Difficult Campground

665 Difficult Campground Rd, Aspen, Colorado, United States
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Difficult Campground
DIFFICULT CAMPGROUND
DIFFICULT CAMPGROUND
DIFFICULT CAMPGROUND

Featured amenities

Pet Friendly Pet Friendly
Picnic Table Picnic Table
Restrooms Restrooms
River Access River Access
Fire Pit Fire Pit
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About Difficult Campground

Located 5 mi southeast of Aspen, Colorado, Difficult Campground sits on the banks of the Roaring Fork River on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies. Campsites are nestled in a mixed forest of aspen, cottonwood, pine, fir, scrub oak, and spruce, and several are at the river's edge, offering an ideal setting for guests seeking recreation and relaxation.

Available sites

47 total sites
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Activities & Attractions

Nearby

Fishing

Fishing

Year-round
Hiking

Hiking

Year-round

Seasonal information

2026 (Current year)

2026 Season availability

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Campground Amenities

Most popular amenities

Pet friendly Pet friendly
Picnic Table Picnic Table
Restrooms Restrooms
River Access River Access
Fire Pit Fire Pit
Water and Hygiene

Water and Hygiene

  • Potable Water
  • Restrooms
Cooking and Fire

Cooking and Fire

  • Picnic Table
  • Grill
  • Fire Pit
  • Campfire Ring
Water Access

Water Access

  • River Access
Pets and Policies

Pets and Policies

  • Pet friendly
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Rates, Sites & Availability

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47 Sites Available

Site
Price
🚐 001, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 45 × 14 ft · Gravel
🚐 001, Loop: GRP RV
Pet Friendly · Gravel
🚐 002, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 50 × 15 ft · Gravel
🚐 003, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 36 × 13 ft · Gravel
🚐 004, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 47 × 12 ft · Gravel
🚐 005, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 44 × 12 ft · Gravel
🚐 006, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 48 × 11 ft · Gravel
🚐 007, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 12 ft · Gravel
🚐 008, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 48 × 14 ft · Gravel
🚐 009, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 42 × 10 ft · Gravel
🚐 010, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 45 × 12 ft · Gravel
🚐 011, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 45 × 13 ft · Gravel
🚐 012, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 45 × 13 ft · Gravel
🚐 013, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 40 × 13 ft · Gravel
🚐 014, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 50 × 14 ft · Gravel
🚐 015, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 39 × 13 ft · Gravel
🚐 016, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 39 × 16 ft · Gravel
🚐 017, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 36 × 12 ft · Gravel
🚐 018, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 48 × 10 ft · Gravel
🚐 019, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 50 × 15 ft · Gravel
🚐 020, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 11 ft · Gravel
🚐 021, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 52 × 16 ft · Gravel
🚐 022, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 48 × 15 ft · Gravel
🚐 023, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 64 × 15 ft · Gravel
🚐 024, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 42 × 18 ft · Gravel
🚐 025, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 12 ft · Gravel
🚐 026, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 35 × 28 ft · Gravel
🚐 027, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 42 × 10 ft · Gravel
🚐 028, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 42 × 10 ft · Gravel
🚐 029, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 45 × 18 ft · Gravel
🚐 030, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 13 ft · Gravel
🚐 031, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 50 × 15 ft · Gravel
🚐 032, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 30 × 13 ft · Gravel
🚐 033, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 45 × 18 ft · Gravel
🚐 034, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 28 × 15 ft · Gravel
🚐 035, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 45 × 12 ft · Gravel
🚐 036, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 36 × 13 ft · Gravel
🚐 038, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 40 × 13 ft · Gravel
🚐 039, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 35 × 15 ft · Gravel
🚐 040, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 45 × 13 ft · Gravel
🚐 041, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 40 × 12 ft · Gravel
🚐 042, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 45 × 16 ft · Gravel
🚐 043, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 40 × 14 ft · Gravel
🚐 044, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 42 × 16 ft · Gravel
🚐 045, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 45 × 11 ft · Gravel
🚐 046, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 45 × 14 ft · Gravel
🚐 047, Loop: DIFF RV
Pet Friendly · 42 × 12 ft · Gravel

Reviews

566 reviews

Summary

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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.

Based on guest feedback

4.6

Overall rating

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5 stars 74.4% (421)
4 stars 15.9% (90)
3 stars 5.5% (31)
2 stars 3.2% (18)
1 star 1.1% (6)

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LuAnne P

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September 24, 2024 Stayed at: 046, Loop: DIFF

Nice sites with great privacy. Close to Aspen, 10 minutes away, Independence Pass summit about 15-20 minutes away. Vault toilet bathrooms cleaned daily. Quiet location. Enjoyed the stay.

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Bogjin R

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September 20, 2024 Stayed at: 024, Loop: DIFF

Good

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Evan N

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September 20, 2024 Stayed at: 033, Loop: DIFF

Campground was well situated for activities either up in the pass or in Aspen. Experience with the camp hosts was poor due to the fact they were never there. Over the course of our three day stay we tried on numerous occasions to find them at their site or elsewhere without success.

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brittany m

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September 19, 2024 Stayed at: 020, Loop: DIFF

The campground was pretty expensive for not having amenities like flush toilets and showers, but it was the closest to Aspen. The site itself was spacious but the tent area wasn’t totally flat; there were roots and rocks that made it awkward to position the tent and sleeping. The campground was lovely and very close to the Difficult Trail. I would camp here again.

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F P

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September 13, 2024 Stayed at: 035, Loop: DIFF

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September 13, 2024 Stayed at: 035, Loop: DIFF

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September 13, 2024 Stayed at: 035, Loop: DIFF

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F P

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September 13, 2024 Stayed at: 035, Loop: DIFF

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Alison S

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September 13, 2024 Stayed at: 019, Loop: DIFF

This is one of our favorite campgrounds! The bathrooms were really clean. Thank you, camp hosts!

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Zoe D

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September 11, 2024 Stayed at: 001, Loop: GRP

We love coming to Difficult Campground for an easy get away just outside of Aspen! The sites are always clean and ready for the next camper. Our favorite is the group site because it's tucked away along the Roaring Fork river, so we can have a good size group and not worry about being too loud.

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Location & Directions for Difficult Campground

665 Difficult Campground Rd, Aspen, CO 81611 United States

Elevation: 2,494 ft

Getting There

665 Difficult Campground Rd. Aspen CO 816511

Take Highway 82 for 5 mi southeast of Aspen, Colorado. Look for USFS

Difficult Campground sign on the right, past Mile Marker 45.

Nearest town

Aspen, CO - 5.1 mi

About 14 min to downtown

Highway access

Difficult Campground is accessed via Highway 82, which is approximately 5 miles northwest of Aspen, Colorado.

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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