San Juan National Forest · Colorado
Overview This location is available on a first-come, first-served basis only. Visitors are required to physically arrive at the campground to purchase and claim a site. Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.
Sites at Snowslide 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 | 4 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| 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 Snowslide 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.
| Mcphee Recreation Complex | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Vallecito Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Williams Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| House Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Junction Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Haviland Lake Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Pine Point (Vallecito Reservoir, CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cayton Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| West Fork Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| East Fork Campground (San Juan NF - CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Graham Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cimarrona (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ute Campground (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| North Canyon Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Florida Campground (Co) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Target Tree Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bridge | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lower Piedra | Cancellation alerts available |
| Mavreeso Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| West Dolores Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Teal | Cancellation alerts available |
| Transfer Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Palisades Horse Camp | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sig Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Burro Bridge | Cancellation alerts available |
| Kroeger | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lower Hermosa (CO) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Middle Mountain | Cancellation alerts available |
| Miller Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Pine River | Cancellation alerts available |
| South Mineral | Cancellation alerts available |
| Transfer Park Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Chris Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Aspen Guard Station | Cancellation alerts available |
| Blanco River Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Jersey Jim Fire Tower | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Snowslide; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.