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A beautiful camping spot, quiet and secluded during the night. Only a few good tent spots, so get there early!
Wonderful hiking with very few other people. The trail is well maintained.
This camp is about 3.7 miles from the Staircase Trailhead. There are plenty of trees for hammock backpackers, but not many flat spots for tents. (Big Log Camp two miles up the trail has many more flat places.) We were the first to arrive on Friday afternoon of Labor Day weekend and a few others arrived later that night, but Saturday night was crazy busy, with tents and hammocks set up wherever there was the slightest bit of room.
This campsite has a privy, and as of now there is a bear wire for hanging your food bag. There is no water source at camp, but if you hike north one-tenth of a mile there is a little footbridge that crosses a good creek.
A great place for novice and beginner hikers to camp. They have a newer outhouse on-site which makes things even nicer! I recommend camping at spike for a few nights and hiking up to flapjack lake!
Beautiful hike, mostly uphill, for 3.5 miles. Outhouse at the top, but was dirty when we were there. Several areas for tents/hammocks.
