Collegiate Peaks Campground - Buena Vista Colorado

Collegiate Peaks Campground is located just over 10 miles west of Buena Vista Colorado along Middle Cottonwood Creek near the top of Cottonwood Pass. Located between 14er's Mt Princeton to the south and Mt Yale to the north, Collegiate Peaks Campground provides a number of outdoor activities. This campground fills up quickly during the summer months.

Collegiate Peaks Campground Info
* Elevation: 9800 ft
* Fee per Night: $20
* Total Campsites: 56
* Reservations Not Accepted for sites 1-2 and 18-30
* All other sites can be reserved.
* Cell Service: AT&T - None / Verizon - None
* 14 Day Stay Limit
* Open Mid-May thru Mid-October

*Activities
* Fishing in Middle Cottonwood Creek, beaver ponds west of the campground, and nearby Cottonwood Lake
* Non-motorized boating on nearby Cottonwood Lake
* Hiking in the area:
* Ptarmigan Lake Trail
* Lost Lake Trail
* Segment 13 - Colorado Trail
* Avalanche Gulch
* Denny Creek Trailhead provides access to the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area, Mt Yale, and Koenke Lake
* Scenic drive to the top of Cottonwood Pass
* Whitewater rafting on the Arkansas River in nearby Buena Vista

* Nearest Campgrounds:

GPS: 38.8115, -106.3172
Directions:
From Buena Vista Colorado, head west on CO 306 (Cottonwood Pass Rd) for just over 10 miles. Collegiate Peaks Campground will be on the left.

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[CampgroundRecon]

RV Water is available at Buena Vista Public Works on Gregg Drive in the vicinity of the airport. I've had a couple people tell me the price is $2 for over 100 gallons

[jeffeckelberry]

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[sammojohnson]

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[michaelnewton]

Great video! Love how you were able to drive into so many individual campsites. Of course you don’t usually have the luxury of a completely empty campground!

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[geraldpeasley]

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[wellsonwheels]

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[gilleonard]

Great Job! The camera details add a lot. Thanks.

[CampgroundRecon]

Cottonwood Pass Update - It was just announced that the west (Gunnison County) side of Cottonwood Pass will not open until August 12th, 2019.

[alanmiller]

Another great video, you guys do such a great job, these videos keep us enthused in between trips to the mountains. We're actually headed to Buena Vista again June 14 and are hoping to hike Mt. Yale but are a little concerned about the snowfall you've had this year. Going to the Taylor Park area during this trip as well.

[JJs-ClassC-Adventures]

I first came to this campground in 1989. Love it except the hand pump water contains a high consentration of iron. It will ruin water containers, so thanks for the info on where to get drinking water. Great campground review.

[COGirl]

Have you done North Fork CG in San Isabel NF?

[phillaynejr]

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[conniebarker]

Please stay on the roads four wheelers and side by sides are making campgrounds everywhere you are destroying the mountains they're going to close them down if you guys don't start staying on the road where you belong please don't close down my home I live up here this is my home respect it I respect yours when I go to your home I don't throw cigarette butts and trash everywhere please clean up after yourself and stay on the road

[couerl]

Ahh, pre-covid, pre trans-grooming, pre-commie, the good old days.