Albion Basin in UT -- Campground & RV Camping

Albion Basin Campground is located at 9,500 feet elevation in Little Cottonwood Canyon, surrounded by white pines and aspens. The facility features 22 dirt-spur campsites, including single, double, and triple layouts, each equipped with a picnic table and campfire ring. Vault toilets are available on-site, though there are no hookups. The campground serves as a trailhead for the Cecret Lake Trail and provides direct access to surrounding mountain biking paths like the Albion Basin Road and Germania Pass route. A small mountain stream flows through the basin.

Getting there: From I-215, take the 6200 South exit and travel a mile east to Wasatch Blvd. Take Wasatch Blvd 3 miles south to the junction with Little Cottonwood Canyon/Highway 210. Take a left at the junction and travel up Little Cottonwood Canyon 10.2 miles to the campground. The last 2.4 miles are on a maintained gravel road which has an information booth operated in partnership with the Ski Area; the hosts will direct you up the road to the campground.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 34-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
• Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
• Mount Wolverine stands 1,276 ft above the map pin, 0.7 miles northeast.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• Most of them shaded.

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