Allenspark Dispersed Camping

It was gorgeous! Lots of spots, and also lots of people. Some folks coming in late night. It's definitely a bumpy ride in

Beautiful, secluded and right next to a creek. BUT a huge bear got into my tent while I was gone for 2 hours and absolutely destroyed it. So I had to leave and didn’t get to enjoy the night under the stars. So disappointing. Very easy to find and spacious. Would MAYBE go back

The second day staying there we ran into a bear and scared him off. Two hours later he can back and we scared him off again. He’s afraid of humans but he did try to get into the car while we were sleeping.

A lot of good spots to pull off and relax for the night with a nearby stream, however if you have a car like myself I’d recommend the first couple spots as the road got pretty uneven and hilly shortly down the road

Hard to find, no signs. You will get back up in there and will come to a Fork one road appears to go downward to the left, the other goes up. Stay to the left. Road is just about the limmit for 2wd. In a couple spots, but can be done in a car but could risk damage. Suv or van is passable. There are some drive up sites and some park and walk down in sites. The larger sites are the first few then the sites get narrow and crammed up between the road and the creek. Alot of shade, not alot of bugs. Zero cell service not much of a view. Creek is loud and drowns out noise

This was our first time dispersed camping and we loved it! The road was pretty mild but on up gets a lot more rough! The pull offs are great and most of them have fire rings.

Nice spots along the creek that runs along ski road.

Allenspark Dispersed Camping provides an exceptional spot to stay. Our spot was near the creek, the sound was beautiful. The only downside was absolutely no cell service. The directions landed us near someone’s home, however dispersed camping is about 1.5 miles further down Ski Rd. No fire due to the current fire ban.

We had the spot that was right on the creak. The sound of it made you fall right asleep! It was so so pretty! Only 30 minutes away from Estes Park. The only downside to it was that there was absolutely no service whatever.

Amazing spot to camp, prob top 5 dispersed spots in Colorado that ive been to so far. But unfortunately, the bears know about it and tear into cars. Bear opened our door (key fob was too close and unlocked) and ripped up food bags (Yes I know how to store food now, I've been lectured by a million people already), and we were not the only ones. Happend at 4am so we packed up and bounced, saw two other cars broken into by bears. We were actually woken up by the bear and scared it off but it really didn't feel like it needed to leave, just trotted away.

Visited the national park nearby and needed a place to camp. Kind of confusing at first because you go through a neighborhood first & then hit the camping spots. A bit rocky but was able to get where we needed to go in a rav4. Right next to a creek, nice to have a water feature.

Very nice camping area with lots of spots. A bit hard to find, but just keep going down Ski Road and there will be a slight fork in the road. Stay left to find some sites along the creek. Fire ban was in effect when we went, but lots of fire circles available otherwise. Bring bug spray, the flies are bold.

Gorgeous place that seemed pretty popular, but we managed to find a space. A bear walked through, so keep your food locked up!

I'd recommend getting here early on a Friday... it's no secret anymore!

Also—fire rings and campsites pretty close to the water. Definitely not 100 feet away. Can't imagine they're forest service fire rings, but, no one seems to mind!

there’s a little something for everybody at this location. When you first pull in there are some sites along the ridge and if you keep going, there are sites down along the creek. I am here in June and the creek is running strong. I did experience a bear theft (completely my fault I left my coolers at the site while I made a run to the store)

Fantastic camp site.  The area is very nice.  Having a creek running through the campsite is always a plus.  

Road could be a bit tough for low clearance vehicles.  We have mini van and it was ok to get to the camp site.  We did not go too deep though so not sure how the road are further up. 

Great site for RV/Camper.

About 1 hour from Boulder. Was super simple to access. the coordinates take   you to the beginning of the rural part of Ski road. Keep driving on Ski road,  you'll see the "Entering National Forrest" sign and soon after that you will see dispersed  camping spots.

Lots of spots available. Just keep driving along Ski Road and pick one that looks good. Lots of fire pits already build and most camp spots are along the creek. 

A 2wd car can access quite a bit but if you want to go further up Ski road, definitely bring a 4x4 with high clearance.

This dispersed camping out Ski Rd was perfect. We found a spot with several fire rings close to the water and just a short walk from parking along the road. Far enough away from other sites that we couldn't hear or see others, just the occasional car driving by.

This campsite is right near Rock mountain national Park and it's not very busy at all there's a good number of spaces to camp and after staying here three nights I only saw a few people driving by each night. Great spot!

I went down a good ways and found the perfect spot on a creek just below me down a hill. Very quiet And relaxing.

Pretty deep and up hill, not a horrible dirt road that leads you past a sign letting you know you’ve entered the national forest. From what I saw just find what look like pull off spots/ a little spot just before the sign so technically not on the right side but I’m sure it still works.

Plenty of sites if you have a high clearance vehicle and can make it up ski road. All of the sites are awesome and have room for you to move around. We stayed Thursday-Monday and there were plenty of people every night. Close to Lyons and closish to estes. VERY close to longs peak which was perfect for us. Water is accessible if you have a filter. We did see regular cars driving up the road, however once you get past the first mile highly would not recommend anything other than high clearance.

The bugs were an issue for a few days, but mainly just flys.

Several sites up FS1181. The main one at the bottom holds 2-3 cars. Stayed at one a bit up, but the road gets real bad right after. Even with AWD, I knew I couldn't make it. For the farther sites, you'd need a big 4x4 truck with sizeable wheels. Steep, slippery, washed out inclines.

Beautiful little forest. Tons of trails & roads to explore. Took one that went up the mountain, and there was a junction that split into three. I think that's the furthest up you can camp.

Take the road far enough and you’ll get past those with homes and find some decent BLM off road camping/overnight parking places. Road gets a bit more 4x4 like as you keep going

Coordinates took me to a lot of private residential areas. No obvious or clear camping sites. Needs directions or updated pin.

Went over Labor Day weekend, and was still able to find a great spot. The road can be a bit rough in spots and would definitely recommend 4x4, but a very peaceful location. There’s not sweeping rocky mountain views or anything, but a great forest feeling and the sounds of the river will put you to sleep.

This road passes through a neighborhood for a moment, which made me consider if I was going to the right place, but you are, keep going!

Beautiful clean camp site. Dirt Road was bumpy but very drivable to reach the camping site. Would definitely go back and stay here again! No water or electricity so bring everything you need.