Difficult Campground

The campground is in a beautiful area with hiking trails. Has fire pits and picnic tables. Unfortunately the water spigots are not available. They are having issues with the water. Pit toilets. Hosts are very nice and willing to help out in any way possible.

Quiet campground, off grid, no cell signal, no wi-fi. Busy campground due to proximity to Aspen. Adequate space between sites. Pit toilets, dumpsters available. May pose access challenges for larger rigs. Each site has picnic table, fire ring, bear box. No amenities, no laundry, no showers, no electricity. Smallest amount of road noise, depending on what site you are in. Day use parking lot available.

Clean campground. Nice amount of privacy between campsites, friendly campground host who even gave us free firewood when they were sold out right after a holiday weekend. There was a bear raiding vehicles at night so make sure you lock everything and use the bear boxes provided at each site! Was a great experience. No cell service. Close to town and nice walking trails.

Campsite nestled amongst aspen trees, moose regularly passed through, but all five minutes from Aspen. Sites are exactly as they look in the pictures providing seclusion with nice fire pits.

As with CO state campgrounds it is about the nature/privacy of the campsite so minimal additional features perfect for those that want to camp in the Colorado. Easy to incredible hiking and town.

We just finished a month-long camping trip and this was one of our favorite locations.

What a beautiful campground in a beautiful location! Cleanest vault toilets I have ever seen. There are good amounts of trees between sites for privacy and the hiking trail nearby is great. Only problem is that it books up super fast!

Clean, well organized, insanely well kept/managed, great amenities, and of course breathtaking views and surroundings. Was easy to find coming down Independence Pass and upon pulling in found out spot in a cinch. Each lot is marked by name which made it easy. Wood is sold here for $7 per bundle. Difficult Trail is within walking distance. There was a bear sighting a few days prior to us but nothing to speak of personally. Did see a moose though in the early morning!

The sites are spread out and private. Bears are active so it is important to use the bear boxes but they have plenty of space for storage. One of the best campsites I have ever been to.

I rooftop tent camped here before hiking Maroon Bells Four Pass Loop. The campgrounds have easy access to the hike/bike trail into Aspen. Restrooms were clean, my site had shade and bear boxes and was easy to get into. I will definitely be back.

Nice setting. Very Narrow roads. There are no showers and only pit toilets. Only two, somewhat inconvenient and narrow spots to fill us RV water tanks.

No cell service (AT&T or Verizon)

Pretty good gravel areas in the aspen trees. Picnic table. Large site.

We stayed here for two nights. The campsite is well maintained and the the aspens help make each site feel secluded. A little on the pricy side for rent camping ($30/night). Close to many activities such as biking, fishing, and trailheads.

You can reserve these sites online which helps with planning. The sites are well situated just up independence pass a short ways out of Aspen with great views and the sound of the roaring for river. It is close enough to town that you could grab supplies and/or dinner at one of aspens great restaurants once situated if desired. The amenities are great considering there aren’t many more campgrounds around aspen for RVs. It is a bit of a trick getting an RV up independence pass. If continuing SE be sure the road restrictions are followed.

We stayed here Oct 1-Oct 4 in sites 9 and 43. The campground is in a rather narrow, scenic valley with beautiful views. The sites all seemed good and well-spaced with trees between for privacy. The bathrooms were clean and the camp hosts were hospitable.

Site 43 was wonderful! It’s a very large, private site with room for an RV and multiple tents. There is a path from the site to the creek, and we saw a bear across the creek one evening!

I’ll definitely stay here again.

Quiet private sites lots of tree close to town lots to explore

Due to the location and reservations are accepted, this a convenient backup plan for some of the first come - first serve campgrounds on nearby Maroon Creek Road. I think some of the better campsites at Difficult are 4, 8, 19, 21, 33, 43, and 46. In June the columbines start blooming and in September the mountain ash trees are looking great. There are tons of Aspen trees here. This campground is equipped with bear bins to store your cooler and stuff.

We have stayed at this campground several times as it is convenient to Aspen and Maroon Bells, gives great access to Independence Pass, and each site has a secured bear box and tends to have some privacy.  However it has come to our attention that the information in the online reservation system regarding this campground is incorrect.  The Camp Host does nothing to alleviate the confusion, if fact she seems to take pleasure in adding to it, then announcing to campers they must depart once they have paid for their campsite and set up camp.  We witnessed this happen to about a half dozen campers over a recent weekend trip.  She behaves more like a Land Baron than a Camp Host, the title of her job.
I would take great care before setting up here, even if you have confirmed a reservation online.

Definitely one of the better sites we've camped at. Plenty of space between sites (we could only see the site across the street from us, all others were behind tree cover), so lots of privacy. Bathrooms were immaculate and had no odor whatsoever. About a 15 minute drive into Aspen, so easy to get into town…but if you want to catch Maroon Bells at sunrise, I'd suggest staying at Silver Bells or Silver Queen as it's a good 30-45 mins to get to the Bells from here.

Firewood is available for $7/bundle (cash only)

It's a great campground. Had bear box for food storage and a grill.

All the campsites seemed secluded because of the trees around.

One downside we faced was even though we reserved our campsite, someone had already occupied ours probably because we ended up reaching the campsite at 8:40pm. So be careful!

#40- the campground exceeded my expectations! This site is perfect for easy access to all the outdoor activities in the area. We enjoyed biking and walking on the nice trails that lead from the campground directly to Aspen (approx 7mi round trip). There is also a calm river nearby for fishing and SUP. The campground was well maintained with plenty of trees for privacy.

Bears are around, quiet time 10-6. Families camping, great views

Dog friendly, clean, quiet. Nice views all around. Bear box provided

I booked two spots on recreation.gov for a spot to camp the night before we started our Four pass loop trip. I honestly wasnt expecting much but was pleasantly surprised. The camp host came round and was super friendly. Bear boxes as well as picnic tables at every site. You are within walking distance to the river, which was gorgeous. The camp is only about 5 miles from downtown Aspen and a grocery store. Surrounded by beautiful Aspen trees, quiet, and clean. We had a wonderful stay.

We stopped here after a late drive from golden, CO. independence pass was beautiful! The site is on the left as your are driving from independence pass to Aspen and could be missed if you arent paying attention. There;s some really nice(but hard) rock climbing just before the campsite as well.

Campsite was right next to the Roaring Fork river and we saw tons of wildlife, rafters, and fly fishing. Sites were pretty basic, but worked. the fire ban was on, so no campfires but we could use our stoves. Vault toilets, running water and great hiking trails nearby!

This is your basic campground with vault toilets, not much to see from the sites themselves. You can catch some trails easily from here. Close to town. Small sites.

You can fill up your RVs water tank at this location! Town is real close by like 6 miles. Great bike paths hang out areas. And the sound of the creek is nice. I've camped there twice and love it! We took the bikes and explored we also took the dogs for a bunch of little mini hikes to Tire them out the Water Creeks were easily accessible with a short hike. We've been here before and we definitely will be back.

Had an good time camping at Difficult Campground. The Campground was full but it didn’t seem crowded because of the separation between sites which was awesome. Great location, only 5-10 from Aspen. Will definitely be back.