The campground is located by turning west from US 287 at Livermore, Colorado and drive west on County road 74e west, first 22 miles to Red Feather Lakes Village at Dowdy Lake road, then for another 1.5 miles to CR 86 which turns to the left. This is also known as Deadman Road which leads to the Historic Fire Tower thirteen miles from this intersection. However, when you do turn onto CR 86, within a hundred feet the road surface changes from a hard surface road to a gravel road. Continue on County Road 86 west about two miles to the first road to the right, which is FR 502.

Turn right on to FR 502 and you will notice that the road splits but rejoins in about one hundred yards. There are numerous site with rock fireplaces as you drive along SR 502. This road comes to a fork at 2000 feet, stay to the left, and the road will come to an end where a trench has been dug across the roadway.

You can camp in any of the areas with pullouts many of which have rock fireplaces.

Rocky Mountains Region

Southern Rockies Ecoregion

This campground is boon docking at its finest, bring every thing you need because there are no water faucets, no electric hookups, not a single utility, but the sites are free.

Except for week ends, holidays and most of the time during summer months, this campground is not very busy. There are lots of hiking in the surrounding forest with numerous summit views.

Also, because this campground is so far from the city lights, it is very dark at night and the stars are amazing.

Too, there are many lakes in the area for fishing as well as rivers, including the Cache la Poudre and the North Fork Cache la Poudre.

This campground is a national forest dispersed camping site.

There are no fees to camp, nor or there any standard campground elements. The one exception is that there are some natural stone fire pits.

Free

Awake this morning to a comfortable temperature, rise, open the jammer and begin preparing my morning meal, a cup of hot coffee, cup of tea and a cup of Daystart, which does not take long to make. Right away, the Rufous hummingbirds that had showed up yesterday, return for some breakfast. I work at taking a few photos, but the light and the angle do not make for good photos. Still, I get a few for the gallery.

After eating, I put away my cookpot and then begin working on changing my tire. First, I remove the tire from the roof by disconnecting the four nylon cords. After I pull the wheel off of the roof, I then take all the knots out of the nylon cords and wash them in a bucket of water. Then, I let the cords dry before I begin to reassemble my roof rope tire rack. I try to implement the new design that I have been working on in my mind for the last several months, but as I begin to install the cords, I realize that I must needs tie the four cords together first. So, I remove all the cords and begin to tie them on the ground while sitting on a bench

Arriving at the national forest dispersed camping area in the afternoon, I back into the space and set up for the evening. Later, I step out and take the first photo of the jammer at the national forest dispersed camping.

It rained on the third day and so I stayed inside the jammer.

Upon awakening on the morning of the forth day, I find it has snowed.

Gordon hangs a hummingbird feeder and it did not take long for the Rufus humming birds to find the feeder and begin enjoying the nectar.

The day of the full moon, actually it is late tonight.

On my way back from a resupply trip into town, I take photos of the Lakes.

A cold day during which I spend inside the jammer keeping warm.

Awake to the second snow here at Red Feather Campsite

The middle of this day warms up nicely. I see some spring flowers.

Another cold day, but this one with fog. Still it warms up midday, however, it begins to snow again at six pm, the third snow.

A warm midday, but also very windy.

Comfortable day which I spend mostly inside working on my book and website.

Awake, pound keys on the computer, then drive to town for resupplies.

Upon returning to the campsite, photograph a deer.

Staying inside to avoid the Weekend Warriors

Another Day close to camp.

I work on my pantry today.

Another day in camp. The afternoon has thunderstorms.

Out for a Day Hike in the Roosevelt National Forest near Red Feather Campsite

Just before noon, I pack up and drive to town to replenish my waning water supply. Then, I drive back to the mountain, drive into the campsite, park in my space and get into the horizontal. I notice that most of the designated campsites have been taken by the weekend warriors.

Weekend Warriors invade the Red Feather campsite for the worldly holiday.

I thought it could not be worse, but the campsite gets even more full.

Another day in the neighborhood, but in the afternoon, many of the weekend warriors pack out.

The last of the Weekend Warriors leave today. Another frozen ground.

We are alone here in the National Forest

Leaving in the afternoon I drive to town to replace my rear shocks, after I finish the repair, I drive to the w-mart to make a post on social media. While there it begins to rain, doing so with the sun shining. I look and see that the sun is two hands from the horizon and methinks, this is just the perfect conditions for a rainbow.

I open the side window and to my delight, there is a double rainbow stretched across the top of the g-mart.

After overnighting in the parking lot of the g-mart, I return to the w-mart for coffee and to continue uploading files and create another post on social media before returning to the campground.

On the drive back to the campground, I see the rock formation to the east of the highway that I have been looking at all months, wondering if it is natural or manmade. So, I stop along the route and take a photo of the formation. When I zoom in, it appears to be natural, still I wonder how it came about to be in the shape it is.

Back in camp, I immediately notice how green the aspen have become, and it only being about ten days since they first began to show buds.