Little Mattie Campground

Little Mattie is our local go-to campground. Or first order of business is paddle boarding on reudi and little Mattie gives us quick easement to the lake for the early morning paddle. Drinking water access is not available lately but grab water at the main campground. Camp host is very helpful and will fill you in on Colorado's new paddle boarding rules (PFDs whistles etc)

Little Mattie is our local go-to campground. Or first order of business is paddle boarding on reudi and little Mattie gives us quick easement to the lake for the early morning paddle. Drinking water access is not available lately but grab water at the main campground. Camp host is very helpful and will fill you in on Colorado's new paddle boarding rules (PFDs whistles etc)

A beautiful spot located in an Aspen grove. The camp host was wonderful! We found plenty of kindling to start our fires. The only reason I took off one star was because there was no water at the campground. You had to drive to another campground to fill up.

A beautiful spot located in an Aspen grove. The camp host was wonderful! We found plenty of kindling to start our fires. The only reason I took off one star was because there was no water at the campground. You had to drive to another campground to fill up.

No lake view but close enough to walk to. The other two camp grounds have lake views and better bathroom facilities

No lake view but close enough to walk to. The other two camp grounds have lake views and better bathroom facilities

Beautiful and peaceful spot with very clean facilities. Jeff, the camp site host, was very friendly and helpful.

Beautiful and peaceful spot with very clean facilities. Jeff, the camp site host, was very friendly and helpful.

The Little Mattie campground host was unavailable for hours when we saw that someone was in our reserved, paid space. She repeatedly radioed another host that she'd meet us in "15 minutes", but it was 2 hours of back and forth before she actually made it. Then, after stalling for hours longer, she refused to do anything about it, despite all campgrounds being full. (The following day, she informed us that she demanded additional payment from the person who had stayed in the space, even though we had also paid for it. Where did that extra payment go, I wonder?) She was unapologetic, and told us we'd have to park in a picnic spot to camp.

Just for additional information about the group of campsites here, we ended up in the boat campground, where the spots are right next to each other with no privacy whatsoever. The loose dogs and noise rules are completely ignored. We're dog lovers, but I highly recommend not bringing a reactive dog (or staying in this area at all, for that matter). The last night of our stay, we returned from fishing and found a Colorado truck with the license plate TOOLBOX in our spot. This person was absolutely vile, refused to leave, and stole our firewood, duffle bag, and food that we had stored in the bear box. Again, the host refused to get involved, despite knowing we had our parking permit for that site, and forced us to leave. There's no cell service here, so we couldn't call the sheriff. We asked the host to, and they said they would call their security. No one ever showed up.

What's the point of paying in advance and reserving a space a month before our trip when we are not able to use it anyway? We STILL have not been issued a refund for the campsites we were not able to use, over a month later. Terrible, terrible experience here.

The Little Mattie campground host was unavailable for hours when we saw that someone was in our reserved, paid space. She repeatedly radioed another host that she'd meet us in "15 minutes", but it was 2 hours of back and forth before she actually made it. Then, after stalling for hours longer, she refused to do anything about it, despite all campgrounds being full. (The following day, she informed us that she demanded additional payment from the person who had stayed in the space, even though we had also paid for it. Where did that extra payment go, I wonder?) She was unapologetic, and told us we'd have to park in a picnic spot to camp.

Just for additional information about the group of campsites here, we ended up in the boat campground, where the spots are right next to each other with no privacy whatsoever. The loose dogs and noise rules are completely ignored. We're dog lovers, but I highly recommend not bringing a reactive dog (or staying in this area at all, for that matter). The last night of our stay, we returned from fishing and found a Colorado truck with the license plate TOOLBOX in our spot. This person was absolutely vile, refused to leave, and stole our firewood, duffle bag, and food that we had stored in the bear box. Again, the host refused to get involved, despite knowing we had our parking permit for that site, and forced us to leave. There's no cell service here, so we couldn't call the sheriff. We asked the host to, and they said they would call their security. No one ever showed up.

What's the point of paying in advance and reserving a space a month before our trip when we are not able to use it anyway? We STILL have not been issued a refund for the campsites we were not able to use, over a month later. Terrible, terrible experience here.