Twin Lakes Dispersed Camping - Site 2 West

Easy access to twin lakes and Leadville. Pretty! But maybe a little crowded considering I was there mid week all the spots seemed to be taken up by late afternoon.

Great spot to camp, saw hikers off in the distance a few times but overall all to myself. This site definitely requires high clearance! There were quite a few campsites nearby which were taken. I ended up just claiming the first one that caught my eye with no one around didn’t even try going to the one I had initially planned on going to, you’ll be driving around 5 mph with all the rocks and bumps in the road. Still very fun !

Very beautiful view of Mt. Elbert Forebay. Road is a bit rough in a couple of spots, but doable if you take your time, even with a small vehicle. Does fill up fairly quickly.

Drove straight to the back, not many others camping. Can hear a few cars passing in the distance and not a ton of tree coverage but a great spot nonetheless

We had a blast with this spot, arrived late at night and woke up inside an aspen grove. There is a lot of hiking trails and some cool spots to visit down by the lakes.

Used to be great. Now it’s overly crowded and there’s toilet paper & human waste littered all around. Please take care of our land.

There are so many dispersed sites in this area but most of them were pretty rocky and bumpy meant for more van /trailer camping. We saw some tents but definitely limited. Almost every site had a rock fire pit, stunning view, and decent tree coverage

Easy to find, many options for sites, pretty quiet right now. Really worth the drive. So many fire pits already though… I wish people would stop making new ones. Definitely want to come back here! Minimal trash around the sites. Very quiet at night.

If you go up 24 toward the South Elbert trailhead, you’ll find lots of dispersed camping options for everything from RVs to tent camping.

We found a great little spot that had several fire rings and lots of space for parking. When we left, we saw that several groups were camping just above us and we had not heard or seen them much at all. The road into the site was a bit sketchy but doable in my 2WD Honda CRV.

We stayed here Aug. 19-21, 2022.

Great dispersed camping, easy to get to only a short way off the main road. We arrived 4pm on a Friday and all the spots with the best views were taken. Plenty further into the woods though we had multiple options still. The Colorado trail/CDT passes close by and was a great evening hike from our camp. We ended up leaving around 9pm because there were 3-4 campfires around us, one super smoky and we have a baby. A bummer for us but normal people probably wouldn’t have minded. Expect to have neighbors!

If you have a 4x4 vehicle and can make your way toward the trailhead for south Mt Elbert, there are some amazing spots. A few spots allow you to pull off and set up a tent with great views. The site we stayed in was about 50 ft from the trailhead and could accommodate a group! It was right on the end of Lily Ponds, so a bit buggy, but absolutely beautiful and very private. Also a great point to start your hike from!

These spots are super easy to access as long as you take it slow down 125B. It snowed/rained most of our stay, but Elbert & La Plata peaked through for some great views early morning. Close to lots of hikes and short drive to BV & Leadville. I could see it getting busy here in the summer, but we didn’t have any issues finding a spot on a Saturday night in the spring.

This is an amazing dispersed camping area.  It begins with a trailhead parking area but just past the trailhead you will begin to see the dispersed sites with the rock fire rings.  They are every where and the ground is well packed.  The road is rather bumpy and when it rains it will be a total mess.  Most of the time this has to be extremely busy.  We were lucky and came in during the week and there was almost no one.  It was also October and a little cool, snow in the mountain tops.  Go up as far up the mountain as you can.  The back drop of the mountains is spectacular.  It was even better since we had had a light snow.  Twin Lakes was also very beautiful in the valley.  Verizon service was great.

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