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Weston Pass Campground is located adjacent to Buffalo Peaks Wilderness on the east side. It has 14 campsites with a maximum trailer length of 25 feet; elevation is 10,200 feet; camping season begins in May and continues to early October with reduced service. Facilities include toilets, tables, and fire rings. There is no water or trash service at this campground. You must pack everything out.
From Fairplay travel south on US 285 for about five miles and turn right onto County Road 5. County Road 5 will turn into County Road 22 and the campground will be on your left a few miles down County Road 22.
No frills, but it was available. Vault toilet, no water. Had to filter ours from the stream. I get the feeling it’s mostly a fishing spot.
Smaller, clean, walk in, no reservations, $15 per night, nice sized spots and 2 vault toilets that actually don't smell, not sure how they do it! I docked it a star because there's no water, byow...labor day, no fires allowed at all, only charcoal in the grates provided.
Nice. Quiet and clean. Excellent views. Good camping sites, $15/night. About 60% of the spots have very flat pads for tents, the rest are OK but not bad. Two double outhouses, one at either end. No water. If you’re tent camping, avoid camp #2 as it’s almost all sloped and it was the only one passed over by everyone when I was there.
The campground is at 10,200 ft. Be prepared for that. Lots of tree cover, but it gets very cold at night and the wind, rain, and storms can be intense. Anyone going out here should already be well familiar with that though.
Access is good, easy to turn in and around - but no host that I saw.
Only negatives to consider:
1. Mosquitos. There are a lot. Be prepared.
2. It gets pretty busy, so get in before noon for
sure.
3. ZERO cell service of any sort. From any carrier. Period. Be prepared for that. We had phones from ATT, Verizon, Sprint and TMobile - nothing, not even for a second. Your phone will not work. I used my inReach to let people know where we were, this is firmly satphone country. Every time I go out, lots of people from the city don’t seem to get that plenty of places with no cell service still exist. This is one of them, prepare accordingly.
4. It had rained a lot when we got there, and was raining at the time - the road was pretty washed out with lots of holes and bumps. I would not recommend a low clearance vehicle. (The road inside the camp itself was fine though.)
5. Not an issue with the campground itself, but if you go any further past this campground on Rt. 22, the road gets really rough, especially above tree line which is only 1/4 mile away. That being said, the campground has a lot of traffic turning around it it through the day. Zero problems at night though and the road was dead quiet after dark.
BEFORE READING: THERE WAS A SIGN POSTED SAYING THE CAMPGROUNDS ARE CLOSING ON 12 OCTOBER WITH NO POSTED OPEN DATE.
I usually stick to BLM primitive camping spots, so this campsite was a nice change of scenery. The road leading to the campgrounds is rough with washouts and fairly large avoidable potholes. If you aren't able to find a spot, there are roughly six more primitive camping spots up the road, but the road itself degrades progressively the farther you go up. You won't have any cell service while staying, so make sure you let your loved ones know ahead of time. Very scenic and serine, located right next to a stream which causes mosquitos galore in the summer. Toilets were nice and clean, however the camp was about to close so I'm sure the forest service cleaned it up very recently. Extremely quiet and peaceful. I will be coming back here in the summer if I'm in the area.
