Aspen Leaf Cabin (Uncompahgre National Forest, Co)
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- 1All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 14 notices
In the agency’s own words
Aspen Leaf is one of three cabins at the Cold Springs Work Center that welcomes guests with its homey vibe and remote mountain setting. Mountain biking and off-road vehicle trails are easily accessed here. The cabin was built in the 1930s for use by Forest Service employees. Vehicles can easily access the area, but a 4WD may be required in October, depending on weather conditions. Keep reading
Recreation
The North Uncompahgre boasts an extensive ATV trail system known as the Divide Forks ATV complex. Over 50 miles of trails can be explored. Mountain bikers make use of the popular Tabaguache Trail System, and in fall, hunters frequent the area. Hiking and horseback riding are also enjoyable activities.
Facilities
This cabin has one bedroom and a bathroom with a flush toilet and shower. Sleeping accommodations include three twin-size beds and a queen sofa sleeper. Up to six guests may stay in this cabin, but extra cots and air mattresses are recommended. The kitchen includes a propane stove and refrigerator, plus basic cooking and eating utensils like plates, knives, forks and pots. Cleaning supplies are also provided. Drinking water is supplied but the cabin does not have electricity. Guests should bring propane lanterns, matches, bedding, toilet paper, dish towels, warm clothing, paper towels and tools for gathering and cutting firewood. Click here for more cabin details. No RVs, campers, or tents allowed. Please conserve water. Water can be limited at times. Bring back-up drinking water. Aspen Leaf Cabin is one of three cabins at the Cold Springs Work Center. One cabin may be occupied by Forest Service personnel.
Natural Features
Aspen Leaf Cabin sits in a field with scattered aspen and mountain shrub vegetation on the north end of the Uncompahgre National Forest. At 9,000 feet, the area offers crisp mountain air, mild days and chilly nights. Black bears, mountain lions, marmots and deer are among the wild inhabitants. Please be aware of bear safety.
Nearby Attractions
The nearest grocery store is in Grand Junction, 44 miles from the cabin. Anglers looking for lake fishing can head to Big Creek Reservoir, about 14 miles from the cabin.
What the agency tells you
Entry is by combination lock; call Grand Valley Ranger District office at (970)242-8211 for combination lock Mon-Fri 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (please provide your reservation #)
Aspen Leaf does NOT have electrity. No kerosene is allowed, propane is fine.
Heavy snowfall may cause cabin rental cancellation; call ranger district for updated conditions and restrictions
Everything else this campground posts · 11
Cell phone coverage is unreliable
Please bring garbage bags; this is a 'pack in-pack out' facility
Please clean cabin before leaving; cleaning supplies are provided
No fireworks
No smoking allowed
No pets or livestock allowed
This facility does not meet accessibility standards
Off-road vehicle owners must have in-state or out-of-state registration stickers
Bears frequent the area; keep all food out of sight in approved containers or locked inside your vehicle and remove all food from area after eating
This is a high elevation facility, please use caution when traveling from lower elevations
Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing organisms by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 1 · 1 cabin
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…has one bedroom and a bathroom with a flush toilet and shower. Sleeping accommodations include three…”
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- Shower/Bath Type states a shower on all 1 of this campground's campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…Cleaning supplies are also provided. Drinking water is supplied but the cabin does not have…”
- Firewood
- Mentioned
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, Creek
- Biking
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Wildlife viewing
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What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
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The sites
1 sites · the site map
All 1 sites
| ASPEN LEAF | Aspen Leaf | cabin nonelectric | 1,281 ft |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Oak CabinUncompahgre National Forest · 0.0 miDivide Forks Campground - Grand Valley RDUncompahgre National Forest · 2.5 miDominguez CampgroundDominguez/Escalante National Conservation Area · 9.3 miMud Springs CampgroundGrand Junction Field Office · 18 miPotholes Recreation SiteDominguez/Escalante National Conservation Area · 19 miColumbine Campground - Ouray RDUncompahgre National Forest · 22 miFrom Grand Junction, head south on Highway 50. Take a right on County Road 141 heading south for 14.5 miles. Make a sharp left on Divide Road. This road is not marked, but prior to turn, a sign reads "National Forest Access Divide Road, Uncompahgre Plateau." Follow this road for 19.6 miles and take a left on Forest Road 406 (where a sign says "Cold Springs Work Center"). Go a quarter-mile and then turn right on 406.1A. Cabin is a half-mile after turn, and Aspen Leaf is the first cabin on the left.
Have combination lock handy to enter the gate. Parking, for a maximum of three vehicles, is in front of the cabin.
The weather
the next four days
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Redlands, CO
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
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Who answers for this land
Aspen Leaf Cabin (Uncompahgre National Forest, Co) is in Colorado’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Jeff Hurd (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →