Pumphouse Recreation Area

What a spot... what more can I say... as usual, had to drive halfway back to Kremmling to get cell service so I could book the site... small price to pay... can't wait to be back!

site 14 is amazing, i think any sites near this loop are great

clean campsites easy reservations

Great campsite.

The new facilities building kept the exterior lights on all night. This campground used to be amazing, now it feels like we’re in the city. They need to turn the lights off at night.

A nice place off the beaten path for fishing and camping in Gore Canyon.

It is wonderful that there is now potable water after a dry summer!

Camping here was a very different experience, one that grew on me as I stayed four days. This campground’s hosts were very amicable, and the headwaters of the Colorado River flow the entire length of the camp. Nice to fish in, and nice to get into during the heat of the day.

If you are a train fanatic, this is the camp for you! About 6 times a day, a train goes by on the opposite shore, and winds it’s way along the curves of nearby mountains, and into a railway tunnel. If you are not a railway fanatic, you might seek a different camp.

I would have wished for more trees around the campsites, however everything was adequate. Got visited every night by either a raccoon or skunk, that left their paw prints on my food locker and cooler. I was glad that I have secured them to the concrete picnic table, well away from my tent. There are bear warnings posted in the camp, however I don’t believe one came a-visiting’.

We enjoyed our two days of fishing on the Upper Colorado and our one night out camping.

For 50 years, numerous times each season, I have gone to Pumphouse during the week on a first come first serve basis with no problem getting a campsite and usually spend days there with no one else around. Now, a reservation is required and the website to make a reservation is most difficult to navigate. When I finally did book a site i had to pay a reservation fee on top of the camping fee. Why if I/m making my own reservation do I have to pay that fee?
On one occasion, while trying to make a reservation for a future week, the website said no sites available. I have never in 50 years seen Pumphouse full during the week and highly doubt it was full for the week I was searching. on arrival I asked the camp host if the campground had been full two weeks earlier as the website indicated and they said no way.
In my opinion, recent BLM decisions are making access to the campground more difficult. Seems to me things are going a wrong direction. I've said my piece, I know it wont matter. I just don't get it!