Gore Creek Campground

This place is a gem. So cool having it so close to Vail, but at the end of a dead end road. Hiking and biking, great scenery and a water feature-the lovely Gore Creek.

Beautiful campground. Friendly camp host.

Reserved campsite #12 at Gore Creek. Received a voicemail from campground host afternoon before reservation start date that site was closed by National Forest Service due to safety concerns with the potential for trees dropping into the site and injuring campers. Understand the circumstances but did not receive an email notification from recreation.gov until the day AFTER my reservation started that the site needed to be vacated same day. Was placed into another site upon arrival by the campground host (Lauren) - kuddo's to her in taking the initiative to assist displaced campers. Tried calling the NF regional office for information and could not get a response - line was always busy. Campground Host gets an 'A+', the Forest Service gets an 'F' for their general level of incompetence related to their poor 'closure' and communications plan.

Lovely spot! Site had some privacy, bathrooms were clean, lots of aspens and shade.

Gorgeous campsite!!! The bathrooms were the cleanest I've seen. A bear box and picnic table are provided. But a few things were unfortunate:

1. They have a very fine powdery dirt at the campsite which stuck to everything. I've never been to a campsite with it before so if you have children or dogs they will get extremely dirty.
2. The firewood we purchased here was awful. It wasn't under a cover and was wrapped in plastic but I think it will got wet because we could not keep our fire going and tried so very hard. Just smoke.
3. It is very close to I-70 so we could hear traffic, especially at night time.
4. The small trash bins were very full.

Also FYI black bears are very prevelant in the area so be prepared!

Site 12 has great access to gore creek. We hung out in the creek a lot and hiked upstream with no one else around. There is good separation between sites. The bathroom are super clean and surprisingly had 2 ply tp.
It is close to Vail and the highway, but you dont hear that. Unfortunately, unless we were in the creek, you can hear construction of an on ramp very close during the day. Trucks backing up beeps. Hopefully that project doesn't last too long. Also had a lot of flys during day at the end of July, but at least they don't bite.

To many bugs

We got site #13 just near the river, and it was amazing. The camp is close to Vail + has 2 beautiful trails at walk-in distance. 2 days were not enough!

Great little campground near Vail. Each of the sites has quite a lot of room which is wonderful for spreading out and feeling like you are all alone. You can hear HWY70 occasionally, however, it was not a big deal. Camp manager was terrific. Overall, a great experience.

This campground has great privacy and proximity to Vail. The sites have plenty of space and trees between one another.

Site 4 was not ideal as the sun rose on the side of my camper's main door (passenger side) and was quite blinding without an awning. It rained a bit overnight and the sun does not hit the ground/dirt until late morning due to the slope of the ground and the many trees/leaves providing shade. Breakfast was cooked walking on sticky dirt, and the flies were challenging to work with.

The proximity to Vail is amazing. Great location if you're intention is to visit Vail or the hikes nearby. If you're a family wanting to thrown a frisbee or football around this is not a great spot for that type of activity. Not a lot of open areas.