About Difficult Campground
Number of accommodations: 47
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (441)
What Guests Are Saying
Difficult Campground is praised for its beautiful setting, with well-spaced, private sites nestled among trees, and proximity to Aspen and nearby trails. Campers enjoyed clean facilities and friendly hosts who were attentive and helpful. While some sites may be less desirable, overall, visitors found it a peaceful and enjoyable experience, with opportunities for wildlife sightings and easy access to outdoor activities.
What Guests Are Saying
Difficult Campground is praised for its beautiful setting, with well-spaced, private sites nestled among trees, and proximity to Aspen and nearby trails. Campers enjoyed clean facilities and friendly hosts who were attentive and helpful. While some sites may be less desirable, overall, visitors found it a peaceful and enjoyable experience, with opportunities for wildlife sightings and easy access to outdoor activities.
Review Summary
Mary Ellen C
VerifiedJune 26, 2022 • Stayed at: 027, Loop: DIFF
The hosts are very kind and the campground is spotless. We feel lucky we could get a reservation
Haley F
VerifiedJune 24, 2022 • Stayed at: 046, Loop: DIFF
Beautiful!
LACY D
VerifiedJune 23, 2022 • Stayed at: 040, Loop: DIFF
Beautiful location... Site's are nice size. Camp hosts were pretty rad too! Would stay here again for sure!!
Ann F
VerifiedJune 22, 2022 • Stayed at: 027, Loop: DIFF
Our family has been coming to this campground for over 20 years- The Good: Beautiful campground with streams, hiking, and the Roaring Fork nearby. The trees muffle nearly all noise from Highway 82. The campground hosts do a wonderful job of cleaning, and are very friendly. It was super quiet the 3 nights we stayed last week. Only 5 minutes to Aspen (2 good grocery stores), and only 25 min. to Maroon bells trailhead. There was plenty of fresh drinking water at the numerous spigots. The Bad: Most sites need new gravel and grading- and many aren't just at a bit of a slope- they are lumpy and some have "pot-holes" causing leveling a camper to take a very long time . The Forrest service needs to mend the road the winds through the campground, as it is in bad shape, and cut back lots of the overgrowth that now cramps the camp sites- making having a camp fire in the provided rings really precarious. At the same price as many state parks with full hook-ups, it would be nice to see some funds allocated to an older campground like this one, as this needs some TLC.
Katherine H
VerifiedJune 21, 2022 • Stayed at: 039, Loop: DIFF
We love this campground! Most sites have shade and there is some access to a stream. Bathrooms were very clean also
Heather S
VerifiedJune 20, 2022 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: DIFF
This is a really nice campground close to Aspen for tents and RVs of all sizes. We were traveling in a 25' travel trailer and a friend who was traveling with us was in a 30' travel trailer. We were in sites 14 and 11. The sites were plenty big enough for our campers plus trucks, but both sites were pretty sloped. Leveling was a little tricky. The pit toilets were some of the cleanest we have ever seen and the hosts were extremely friendly. Take note that there are no hookups, nor is there a dump station, so this is a 100% dry camping experience. Drinking water is available, though, and there is one water spicket that you can pull your camper up to in order to fill your fresh water tank. There is an abundance of hiking nearby, Independence Pass is a short drive away, and there is a nice multi-use path that takes you past a nature preserve and into Aspen. We saw multiple moose along this path. Great experience and we would certainly stay here again if in the area.
Stacey G
VerifiedJune 19, 2022 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: DIFF
Campsites are spread out and generally well-shaded with lots of trees for privacy.
Karen D
VerifiedJune 18, 2022 • Stayed at: 038, Loop: DIFF
Across from camp host. Fairly private site. Afternoon sun on tent area. Friendly camp hosts.
Karen D
VerifiedJune 18, 2022 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: DIFF
Fairly private site although backs up to entrance road. Camp hosts were much better than our experience here in 2021.
Jordan M
VerifiedJune 18, 2022 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: DIFF
#18 was a big site, enjoyed the area hiking, the river, and the day use area! Can’t wait to come back!
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.
Latitude & Longitude: 39.1417 / -106.771
Elevation: 2494 feet
Policies & Rules
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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. |
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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. |
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All garbage shall be removed from the site and deposited in the appropriate receptacle by check out time. |
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Off Highway Vehicle Use in not allowed at group or any other site in campground |
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Check in time is 2:00pm and Check out time is 11:00amIt 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. |
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Fires are restricted to the metal fire rings or pedestal grill, no other open burning is allowed. |
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Tent camping is allowed on flat, gravel areas shown inside the designated area. |
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RV's and campers must be parked on the hardened gravel surface. |
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RV's and campers cannot hook up to water via the spigots, spigot is for self-fill jugs only. |
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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. |
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Quite hours are from 10pm to 6am, 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. |
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VENDOR AND EVENT REQUIREMENTS Renters of these sites may hire vendors to support their use such as catering, flowers, music, ceremony efficient, photography, chair rental, etc. These vendors are not required to obtain a separate permit to provide these services. However, the party who rented Windy Point via Recreation.gov is responsible for all actions and/or damage taken by the vendors. The vendor must follow all site rules. All vendors shall adhere to check-in/out times for set up and especially retrieval of their equipment. In event the vendor does not retrieve their equipment, the renter is responsible to remove the equipment by noon on checkout day. |
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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. |
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Customer Service Contact 801-226-3564 or Help.WhiteRiver.Aspen@AmericanLL.com |
