Trial Lake Campground

I loved the campground at Trial Lake, a few more bathrooms would be nice and l wasn’t sure where my lot was, it was hard to see when we arrived and were confused where to turn on the roads.

I loved the campground at Trial Lake, a few more bathrooms would be nice and l wasn’t sure where my lot was, it was hard to see when we arrived and were confused where to turn on the roads.

A beautiful campground that is well maintained. There is no drinking water available. You must bring your own. The bathrooms were clean and there was plenty of toilet paper, but it was a busy week and the bathrooms smelled like you would expect vault toilets to smell with a lot of people using them. Our campsite had plenty of shade. Most campsites around the perimeter of the campground had shade, while those in the center didn't seem to have much shade. We enjoyed being farther from the lake where it is a bit quieter and lots of trees for shade. We recommend hiking from the nearby Chrystal Lake Trail Head to Long Lake. A moderate 2 mile hike. There are many lakes to hike to in that area so you can choose a longer or shorter route. Well marked trail. Beautiful scenery. We had a wonderful time and hope to go back some time.

A beautiful campground that is well maintained. There is no drinking water available. You must bring your own. The bathrooms were clean and there was plenty of toilet paper, but it was a busy week and the bathrooms smelled like you would expect vault toilets to smell with a lot of people using them. Our campsite had plenty of shade. Most campsites around the perimeter of the campground had shade, while those in the center didn't seem to have much shade. We enjoyed being farther from the lake where it is a bit quieter and lots of trees for shade. We recommend hiking from the nearby Chrystal Lake Trail Head to Long Lake. A moderate 2 mile hike. There are many lakes to hike to in that area so you can choose a longer or shorter route. Well marked trail. Beautiful scenery. We had a wonderful time and hope to go back some time.

The camp hosts were great!

The camp hosts were great!

Great location although the sites and service facilities could do with an upgrade.

Great location although the sites and service facilities could do with an upgrade.

This was an awesome campground and we really enjoyed our stay! It was fairly easy to get to and we woke up to a beautiful view of the lake right below our campsite. It is near a lot of other trails and lakes as well.

Trial Lake is one of my favorite campgrounds. Elevation is 9500 feet, so be prepared for cold nights and quick change in weather. Once when we camped, it rained, hailed, was crazy windy, and sunny, all in the same weekend.

This year because of the snow and flooding, we were there mid-July and the campground had just opened. We've stayed in site #7 (right on the water) and #1 (a double site.) Site #1 is at the bottom of a big hill which really limited where we could put our tents. There are 2 10x10 tent pads, but one of our tents is 14x14, so we had to put it in the grass and sleep on an incline. The location of the site is literally right across the road from the lake. We would just walk across with our chairs and kayaks and enjoyed the day, but it also meant that other people were parking at our site or literally walking thru the middle of the site to get to the water (nothing to do with the campground, just people's bad manners.) The water was beautiful. The site itself had a ton of bugs and small worm like bugs were falling out of the trees over the picnic tables. I like the lake, but I wouldn't stay at site #1 again.