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Avalanche Cg
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · CO · 39.23657, -107.20336
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Avalanche Cg
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,323 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Avalanche CgNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Avalanche Cg · White River National Forest · CO
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- EVEV fast charger4 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- FFuel11 mi
- PPropane11 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- @Mail11 mi
- RxPharmacy12 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- OOutfitter12 mi
- MMechanic13 mi
- WWater14 mi
- +Urgent care26 mi
- ShShower33 mi
- DDump33 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 11 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Avalanche Cg
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,323 ft
State
CO
Coordinates
39.23657, -107.20336
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Avalanche Cg · White River National Forest · CO (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureAvalanche Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townRedstone · ~4.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelPhillips 66 · ~11.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesRedstone General Store · ~4.1 mi
- PharmacyCity Market Pharmacy · ~11.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicAspen Valley Hospital · ~19.8 mi
- HardwareClear-Vu Window Tinting · ~11.5 mi
EV charging — from Avalanche Cg · White River National Forest · CO — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger4.1 mi straight-line SW — Redstone General Store, Redstone Historic District, CO · INTERTIE · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach15 within 25 mi · 38 within 50 · 124 within 100 · 440 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)18.6 mi — Aspen, CO - Tesla Supercharger, Aspen
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)11.0 mi — RMS EV 1, Carbondale, CO · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 455094 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Avalanche Cg · White River National Forest · CO — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Flush restroomRedstone Family · ~2.9 mi SW · USFS
- RestroomPrince Creek Upper Restroom · ~7.2 mi NE · BLM
- RestroomPrince Creek Lower Restroom · ~7.5 mi N · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletMcclure · ~9.8 mi SW · USFS
Open Avalanche Cg elsewhere
Other camps near Avalanche Cg
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Redstone Family~2.9 mi · fee
- The Crown Rec Area~7.2 mi
- McClure Campground~9.7 mi
- Mcclure~9.8 mi
The unit that manages Avalanche Cg
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Avalanche Cg are set by White River National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Mc Clure Pass at 8,760 ft, about 9 miles away. It sits about 1,437 ft higher than this camp, so treat it as a guide rather than a reading for this spot. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.
How we know this — Avalanche Cg
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Avalanche Cg
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Avalanche Cg
Winter vs summer roads →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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