Hey everyone! Today we are at the Difficult Campground
just a couple miles outside of Aspen Colorado
in the White River National Forest.
We're just off of Colorado Highway 82 which leads up Independence Pass.
Independence Pass tops out at over 12,000 feet in elevation and there's
still quite a bit of snow up there in July.
Max RV lengths in difficult campground is 50 feet but be aware that
you must enter through Aspen. The total max length for vehicles on
Independence pass is 35 feet
with $1,000 minimum fine
if you get caught.
Reservations are accepted up to six months in advance for most campsites
at Difficult Campground. Those reservations can be made online at
recreation.gov There is a seven-day stay limit in this campground due to the
popularity of this area. The ghost town of Independence is 12 miles up the
Highway to the east towards Independence Pass. They have guided tours available in
the summer. There is plenty of hiking in the area. The Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
Area is south of the campground and to the north lies the Hunter Frying-pan
Wilderness Area. The Difficult Creek trail begins in the day-use area here at
the campground. There are a number of trails
within five miles of the campground.
All right we've got our day-use area on the right.
Campsites one through 25 are to the left and sites 26 to 47 are straight ahead.
That was campsite one on the left. three right two left.
The big motor home is in #4. We're going to do a drive-thru on five. Site six is
across the street. Also a pull through
Site seven was a pull-off
site
I see a lawn chair in there. Site 9 right side. Got a water station in
sight ten
Let's take a look at site number 10.
picnic table fire ring in a bear Locker
all right we just pulled out a tin
get a small screen here between 10:00 and 11:00 so the Elevens pull through on
the right side I get 12 and 13 on the left
14 looks like it could be a full through with water station just past it 15 is on
our left everything on the left side is up against Colorado highway 82 which is
looks like about a hundred feet up above us
17 pull through on the left all day 1819
20 on the right 21 left
22
23 across from the restrooms
another water station
and we get site 24 and 25
one way her sight 26
water station on the right just before sight 27
twenty-eight pop-up camper
20 million DM - what EDM is it was on the right 30 on the right
and
I guess let's go straight and if we need to even come back home this room
the site 47 yep that was or one way no it was one way going into
that terminal
actually
it's our camp post
get quite the stash of firewood all right we are day use area should be the
left turn.
All right entering the loop for sites 26 through 47
It's lot of firewood
Holy moly that trash is freakin packed Must be trash day. A single site is $26
per night.
Additional vehicles $6 per vehicle per night. Let's check these out
that's a little full
it's 47 on the left
31 all right side it's a sunny site water station to the left miss water 32
lifts
that was 33 I'm not sure you know I didn't see a sign 34 left 35
right
just after the restrooms we have another water station
site 36 left side
water hookup that's for the RV here on the right has a water 1 cup 38 left 37
was the campground host with the water
39 all right 40 heads on the left the campground is pretty full 42 left
41 and 43 on the right with the water station in between
44 in 45 on the right
46
46 is a pretty small site
all right service
we should have service there's 26 again I've got new service with a TNT there's
27 again 28
twenty-nine
a diiemma no sir whispering or for phrasing either
30 on the right and then 31 is off around the corner there's the loft you
know here is site 47 very popular campground probably one of the closest
to Aspen and definitely you don't have to pay the extra fees that you do if
you're down by the campgrounds south of Aspen down by Maroon Bells. Be sure to
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just below where the video plays and it will display the the video description
there so we try to include a ton of information in there for you some of the
stuff that we typically happen there is elevation the fee per night number of
campsites reservation status if reservations are allowed or if it's a
first-come first-serve campground include which site numbers or pull
through sites if you don't want to pack an RV in we include our v-max length for
the campground number of days that you're allowed to stay season dates
first when the campground typically opens and closes cell phone coverage
sometimes will mention area activities and then we also include GPS information
and some basic directions on how to get to the campground
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