Pike National Forest Christmas Tree Cutting 2024. If cutting your own christmas tree is a beloved family tradition — or you’d like it to be —the recreation.gov website has information about how to get a permit and where you can use it. Christmas tree cutting in colorado's rocky mountains.
Head down highway 285 to the south platte ranger district of the pike national forest, to either camp fickes or buffalo creek. Krista witiak heads to the pike national forest with the usda forest service to learn what you need to know to cut down your christmas tree.