BLM access about to be lost
There is a fantastic BLM dispersed camping site in Colorado on the Arkansas River that is in danger of being converted from free BLM camping to an expensive, reservation only campground run by the sta...
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highplainsdrifter wrote:greenrvgreen wrote:
As for "boondocking", many of us don't consider this boondocking intthe first place--it is, in fact an organized BLM campground with fees. Only change is the fees are going up.
I got the impression that this is currently a no fee BLM area. Is that wrong?
Yes high plains drifter you are correct and greenrvgreen is wrong-- again. Maybe we can't blame him as he is likely referring to an earlier post by bipflier that is also wrong.
I love the statement by greenrvgreen above that it is in FACT an organized BLM campground---- WRONG.
As explained in about half a dozen posts by now, It is a no fee BLM dispersed camping area. No organized anything. An open scrub meadow with a few meandering dirt roads through it and maybe 15 obvious spots to park RVs or trailers and a few dozen more spots for cars and tents. Adjacent to it is a boat ramp with parking for day use and a toilet. If AHRA gets it they will make a set number of sites - likely with picnic tables and fire pits. Their fee structure is $16 per night for camping, plus $7 for daily use of an AHRA site, plus a $10 fee to make a reservation. On crowded weekends now it might have 50 campsites, Under AHRA it will be half that and be a reservation site rather than first come first served so people who do not have an advance reservation will often get turned away. Making a reservation costs $10 and that goes to a private company who manages the reservation system. So someone from Denver would pay $33 for one night for a site with no water or electricity.
If you want to pay $33 per night there is a private campground less than 1/4 mile away with full hookups.
So if that is what you want - you already HAVE it.
