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About Difficult Campground
Number of accommodations: 47
Activities & Attractions
Nearby
Fishing
Hiking
Year-round
Fishing
Hiking
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
Pet friendly
Picnic Table
Restrooms
River Access
Fire Pit
Water and Hygiene
- Potable Water
- Restrooms
Cooking and Fire
- Picnic Table
- Grill
- Fire Pit
- Campfire Ring
Water Access
- River Access
Pets and Policies
- Pet friendly
Rates, Sites & Availability
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Reviews (515)
What Guests Are Saying
Difficult Campground is a beautiful and well-maintained site with clean facilities and a peaceful natural setting, making it an excellent choice for camping near Aspen. Many visitors appreciated the spacious and private campsites, along with easy access to hiking and biking trails. While the lack of cell service and some issues with camp hosts were noted, the overall experience was highly positive, featuring abundant wildlife sightings and a serene atmosphere.
What Guests Are Saying
Difficult Campground is a beautiful and well-maintained site with clean facilities and a peaceful natural setting, making it an excellent choice for camping near Aspen. Many visitors appreciated the spacious and private campsites, along with easy access to hiking and biking trails. While the lack of cell service and some issues with camp hosts were noted, the overall experience was highly positive, featuring abundant wildlife sightings and a serene atmosphere.
Review Summary
Cindy M
VerifiedJuly 17, 2024 • Stayed at: 032, Loop: DIFF
Private, wooded, large sites. River trail access. Close to Aspen. Clean grounds and toilets. Very quiet.
Cecilia R
VerifiedJuly 16, 2024 • Stayed at: 041, Loop: DIFF
Always use the bear box in your campsite for foods and toiletries. The bear visited multiple times wandering many tent campsites throughout the afternoons when people were gone sightseeing. If said bear had detected available food or scented items, that offending tent would have been trashed.
Carlos N
VerifiedJuly 16, 2024 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: DIFF
Very nice and primitive campsite. Restrooms are clean and didn't smell too bad for a vault toilet, park host kept it pretty clean. Spaces as fair in size and not too close to each other. Nice trees around each campsite and a nice river borders the camp on one side and a small creek on the other side. Close to Aspen and many trails. NO Cell phone signal, no WIFI, this in not the camp to have technology, is the camp to relax and enjoy nature.
Patrick Z
VerifiedJuly 15, 2024 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: DIFF
Nice campground.
Rick M
VerifiedJuly 14, 2024 • Stayed at: 023, Loop: DIFF
Coming off a very long winter - the water lines weren't working yet - so water was a problem. Also, there was a bear (or more likely two bears) rampaging around - amusing all the campers, and putting the camp staff through quite a lot of stress. One night in camp (stayed for 5 nights) there were 15 car alarms set off. Made for an interesting trip! Love the campground. Would recommend it to anyone! A Moose camp trotting through my site one day. Scared two Mule Deer off the Difficult trail near the snow line. Independence Pass opened 6/30/2024, so I was able to see that also.
Greg K
VerifiedJuly 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 042, Loop: DIFF
Beautiful setting, clean, paved roads.
Surprised not to see a dump station.
Lisa R
VerifiedJuly 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: DIFF
Beautiful place, views were unparallled
Sandy H
VerifiedJuly 10, 2024 • Stayed at: 028, Loop: DIFF
This campsite was quiet, and private. It was easy to back up our teardrop camper into the spot and we did not need to use our balancing blocks. We were able to ride our bikes to town, yet we were close to nature (we saw a moose).
Michele D
VerifiedJuly 9, 2024 • Stayed at: 019, Loop: DIFF
We have stayed in Difficult Campground every year that we attend the Aspen Jazz Festival. It’s magical and the paved entrance is very nice. We usually see moose which is always a thrill. Bathrooms are super nice.
Karrie H
VerifiedJuly 9, 2024 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: DIFF
Nice clean campground w decent size sites, water available for rv’s. Close to town and other adventures!
Location Difficult Campground
Address:
665 Difficult Campground Rd
Aspen, CO, 81611
United States
665 Difficult Campground Rd. Aspen CO 816511
Take Highway 82 for 5 miles southeast of Aspen, Colorado. Look for USFS
Difficult Campground sign on the right, past Mile Marker 45.
Difficult Campground is accessed via Highway 82, which is approximately 5 miles northwest of Aspen, Colorado.
Elevation: 2494 feet
5.1 mi drive to downtown Aspen (about 14 min)
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
2PM
Check out time
11AM
General
- Dogs must be always on leash within the two sites and anywhere in this area.Campers must occupy the site the first night at a campsite. This prevents booking the site for Fri-Sun and showing up on Saturday.Campers may leave the site for 24 hours and must occupy the site otherwise. This allows a camper to say go for an overnight backpack trip in the woods for one night and come back to their campsite the next day.
- All food, beverage and trash must be always attended by an adult, this requires someone within 100 feet of the attractants. Otherwise, all attractants shall be stored in a locked vehicle/camper or food lockers.Those camping must adhere to the food storage rule as well and store all attractants in a locked vehicle unless attending the food, garbage, etc.
- All garbage shall be removed from the site and deposited in the appropriate receptacle by check out time.
- Off Highway Vehicle Use in not allowed at group or any other site in campground
- It is imperative that you are clear from the site at 11:00am on your check out day so the host can come prepare the site for the next event. Please don't be the group that makes the incoming group have to wait.
- Fires are restricted to the metal fire rings or pedestal grill, no other open burning is allowed.
- Tent camping is allowed on flat, gravel areas shown inside the designated area.
- RV's and campers must be parked on the hardened gravel surface.
- RV's and campers cannot hook up to water via the spigots, spigot is for self-fill jugs only.
- Check with the Ranger District or American Land and Leisure prior to our event to investigate fire restrictions.In the event of fire restrictions, you may only be able to use propane cooking facilities.
- please respect other visitors to the area and the neighboring campsites. Sound travels in the mountains, don't be that rowdy party that disturbs others.
- Vendor Requirements-Commercial Filming and Still Photography: purpose is for a pre-paid film/photography service to document the event only. The products are only available to the client who reserved the group site and their guests. No re-sale is allowed. -Food and Drink Catering: purpose is for a prep-paid food/beverage service provided by the client who booked the group site for the sole service to their guests of the event. No other service shall be offered to other recreation visitors. -Music: Music shall be 80 decibels or less as to not disturb other forest users. Music and the overall event shall adhere to the posted quite hours of 10pm to 6am, the event must shut down between those hours. -Chair and Seating: Additional pre-paid seating may be provided by the client who booked the event site. All seating shall be placed on hardened surfaces. Even numbers shall meet posted site limitations.-Event Tents: Appropriately sized tents shall only be placed on/over gravel, hardened areas such as the parking area, concrete pad, or gravel gathering area at Forest Loop. No tents allowed on grass, in the woods etc.-Flowers and other decorations: A pre-paid vendor hired by the client who booked the group site is allowable. All decorations shall be removed immediately post event and not be allowed to bow away or be strewn about the site. Decorations shall bot be affixed to natural features such as trees, rocks, or other vegetation. -Release or throwing of animals, vegetation, or any other materials: Ariel release of any/all items such as but not limited to doves, other birds, butterflies, balloons, rice, petals, flowers, fireworks, reveal features, or any other item is prohibited. These users are not considered nominal and are prohibited. This is a natural environment, and all celebratory its shall reflect the setting.
- Customer Service Contact 801-226-3564 or [email protected]
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Last updated: September 10, 2026
