Avalanche Campground, near Carbondale, Colorado, is a fantastic spot for those looking to immerse themselves in nature without the usual campground hustle. Tucked away in a serene valley, it offers a peaceful retreat with a beautiful creek nearby, perfect for relaxing or cooling off on warm days.

The campground features a handful of well-kept sites, each equipped with fire rings and bear-proof storage boxes to keep your food safe. Visitors rave about the cleanliness of the facilities, with one camper noting that the vault toilets were "as immaculate as a vault toilet can be." With only six sites available, you won’t feel cramped, and many appreciate the spaciousness and privacy each site provides.

For adventure seekers, there are hiking trails that fork into even more paths, giving you plenty of options to explore the stunning surroundings. The drive to the campground can be a bit bumpy, but it adds to the charm, and the scenery along the way is worth it. Just be prepared for some chilly nights if you’re camping in the fall!

If you’re looking for a unique camping experience with a remote feel, Avalanche Campground is definitely worth checking out. Whether you’re there for a quick getaway or a longer stay, you’ll find a welcoming atmosphere and plenty of natural beauty to enjoy.

Avalanche Campground has 6 first-come first-serve campsites. It is located adjacent to Avalanche Creek. Fishing is available in Avalanche Creek and in the Crystal River, which is 3 miles downstream. One of the major trailheads into the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness is located adjacent to the campground.

Avalanche Campground

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Nice remote campground with nice scenery. Pit toilets, water spigot, creek nearby.

Remote campground

Campground Campground is way up in a mountain, a beautiful drive and itself. The spaces are well-kept and far apart from each other. They also each have a bear proof Locker for your items. The river is just nearby, as are some wonderful hiking trails. There is a composting toilet system, never my favorite thing in the world, but it's as good as they get. I will definitely use this campsite again.

I will Camp here again!

Avalanche campground is a gorgeous campground. There's no camping fee, however, the site is relatively small/has limited spaces so their first come first serve policy can be problematic in finding a spot. Bear proof storage boxes and fire pits are available for each space as well. For those without AWD/4WD vehicles I would use caution/advise against since the drive to get into the actual grounds requires a bit of off roading including crossing a creek. 

One of my favorite campsites to date

Sorry the fire and river side sold me

Right next to penny hot springs, which originally brought me out. Check em out if you stay. Drive south maybe 5 mins and there's side street parking to your left you can't miss it. Popular spot so you'll see other cars. 

They got fire rings! 

Avalanche campground is a unique campground with a remote and secluded feeling in a small valley with plenty of trees and the sound of a creek in the background. Getting to the campground from the main road involves driving on a one-lane road for about a mile or two, there are places where all-wheel drive is necessary and you will need to drive through a creek. In September the creek wasn’t very deep but probably in the spring or early summer the water would be deep enough that you should drive an SUV or truck. In mid September the nights and mornings can be cold, when I woke up at 6am the temperature was 34 degrees F. There are bear bins in the campsites but there were no trash cans.

Avalanche is definitely a unique campground 

We camped here one night at the end of September while on a road trip and it was one of my favorite places we found.  The road to get in is bumpy and fun and not too long-the campground is in a valley with a gorgeous creek.  We didn’t see the camp host but you can tell they take care of the facilities. Vault toilets were as immaculate as a vault toilet can be and the campsites were litter free.  There is no fee but there’s a request for a donation of $10.  We only had a $20 and felt compelled to leave it because of how well kept it was.  

When you get to the campground there are 3 sites to the right with the creek running behind them.  Then you pass the bathrooms on the left and enter the main camping area. Sites looked cool but it was hard to tell because they were all occupied by folks that looked like they were maybe living there for a while-they all looked nice and friendly.  We ended up staying at one of the first 3 sites and no one bothered us.

No issues with wildlife though bear are active in the area and there’s bear boxes at each site.

If you sleep in a tend the pads are filled with chunky gravel-so bring extra padding!

If you’re thinking about going here-do it.


Been wanting to go back since I left

It was  a great time with my daughter. This was our second year back. The host is great, the hiking is great, this is a all around amazing place and I highly recommend it 

Favorite place

We stumbled upon this place while looking for a dispersed site. It's clean and the sites aren't piled on top of each other like other sites (only 6 sites total). I'm not a huge fan of campgrounds but I would definitely come back here in the future 

Gorgeous Campground

Awesome valley with access to the creek. There is also a nice trail up the mountain that forks into two other trails.

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