Camping on Chambers Lake
As I might have alluded to in my previous post, we spent last weekend camping and hiking up near Cameron Pass. I reserved a campsite at the Chambers Lake campground back in March, and the weekend had finally come around.
Our awesome campsite (lake just in front of the hill back there)
The campground was beautiful, as expected. There are lots of sites big enough for medium-sized RVs, but not a place for the big class As. We camped on a peninsula that reached out into the middle of the lake, so our kiddo could spend his day running back and forth between beaches and throwing rocks from them.
Sneaking out to throw rocks in the rain
We saw plenty of people fishing, but only a few catches. We saw canoe-ers, kayakers, inflatable-rafters and lots of swimmers on the lake as well. In fact, the boating looked like so much fun, Mark and I were discussing roof-racks and paddling-with-toddler logistics for the whole trip home (“So, how do we keep the kiddo from throwing all of our stuff into the lake?”)
Don’t you wish you were here right now?
It was a fantastic place to spend the weekend, and I will let the photos speak for themselves. Next year, who’s coming with us?!
How I spent most of the weekend
Sunset on Chambers Lake
Sunrise over Chambers Lake
Morning on the calm mountain lake
Bald Eagle Circling
Zonked halfway through a luna bar on the trip home
We will be the hosts for this campground for the 2013 season. We have been doing this since 2000 & absolutely love hosting because we get to meet the neatest people & send our summers in the most awesome places ever. Also I love to cook so don’t be surprised if you get invited to share a meal with us.
Hi Elizabeth and Marty! Thanks for the comment and for being campground hosts! I think Chambers lake would be an incredible place to spend the summer, you are so lucky! We might just stop in and say hi!
Hi, we live in Loveland and are wondering if there are first come sites at Chambers? We have no reservations for Wed the 3,4,5…also, wonder what fire restrictions are in place now? I’m going to call the local Ranger # I found about that but not sure if we can get a tent site this close to Wed.
Please email if you get this as I probably won’t make it back to this site. I’d like to get ahold of Elizabeth….
Do you know if ice is available for sale there? If not, how far would you have to drive to get ice?
Hi Amy,
I don’t remember well, but I don’t think there was NO ice at the lake. It’s pretty remote and rustic area. There are a couple of nice camp stores just down the canyon, though. The Sportsman’s Lodge (http://sportsmanslodgecolorado.com) should have ice as well as the Trading Post Resort (http://tradingpostresort.com) right next door. It’s about a 15 minute drive (probably less) down to these stores.
Have fun!
Thanks Kate. That is what I needed to know.
Hey! Awesome to read your info! We have a spot reserved on the peninsula for July 2014! Can’t wait to check it out – tent, canoe and 4 year old in tow! Hope to run into ya on some fun excursion some day!
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