Round Valley Campground

This camp ground gives you a nice little view of the meadow that is surrounded by towering trees, giving the great feel of truly being in the deep woods. Water source and toilets are also not too far from the camp ground. If you stand in the middle of the meadow, you can see the top of the peak. The spring time is beautiful and better for newer hikers as the winter and snow can add an aspect of difficulty with making sure you stay on the trail and having the right gear to stay warm.

Camped here over the weekend as a part of a training hike for a Philmont trek. It is a hard hike with just about 4,000 ft of elevation gain. The campsites are not really conducive to large group camping as they terrain is very rough, but we did find a couple close together that worked for our group of 17 backpackers.

Overall great! However, had a difficult time understanding where to set camp. According to instructions it should be 25ft within the wooden post (See picture attached) However it was not clear any indications if where I set camp was correct. For hikers looking to camp here, if you do please post a review and a picture of where you camped to facilitate the location of the campsites. I did C2C and it was hard to focus to find a spot.

We took the tram up and hiked our way to the Round Valley campsite. It was a 2.5 hike to get to our campsite. Be prepared for the incline and elevation. Lotus was a nice big area that overlooked the other side of the mountain with some very nice views. Be on the look out for the R3 post that leads to Lotus. Stay on the trail and follow the twigs and rocks when the path becomes indistinguishable.

After a 2.1 miles trail from ranger station at tramway, with no too much high gain just 600 feet so easy hike. Very clear trail. Excelent, secluded camping but is hard to find the campsites. Must send by mail a permit with at least one week before, I would say two weeks. No water, vault toilet