Spruces - Big Cottonwood

The camp ground is beautiful. The camp hosts were nice, I just wish there was some sort of schedule as to how often they come around. We had a hard time tracking them down to get firewood even though we were two camp sites away. There was drinking water available but no restrooms, only porta potties. They were very clean on Friday but were getting a little full Sunday. Campsite 71 was beautiful and private. No back in, so not a great spot for trailers or car camping. There were two parking spaces perpendicular to the camp site. There was a slight hill to bring things back and forth, so a wagon is recommended for hauling stuff. Space for two tents. Access to river. The bees were a little annoying, there seemed to be a little underground next in the site, but the smoke from a fire helped. You could hear cars from the highway but the river drowned it out at night. Overall, great experience with this campground and campsite. I would definitely recommend and come back again.

Wary, clean

Great campground near lots of nice hiking. There was no running water when we were there but it was not a big deal---the port-o-potties were very clean. We have a large tent--our site had an ample area for setting it up but we would have had trouble fitting it into some of the sites we walked past.

Non working bathrooms because they don't want to fix a water leak is very inconvenient

This is a great campground up Big Cottonwood Canyon. Unfortunately, this year drinking water was unavailable and the plumbed bathrooms were locked so bathroom use was limited to port-a-potties.

The site itself was fantastic. Very private with a lovely spot right on the creek. Unfortuantely during our stay there was a water problem and so portapotties were placed and there was no running water at all. Luckily we came prepared with plenty of potable water, but it did affect our enjoyment of the site.

The yurt was nice and Bobbi was very friendly. She told us to expect moose in the morning & we did see them the first day. We enjoyed setting up chair & a hammock along the stream.

For Site #80 - The listing and the map are inaccurate. The site is not a back-in or even a pull-through, it is just a wide spot in the loop road with the camper door opening to the road. My pillow was a few feet from every car that passed by. If we hadn't been able to turn the camper around, then it would have been dangerous for my kids to enter/leave the camper. We were able to make it work, but the misleading listing and photo are unacceptable. Site #80 should be listed as a tent only space.
Other than the parking, the site is fine and standard for the campground. Picnic table and fire pit in good condition. Big trees. Semi-connected to neighboring site to the north.
Campground is nice and quiet. Canyon road is not quiet. Bathrooms were well maintained.

Bathrooms were all closed with no explanation, and there didn’t seem to be any work towards restoring them. Port-a-potties were not maintained, and one at the bathroom nearest us was literally overflowing (refuse to the lid). It’s camping, I get it, but the conditions were pretty dosappointing.

Quiet hours were not observed or enforced by the camp hosts, with loud rowdy groups keeping our family awake into the morning hours.

We saw 2 moose which was very cool, otherwise a pretty disappointing couple of nights.

This year...I was a bit hesitant about staying at Spruces since there were portable toilets...however, the toilets were always very clean! (I would suggest putting more portable toilets at each bathroom site and not so close together!) Our stay was very good and the campground was well kept by the campground hosts. We met several of the campground hosts (Olivia, Chuck, and others) who were friendly and were diligent about keeping things clean. We were fortunate that the water was working during our visit. We love site #61. Nearby, there are great hiking trails and we saw a few moose during our stay. Overall, a very good family camping experience.