Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest Dispersed Camping

The site I was at would’ve benefited from more clearance than my outback Subaru had to offer to get there but beautiful area! There are tons of spots that require limited clearance too.

Quiet, clean, remote, primitive.

We stayed here for two nights and it was a beautiful camp spot. There were at least 5 or 6 good spots that we saw but there were probably more if we looked harder. We arrived on a Monday around 4pm and most of the spots were open, but it seemed like several others arrived at the same time as us and we actually snagged our spot right before someone pulled into it. The spot we picked was super far away from people, we couldn’t see anyone and only heard a bit of noise from some louder neighbors on the second night. The road was very manageable in a small Kia forte with only 2WD. There was sooooo much to explore on the mountain behind us, we even found a walk-in spot higher up on the mountain but it would have been quite the hike involving crossing a river to get our stuff up there. There was also tons of dry wood laying around. A tiny bit of trash near the fire pit but it wasn’t too bad. Prepare for bugs (some big weird ones). Beautiful views, it was pretty hot during the day and cold at night but nothing too extreme (this is at the end of May). There’s also a general store about 15 minutes down the road that has lots of food and random things you might have forgotten. Would totally come here again!