Washington Gulch Dispersed 2

I camped for 2 nights a few days apart in different sites. The first one was WG30 and it had an amazing view. I forgot to take note of the second one, but it was a little bit more down the road. Fire pits here which is nice. There’s a few spaces in the wide open and some nestled into some trees.

Both nights that I stayed here there was a site that had a tent and table, but no one came back that night. Tuesday night and Friday night and nothing had changed. Kind of a bummer when someone snags a nice spot like that and isn’t there for multiple days.

I stayed in the main WG dispersed area just before the "Narrow & Steep" road sign an that appears to be the divider between WG & WG2. WG2 has more spread out locations, and there are multiple RV spots within the single sign posts. It's best to go inspect them on foot as some are on steep hills.  No cows in the WG2 area.

Very great campsite.

we camped here the first week of July. Fire pits at each site, the further dispersed sites are a little further apart from neighbors, so noise levels were fine! Moose were spotted in the area but never bothered anyone. Bugs were CRAZY though, definitely bring bug spray. our spot was up a little dirt road off the main road, up to 4 dispersed sites.

The area is VERY beautiful.  Pit toilets available.  Some sites were exposed but still beautiful.  Noise was not a problem even though a lot of people were in the area.

Very disappointed to see the amount of site saving here. Came up on Thursday for the weekend and ended up getting skunked on spots because half of them were saved with miscellaneous coolers, lone chairs, etc.

Dispersed camping is first come first served! Spot saving is not okay.

My boyfriend & I stayed here Friday 06/14/2024 through Sunday 06/16/2024. There is a creek & river nearby, you can hear the running water from the campsite :) 

The nights did get a bit chilly, around 38 degrees to 42 degrees, but doable if you come prepared.

There are a total of 47 campsites, a lot of them are marked for 4x4 vehicles but a few sites like the one we stayed at was accessible by the FWD van we traveled in. Dirt road was smooth, with a few bumps here and there. We had neighbors on #WG-43 through #WG-46, even though they were nearby, we still felt secluded enough. 

The last campsite, #W-47 is about 0.5 miles from #WG-46, making it about 10 miles down from the town of Crested Butte. 

Campsites 12-26 are pretty concentrated but very accommodating to RV's & trailers. Fire pits are large & require a lot of work to make sure they are out, so please please please make sure you spend the time to reassure your fire is completely put out. 

Restrooms are available near #WG-2 campsite- so even though it is a pack in/pack out site, you can always rely on a walk or drive to the restrooms. 

I had a great weekend here & I will be saving this spot to come back in the future :)

Accessible in our 2WD Sprinter van, there were many spots in this area. Cell service was spotty but we had pretty good coverage with Verizon. We found a nice spot off the road through some trees so it was nice and quiet. Fire pits were available.