Alta Lakes Campground (Dispersed) in CO -- Campground & Tent Camping

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Alta Lakes Campground (Dispersed) in CO

CampgroundUSFS

3.3 mi from Mountain Village

6.1 mi off US 550 (straight line)

Maps Reviews 11,232 ft

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Road Access

Difficult
  • Road difficulty 4 of 5: a difficult drive in.
  • Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 16%, 70% of it on a shelf.

Rig fit

  • RVs are not admitted here.
No drinking waterPortable toiletsFirst come

Campground details

Fires allowed

Setting

Some privacy

Twenty designated campsites accessed via Forest Road #632. No potable water, no fees, first-come-first-served. Open June through late fall. Hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and winter snowmobiling available. Quiet hours 10pm–6am.

  • Moderately separated here.
  • Silver Mountain stands 2,205 ft above the map pin, 1.0 miles southeast.
  • The Alta Reservoir Number 3 shoreline is 0.1 mi off.

Climate averages

October normals 25–47°F, 2.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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Starlink Radar

Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy

Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 98 of 100.

Tree cover26%30m sat. est.