Rainbow Lakes Crawl Spot
County Road 116, Nederland Colorado 80466
Submitted by: Chad
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Killer rocks and lines right near the parking lot.Additional Notes/Instructions
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Great time. Great place. Bathrooms are pretty clean. You wont get ANY cell phone service FYI.
Campground fills up QUICK! Especially on the weekends obviously. So get there ASAP! We stayed in the back lots where you have to pay per night. But it was a lot of fun.
The road getting all the way to the back can get pretty bumpy. Truck or suv or anything with good ground clearance is definitely recommended. Although I did see a few sedans make it out there.
Very beautiful, spacious campground. The road getting there is rough (5 mile dirt road). I did make it even with a sedan with just front wheel drive. Took it slow. The weather was perfect. Not too cold at night. I’ll be back!
Really beautiful shady campground, pit toilets and no water. Lovely shady hike through 4 lakes. The dirt road to get there is really bumpy and uncomfortable, but it was not crowded (on a Tuesday).
Great camp ground had a blast! I drove my sedan and made it just fine, drive SLOW on that dirt road there are some nasty potholes and rocks sticking out if your in a larger vehicle then no worries drive 20mph you will be just fine. There’s no water at the campgrounds so bring plenty of your own, also bring a chainsaw and splitter they have plenty of dead wood to be cut up. The grounds keeper that was on duty during our stay was a great guy he was kind and very informative we stayed from 7/22-7/25-2019 3 nights 4 days and would love to come again
The road to get in is 5 miles long and will take about 15 or 20 mins bc its rough and rocky and filled with potholes. BUT The views are amazing. Expect neighbors. Its $17 a night but omg the mountain and sky views are worth it. Plus you are a part if the arapaho glacier trail (a MuST for good hikers) nd the rainbow lakes trail (easy trail). So on the way back you can go right to your tent and trust me after 8 miles round trip and the most breathtaking view 12745 feet can give you. Rainbow lakes campground is at about 10k feet in elevation so you will be out of breath. Go easy. They provide bear proof lockers at each camp site. Much needed more for the abundance of chipmunks. The bathrooms are vault toilets and smell awful. The ones by sites 15 thru 18 are the cleanest and arent too terrible. One of the best camp sites I've ever stayed at. We even stayed 2 days.
