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Animas Forks Ghost Town — Upper Animas River Historic Site
One of Colorado's best-preserved high-altitude ghost towns, Animas Forks sits at 11,200 feet where the Alpine Loop splits…
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Silver Jack Campground — Uncompahgre National Forest
Big pines, a quiet reservoir, and no cell signal — Silver Jack is the sleeper camp for anyone…
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Williams Creek Campground — Gunnison National Forest
Spruce-and-pine camp on Williams Creek Reservoir, a solid base for the Alpine Loop with real amenities and easy…
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Amphitheater Campground — Ouray, Uncompahgre National Forest
Perched high above Ouray on a cliff shelf, this USFS camp delivers jaw-dropping canyon views and is the…
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Gunnison National Forest — Cinnamon Pass Road Upper Dispersed Camp
Exposed high-alpine pullouts just below Cinnamon Pass summit — about as close to 13,000 feet as you can…
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Uncompahgre National Forest — Animas Forks Dispersed Camp
Flat creek-bottom sites next to a ghost town at the confluence of three drainages — one of the…
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Gunnison National Forest — Alpine Loop Dispersed Camp at Engineer Creek
Flat pullouts along Engineer Creek just below the pass give you a legit high-country camp with cold water…
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DifficultCinnamon Pass Road — Lake City to Silverton via the Alpine Loop
12,620 feet of raw San Juan shelf road.
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Grand Lake — West Portal and Lake Granby Viewpoint
Colorado's deepest natural lake sits at the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park — a landmark resupply and…
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Never Summer Mountains — Thunder Pass Viewpoint
Commanding ridgeline overlook on the Never Summer Mountains crest where the Colorado River headwaters valley stretches out below…