Spruces - Big Cottonwood

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Love this campground and hosts were great but the campground itself needs a little love. Picnic tables need serious help and brush around fire pits need to be cleared back for safety reasons and so you can put chairs around it . There were a lot of deadfall trees all around our site 66 that made it hard to walk around trails.

First, the good. The site itself was beautiful and immaculate. There was evidence of recent maintenance on the tables and benches, which we appreciated. The fire pit was great, as was the grill. The park staff were helpful and friendly. Now for the complaints. There was no running water, a circumstance that we were not notified of prior to our arrival. Also, with no advance notice, the restrooms were out of commission and we instead had to use portable toilet booths, which was a significant problem for my disabled sister-in-law. There were light poles and fixtures at the perimeter of the site, which did not come on at dark as we expected, based on past years of reserving group sites. I feel that for the price we paid, these were significant issues that warranted at minimum, a discounted rate until corrective action was taken to bring the facility up to the advertised condition. Instead, the rates have gone up.

We reserved a camping space at Spruces in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City Utah. The staff had our reservation posted and ready for us. The site was spotless, the air was cool and the hot dogs and marshmallows were yummy

This campground and camp site was sooo beautiful!!! The nature was so green and amazing. No bothersome bugs. We saw juvenile moose playing across from our campground in the open field. We hiked at the hikes nearby. We loved our camp spot with creek access. The spot to put the tent in is a tiny bit slanted so be prepared for that. We loved walking around the campground to look at all the beautiful sites.