5/16/2026 Posted On: 5/16/2026 By: Kiefer Info: Thirty mile Campground is officially open. Trail is in relatively good shape to Wemi Pass & snow free. Lots of space. Restrooms are open. LOTS of hunters. Wear your orange/yellow. Moose in the area too. Rio Grande is running solid & fast. | 2 |
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4/27/2026 Posted On: 4/27/2026 By: Kiefer Info: Just a status update. Del Norte Ranger Station said this morning, that the gate blocking access to county road #520 (Thirty Mile Campground & Ute Creek) will open May 15th. | 1 |
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8/24/2025 Posted On: 9/3/2025 By: sehessler92 Info: All dirt road that can be traveled by any car. The hiker parking at the campground is a nice flat area and there are bathrooms that aren’t stinky a short walk away | ||||
7/4/2025 Posted On: 7/7/2025 By: kyrawhitworth Info: Still good 2WD road (we were in a CRV). A few small sections of washboard and a couple potholes but overall in great shape. The parking area for backpackers/anglers has a blue water spigot over on the far side to fill up water which is nice. | ||||
6/2/2024 Posted On: 6/5/2024 By: HikerGuy Info: I spent two nights sleeping in my car in the backpacker/fisherman's parking lot. Campground was mostly empty. Saw the campground host milling about, but they did not bother me. | 1 |
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8/15/2022 Posted On: 8/16/2022 By: supranihilest Info: Road to the campground is pretty wet with the recent rains which means small potholes and washboarding. Easy drive in my Civic nonetheless. Bathrooms are open and stocked with TP. | ||||
7/10/2022 Posted On: 7/10/2022 By: LetsGoMets Info: 2WD accessible. | ||||
6/5/2022 Posted On: 6/6/2022 By: supranihilest Info: Driving directions have been updated. Dry to trailhead. Campground packed. Bathrooms stocked with TP. | ||||
9/5/2021 Posted On: 9/6/2021 By: madmattd Info: Easy drive in, any vehicle can make it. Just a few stretches with small potholes and some minor washboarding. There's a sign for the campground off Highway 149 (typical brown USFS sign), then a few signs along the ~12mi dirt road trip in. Just say on the main road to the campground, pretty obvious where to go. Backpacker lot was pretty much full (due to poor parking jobs, otherwise room for easily 6-8 more vehicles) at 1PM Labor Day weekend Saturday. Starting to empty out mid-afternoon Sunday. I will send Bill a note, but the comment currently posted about the trail being closed due to bridge construction appears to have been from 2018. No trail access issues now, and the bridge ~2mi in looks newer, but definitely a few years old. | ||||
2/8/2021 Posted On: 2/8/2021 By: blazintoes Info: Closed 5 miles from the TH that makes a winter summit a 30+ mile r/t affair. | ||||
7/11/2020 Posted On: 7/12/2020 By: angry Info: Dry to th. | ||||
7/8/2019 Posted On: 7/8/2019 By: supranihilest Info: Dry to the campground. Easily doable in any vehicle. Lots of parking in the backpacker's parking lot, and some free camping outside of the campground itself. | 1 |
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10/29/2018 Posted On: 10/29/2018 By: HikerGuy Info: Smooth dirt road the entire way from Hwy 149. Campground stays open as long as the road stays open. Looks like the campsites are free once the bathrooms are locked and water turned off. Backpacker parking lot was sunnier, so chose to car camp there. Not much traffic this time of year, only one other car. |
