U.S. Forest Service initiates paid camping on Homestake Road

U.S. Forest Service initiates paid camping on Homestake Road

The former free camping area along Homestake Road in Eagle County is now the Homestake Valley Campground, managed by the White River National Forest’s campground concessionaire. The campsites cost $20 per night. The area used to be open to what the Forest Service calls “dispersed camping,” which is camping outside of official campgrounds in the national forest, but after people began camping in more sensitive areas, the Forest Service decided to…