Steamboat State Park or Canon City, Co?
Hello, I am planning a last minute trip to Colorado. Or I should say, I'm trying to, but I need help Some background: My older son, who is getting old enough that he won't be camping with us mu...
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I'm more familar with Steamboat than Canon City, so I will comment there.
The drive isn't bad coming from Denver. Coming from Chicago, I assume you would go I80 across, and down from Laramie through Walden. If you went this way, you would only have Rabbit Ears pass. If you went a little further west on I80 and dropped down into Craig it would be a little further distance but I think you would miss most of the passes.
As was stated, Steamboat Lake is a long ways from Denver - around 4 hours pulling the RV. And while it used to be forest camping, the pine beetle devastated the area and they cut down most of the trees in the campground several years back.
If you went into the town of Steamboat, you could tube the Yampa river, but I am not aware of any real rafting in the area, or a zip line.
Don't get me wrong, I love the area, but I really don't think it fits the bill of what you are looking for.
If you want forest camping in an area with a zip line and river rafting, look up towards Glenwood Springs. There are some National Forest campgrounds up there that would be better for forest camping, I am pretty sure there is a zip line up there, and I know there is rafting on the Colorado River.
Good luck with your journey.
The drive isn't bad coming from Denver. Coming from Chicago, I assume you would go I80 across, and down from Laramie through Walden. If you went this way, you would only have Rabbit Ears pass. If you went a little further west on I80 and dropped down into Craig it would be a little further distance but I think you would miss most of the passes.
As was stated, Steamboat Lake is a long ways from Denver - around 4 hours pulling the RV. And while it used to be forest camping, the pine beetle devastated the area and they cut down most of the trees in the campground several years back.
If you went into the town of Steamboat, you could tube the Yampa river, but I am not aware of any real rafting in the area, or a zip line.
Don't get me wrong, I love the area, but I really don't think it fits the bill of what you are looking for.
If you want forest camping in an area with a zip line and river rafting, look up towards Glenwood Springs. There are some National Forest campgrounds up there that would be better for forest camping, I am pretty sure there is a zip line up there, and I know there is rafting on the Colorado River.
Good luck with your journey.
