Lake Irwin Campground

Beautiful, clean campground/lake. The toilets smell absolutely awful, but it’s a busy place so just hold your nose lol. Great views and beautiful water:) we had a blast

This is one of my favorite campsites, there is both a pay area with amenities and there are free campsites just a little further away from the lake. Tons of great hiking all over and some decent fishing in the lake. The area is very popular and it can be difficult to find a spot on busy weekends, luckily there are tons of other free places to camp very near here if these are all filled up.

This place is first come first serve camping (as of July 2020) and finding a spot during the week after 4th of July was pretty hard. We were lucky and scored one of the last spots at noon right after someone left. Prices are $18 a night, cash only, and have access to a fire ring, picknick table, and pit toilets. Camp host had firewood for $7. Lake access is only a short walk away but it does get really busy with day use people. This was a beautiful spot but compaired to other colorado campgrounds this one needs some updating with the bathrooms, as the women’s felt like you were about to fall through the floor. We were unfortunately next to 3 dumpsters and all were overflowing, so just be aware it’s not the sexiest spot but the lake makes up for it.

Incredible location far away from even the small town of Crested Butte. We loved it all HOWEVER there was a large bear within 300 yards of the campground and we backed off after it grunted for us to stay away. Then on our way back we saw a large deer killed by that bear or a cat the night before. The camp manager was very responsible and warned everyone to bring food in and be in the lookout. The bathrooms were super clean and we loved the people.

Kathy and Steve, camp hosts at Lake Irwin Campground are extremely rude and disrespectful. They are not nice and welcoming in which her response was “that’s not my job.” Kathy kept calling me “illegal” and using my home state of New Mexico against me. Saying things like “ you’re from New Mexico, that makes sense.” Upon arriving, there was no clear signage at the entrance indicating the campground was full. Only after driving several sites in did I notice a small handwritten sign on their RV stating “FULL.” Due to the lack of cell service in the area and the fact that Lake Irwin is a first-come, first-served campground, I stopped to ask a question about reserving a site for future dates as I had additional people in my group coming in so I knew we would need another site in a few days to h