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This is a great resource to have in the area. Tent sites are very nice and reasonably priced. Management is very friendly and is conscientious about getting you checked in properly. Reliable electric. Wonderful that they are open during the winter.
One of the nicer KOA's with lots of space in between the sites. Overall it was a pleasant stay. The bathrooms need more attention than just once a day though, please!!!! Also, they need to buy toilet seats that fit the toilets! Seriously, they are like $35 each at Home Depot. Lastly, this is bear country, all of Colorado is, and I was very disappointed they are not using bear proof dumpsters. It shouldn't matter if it is required or not, doing the right thing doesn't need to be required.
This is a pretty nice campground in the Heart of the Rockies. Located just west of trendy Salida and Poncha Springs, and also very near many incredible back country Forest Service roads. Easy access off Highway 50, with some, but not tons, of traffic noise. The RV sites are fairly large and level, with well maintained facilities and friendly staff. My only complaint is that the water pressure was non-existent. My regular barely showed 15psi.
I would not recommend this camp ground. My water spigot has froze multiple times this winter and they do not seem to want to do anything about it. They told me to go by a bucket to put over the spigot but to me doesn't make since thst I have to spend my own money to make sure there water spigot doesn't freeze. Also there laundry sucks here and is a huge waste of money because you'll dry your clothes a good 3 times before they are even remotely close to being dry.
We've been to our fair share of koas and campgrounds, even multiple in a row on this road trip, so I was surprised to be disappointed by this one. It's supposedly new to their portfolio and perhaps they're still transitioning some things.
The worst part about this place is the bathroom. Kid you not, one bathhouse to service the entire campground including all cabins and tent area. That's not a problem if it's big enough, but this has 3 women's toilets and 3 women's showers which sometimes means a line. The biggest problem is the location which is down the hill for the tents, past both inner roads and down by the reception. It was so far, and downhill, that during the night my mother felt so uncomfortable walking that far in the dark that she started up the car and drove there - twice. I cannot imagine other neighbors were thrilled by this, but she clocked it at least 0.3 miles to the bathroom. Sorry, not ok. And we were much closer than all the tent campers! But this also meant alllll the tenters were walking down past our cabin constantly because that's where their bathroom and kitchen is.
We booked a cabin which we often do at Koas. The bunk bed was strangely very low, with the gap between bottom and top so small that I felt as if I had to crawl in a cave. Unlike other koas, there was no mini fridge here which is fine of course for camping, had i known that. The tent campers path goes directly behind cabin 1 with a bright lamp so you'll have people just inches from your window. The inner road is so close to the front door of the cabin row that you're right up in their dust with not much of a terrace space. There is a table and benches to the left of the cabin to use with a campfire. But that combined with the bathroom situation for 104 bucks a night, no thanks.
Upside, they have a community room with books you can hang out in. The store is well outfitted and the staff is friendly and helpful when they're there.
Downside, we arrived after 6 pm so they left our booking in a tray at the front with our name. Unfortunately someone else just took it so we had to find out from other neighbors how to find and access the bathroom with a code, get the wifi etc. But the lady had called before she left her shift to inform us where to find the key in our cabin, which we appreciated.
There also seems to be a dilapidated pool but it's closed off by a fence. Perhaps this will be repaired at some stage.
I would not stay here again unless I had a camper with it's own toilet. Then, the location makes it epic. The views are sweeping and it's right on the road outside of Salida which is very convenient.
