Help, any help for campgrounds in Breckenridge Co?

cruiserjs wrote:
Hold on folks - some of the USFS cgs around Dillon Reservoir have at least one loop with electric service.
Tiger Run is NOT the only place in "town" - Summit County!

Yup, that was mentioned above. Heaton Bay at Dillon in the White National Forest. :-)

If you need to be in the area don't forget to look around Leadville and Turquoise Lake, or just down the road in Buena Vista. A number of options and an area we truly LOVE.

That would keep you within 30-40 minutes of Breck.

JAT,

Lauren wrote:
When we lived in Estes Park we went to Breck as we wanted to do some hiking. We stayed at Tiger Run twice and flatly refused to go back. Not only were they high priced they had the only show in town attitude to go with it. And, usually, at least one thing - and usually more - were not operational. One time we were going to shower after hiking and before dinner and the whole men's room was closed for remodeling or something; they never told us that at checkin and, of course by now, they were gone til the next morning. And refused to reduce our price.

I am glad you found someplace. And am sure we can live without Tiger Run as much as they can live without us.

Thom is an excellent source of info for that area.

100% spot on!

Hold on folks - some of the USFS cgs around Dillon Reservoir have at least one loop with electric service.
Tiger Run is NOT the only place in "town" - Summit County!

When we lived in Estes Park we went to Breck as we wanted to do some hiking. We stayed at Tiger Run twice and flatly refused to go back. Not only were they high priced they had the only show in town attitude to go with it. And, usually, at least one thing - and usually more - were not operational. One time we were going to shower after hiking and before dinner and the whole men's room was closed for remodeling or something; they never told us that at checkin and, of course by now, they were gone til the next morning. And refused to reduce our price.

I am glad you found someplace. And am sure we can live without Tiger Run as much as they can live without us.

Thom is an excellent source of info for that area.

That's where we wound up. Great advice. We are in Winding River. There was one campground, state one on the way right on the side of the resovoir, but it was packed and crammy. It just goes against everything in me to pay what the park in Breck wanted. I'd just assoon camp a night at WAlmart than to pay such a ridiculous price.

Thanks for all the info!!! On the way to the park (without the trailer)

luvmydogs wrote:
Oh you are all a big help. We dont really want to drive over the divide trailer, so makes Fairplay not the best choice. I think our best bet is to see if we can get something in the White river forest and if not move on the Grand Lake where they actually HAVE places to camp.

So let me ask about the White River. Is Heaton bay the only area that has big enough places for a 26 ft trailer? There are 6-8 campgrounds between Dillion and Frisco and hard to tell which ones have power and will take our rv.

Thank you guys so much, what would I do without you?

If it were me, I'd move on unless you have a compelling reason to want to be in the Breck area. As you said, there's choices in Grand Lake (Elk Creek and Winding River) that both offer hookups. You may want to also consider Granby (actually between Granby and Tabernash), the Snow Mountain Ranch/YMCA of the Rockies. They have wonderful facilities there. That would also put you on the west side of RMNP, if you wanted to explore the park with your TV.

Oh you are all a big help. We dont really want to drive over the divide trailer, so makes Fairplay not the best choice. I think our best bet is to see if we can get something in the White river forest and if not move on the Grand Lake where they actually HAVE places to camp.

So let me ask about the White River. Is Heaton bay the only area that has big enough places for a 26 ft trailer? There are 6-8 campgrounds between Dillion and Frisco and hard to tell which ones have power and will take our rv.

Thank you guys so much, what would I do without you?

Tiger Run is the only game in Breckenridge and has always been top $$. Not much else close except national forest w/o utilities. You would have to go west to find anything. There is a state park south of Eagle and a private campground in Gypsum.

luvmydogs wrote:
Well I'm getting increasingly frustrated with campgrounds. It's sure changed in the last 4 years or so. Looking for a campground in or next to Breckenridge Colorado. The only one I found had a rate of 75.00. I almost dropped the phone. I asked if a room came with it. Ridiculous!!! Does anyone know of a campground close to this area that would take a 26 foot travel trailer and had electric? I'm having a hard time finding one and the state parks never say what size rv's fit. Help!!!

You're probably referring to Tiger Run. They are the only game in town, so to speak. In order to get any sort of hookups and not stay at Tiger Run, you'll need to travel a bit.

There's Heaton Bay at Dillon Reservoir in the White National Forest, which has some electric hookups. It's very popular and fills easily, so getting a reservation may be difficult. H E R E is more info to check out.

Over in Fairplay, there's Middle Fork RV Park outside of town. There's also a motel in town that has some parking spaces, but it's not much of a park. H E R E is the website for Middle Fork.

There's a lot of USFS campgrounds in the area, but you won't find hookups. It's a popular area, over in Summit County, but there's not much in the way of commercial campgrounds in the immediate Breck area.

Some of the folks over in that general area may have some additional insight to alternatives. Bottom line though -- you'll have to drive some.