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This first come, first served campground is located next to St. Louis Creek adjacent to a system of trails popular for day hiking and mountain biking. There are 16 non-electric sites that will accommodate tents, trailers and RVs. Each site contains a tent pad, fire grate and picnic table. Additional facilities provided include restrooms, trash service and drinking water. Popular activities include hiking in the Fraser Experimental Forest, Byers Peak and Vasquez Peak Wilderness areas, scenic driving and wildlife viewing.
Four miles southwest of Fraser on County Road 73 (St. Louis Creek Road) in the Fraser Experimental Forest
This is a beautiful campground but the host is on a power trip and twists the federal campground rules in her favor so she can cater to the demographic she prefers in the campground.
In our case we travel with a super quiet generator to run our AC to keep our dogs cool in the event the temperature gets to hot in the afternoons, in addition we also use this generator for medical reasons as required . The generator runs well below the federal park requirements of 60db and is only used as needed outside of Quite Hrs. As soon as the host noticed our generator she immediately had an issue with it without even understanding our usage of the generator. The following day she said "There was a complaint" and we could no longer run our generator even though it only ran outside the documented quite hrs. It was clear she fabricated this complaint simply so we would not use our generator and proceeded to "monitor" our site making us extremely uncomfortable.
Regardless of her wishes we continued to run our generator as needed as we were very familiar with the rules of federal parks and were not going to let this host bully us into submission.
I would recommend camping at any other federal park BUT this one if you want to enjoy your experience.
We were in site 6. Close to the rest room. The host is very nice and keeps this campground very clean. Restrooms are the cleanest of any FS campground i have ever been to. The only complaint is there is no shade except for one site that is for tents.
Let me start by saying this campground has an absolutely amazing location with a lot to offer... MTB Trails, hiking, the creek, and close to town... HOWEVER...The host destroys the entire experience - as you will see by the majority of the reviews in the last year. As such, despite having the best offerings as well located convenient for our friends house down the street we will never stay here again.
It starts off with an overstep the moment you park. I had barely gotten out of my vehicle by the time she was mentally inventorying my equipment from bikes to generator... All of which she pointed out during the only "camper orientation" (lasting 5-7 minutes mind you) in which she "teaches" you about the rules of the USDA Forest Service including two "hand-outs" that I have ever experienced in years of camping. She awkwardly waits for your undivided attention... so you may not begin to set up while listening... She will just wait while making the situation even more uncomfortable than it sounds. Meanwhile the dogs are ready to get out of the car from a multi-hour drive.
Throughout the stay, what clearly appeared to be fabricated complaints about our whisper quiet generator continued to demonstrate her overreach. When she confronted both me and my partner on separate occasions we both replied with the generator was well below the requirements as required for use in the campground, under 60dB - of which is significantly higher than ours emits. You can barely hear it 30 ft away.
Because of the awkward encounters and continued obsessive like behaviors we will never return and will warn our local friends to have other guests avoid a horrible experience in a quiet and beautiful campground... There are 2-3 other similar campgrounds within 5 or so miles... I suggest those!
Talk about a heavensend! My girlfriend and I stopped by around 9am to snag a "first come, first serve" spot, and not only was it easy to do, the hosts were beyond amazing. The campsite was clean, the hosts were ultra friendly and informative, and the location was great!! Next time we return, this is the first place we're looking into!
This is my favorite place in the world. My wife and I visited many years ago at the nadir of the beetle-kill tragedy, and the campground was a very sad-looking place. Today after a decade of Nancy’s steady nurturing care of the many hundreds of new saplings and the “business” of running the campground, it’s beautiful. There are still a lot of dead trees around the outer perimeter, but there’s so much fresh new life taking hold in the campground that it projects a powerful image of renewal.
I’ve never been anywhere with such wonderful trails so close to the campground. You can get on your bike in your campsite and be on an outstanding and expansive trail system within 100 feet. We haven’t ever seen bears here, but we’ve seem many mule deer and moose, including one yearling bull who came so close he had to duck under our clothesline.
We spent the last week of June and the first week of July here this year, and brought 2 hummingbird feeders. Our campsite became crowded with hummingbirds within 2 days - it was fantastic to watch them dogfighting and courting each other.
We will really miss Nancy’s presence and her special touch that have made this campground as special as it has become. I am sure the hummingbirds will be disappointed next summer when they return.
PLEASE BRING A FEEDER IF YOU VISIT!
