Review: Beartree Recreation Area

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Kathy Charest

2 years ago
4/5

I want to give this place 5 stars for the sheer beauty and solitude of the campground, however there were some very serious issues that need to be addressed and was torn between 3 and 4 stars because of it.

The campground itself, fantastic! Large spacious sites, tall trees and lush foilage, a trickling creek right in our campsite, really, what more could we ask for? It was private, quiet, peaceful and with no hookups at all, it was dark and lovely.

Staff: What interaction we had was pleasant, helpful and friendly.

We knew this would be dry camping, and all information led to the impression that there would be water fill spigots around the park, bath houses with "hot showers", and a dump at the park exit. We are self contained and put a bit of fresh water in our tank before we arrived. It's sure good we did because the water from the spigots was a strange deep yellow color. The bathhouses in our entire loop were closed, no toilets other than porta potties and no "hot showers", in addition, when we checked out and tried to dump, the dump was a mess. It was full and there was "dump" and toilet paper all around. In addition, it's on the wrong side, so you have to try to turn your rig around and go in backwards to be on the right side... which of course doesn't matter because you can't use it.

We asked a volunteer about the bathhouses and yellow water. He replied that he'd been drinking the yellow water for a few months and was fine... hmmm... I'm not willing to take that chance. He also informed us that 1 of 2 pumps in the lift station died 4 years ago and was not replaced because they can't get the parts .. in 4 years???? Then last year the other pump died, so they are "working on it" .... for a year! That's unacceptable.

However, the beauty of the place overwhelms and makes it worth going if you just don't need the other stuff. Take your full tanks down the mountain to a place you can dump I suppose.

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