 and 173.9875.

• "Tone #" refers to the National Standard Tone Numbering System used by the USFS, BLM, and other land management agencies and is only applicable to TX tones.

CH	TONE #	RX FREQ	RX TONE	TX FREQ	TX TONE	Description	Ranger District	County	Notes/Confirmation
Local/Direct	1	171.1375	110.9	171.1375	110.9	Forest-wide Simplex/Direct			08/2021
North Twin Cone	2	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	123.0	North Twin Cone Peak Repeater	S Platte / S Park	Park
Russell Ridge	3	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	131.8	Indian Creek/Russell Ridge Repeater	S Platte	Jefferson	08/2021
Mount Evans	4	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	136.5	Mount Evans Repeater	S Platte	Clear Creek	08/2021
Longwater Gulch	5	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	146.2	Longwater Gulch/Green Mountain Repeater	S Platte / S Park / Pikes Peak	Douglas	08/2021
Devils Head	6	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	156.7	Devil's Head Peak Repeater	S Platte	Douglas	08/2021
Almagre	7	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	167.9	Almagre Mountain Repeater	Pikes Peak	Teller	09/01/2016
Stanley	8	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	103.5	Stanley Canyon Repeater	Pikes Peak	El Paso
Cheyenne Creek	9	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	100.0	Cheyenne Creek/Mount Rosa Repeater	Pikes Peak	El Paso
Lake George	10	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	107.2	Lake George Repeater	S Park	Park
Topaz Mountain	11	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	114.8	Topaz Mountain Repeater	S Platte / S Park	Park
Dicks Peak	12	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	127.3	Dicks Peak Repeater	S Park	Park
Sheep Ridge	13	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	141.3	Sheep Ridge/Sacramento Gulch Repeater	S Park	Park	09/01/2016
Mount Bailey	14	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	151.4	Mount Bailey Repeater	S Platte / S Park	Park
(FUTURE)	15	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	162.2	Badger Mountain Repeater	S Park	Park	(2020 - Not online yet)
	16	171.1375	110.9	164.9875	192.8	Portable Repeater

Other Frequencies

CH	RX FREQ	RX TONE	TX FREQ	TX TONE	Description	Notes
WORK-1	163.7125		163.7125	192.8	Pike Intra-Crew/Work Ch 1	Gov't Common 1, handheld use only. National Travel Net, IHC, and Intra-Crew frequency. Tone 192.8 has been used occasionally by Pike NF on this freq.
WORK-2	168.6125		168.6125		Pike Intra-Crew/Work Ch 2	Gov't Common 3, handheld use only. Secondary IHC and Intra-Crew frequency.
"GOV WORK"	168.350		168.350		"Government Work" Inter-agency Work Ch	Gov't Common/Nationwide Itinerant. Old National Travel Net and R-2 TAC. In common use by BLM as a Local Work Channel.
	163.100		163.100		General Use Work/TAC Ch	Gov't Common/Nationwide Itinerant. Old National Logistics Channel, can be used as an input to 168.350 on portable repeaters.
TAC 1	168.050		168.050		Pike TAC 1	NIFC TAC 1. Used by Pike as a local/initial attack tac. Has been referred to as "Group 5 Tac 1."
TAC 2	168.200		168.200		Pike TAC 2	NIFC TAC 2. Used by Pike as a local/initial attack tac. Has been referred to as "Group 5 Tac 2."
TAC 3	168.600		168.600		Pike TAC 3	NIFC TAC 3. Used by Pike as a local/initial attack tac. Has been referred to as "Group 5 Tac 3."
"LEO"	172.5125	110.9	Unknown		Pike NF Law Enforcement Ch	Referred to as "Devils Head LEO." Very informal car-to-car use among LE units on Pike NF. Does not appear to be monitored by dispatch. Unknown if standalone repeater or if there are others.
"Law"	168.025		168.025		USFS Nationwide Law Enforcement Common	Used sparingly for car-to-car comms between LE units on Pike NF, often while traveling on area highways.
(UHF Link)	406.325	(Varies)	415.325	(Varies)	UHF Link to Pike Repeater Net (171.1375)	Used to link various repeaters. PL tone varies depending on repeater selected.
(UHF Link)	408.9875	136.5	417.9875	110.9	UHF Link to National Flight Following (168.650)

Related Links

• National Incident Radio Support Cache - These frequencies are also used for active fire operations.