Rio Grande National Forest · Colorado
Overview Platoro Cabin 1 is located downtown in the small mining town of Platoro, Colorado, at an elevation of 10,000 feet in the Rio Grande National Forest. The cabin was built in 1963 by the Rio Grande National Forest as base quarters for various Forest Service Crews working in the surrounding areas until the early 1990s. Today the cabin is a getaway for guests seeking relaxation and recreation in south central Colorado.
Sites at Platoro Cabin 1 are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 1 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Cabin |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Platoro, CO |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
ItOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Platoro Cabin 1 around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Big Meadows Reservoir Campground (South Central CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Mogote | Cancellation alerts available |
| Elk Creek Campground (Rio Grande Nf) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Thirty Mile | Cancellation alerts available |
| Aspen Glade (Rio Grande National Forest, CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cathedral | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lake Fork(Rio Grande Natl Fore | Cancellation alerts available |
| River Hill | Cancellation alerts available |
| Marshall Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Rock Creek (Rio Grande National Forest) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Rio Grande | Cancellation alerts available |
| Comstock | Cancellation alerts available |
| Rio Grande Off-Season Campgrounds | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ivy Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Alder Guard Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Brewery Creek Guard Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Carnero Guard Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Duncan Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Elwood Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Fitton Guard Station Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Off Cow Camp Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Platoro Cabin 2 | Cancellation alerts available |
| Stone Cellar Guard Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Upper Crossing Guard Station | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Platoro Cabin 1; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.