Another Colorado guy here. New to the forum and this is my first post. However i’m on several other Gun and Jeep forums, so some of you may or may not recognise my screename. Been shooting the AR variation of rifles for several years now, but just recently (little over a year ago) bought my own, and now i’ve become more interested in the higher end rifles and building my own, so here I am. Just got my BCM 14.5" Pinned upper in on Friday, so that is my current project. Looking forward to some good discussions.
Welcome. A good group here.
So I am taking the wife camping for our anniversary. We are thinking of going up to Red Feather lakes and finding a secluded spot somewhere up there; however I have not been up there in about 10 years and when I went it was pretty secluded. Some family members have told me that it is way bussier now-a-days.
Anyone know of a very SECLUDED campsite in Colorado that is within about 6 hours drive from Denver (We are staying a night in Denver and Leaving from there).
Or can anyone confirm the claims that near red feather lakes is too busy now-a-days for secluded camping. OR confirm that there is still places to find up there that are secluded enough?
I never go to actual camp-sites, but find stuff off the beaten path and build a campsite up if I cannot find one secluded enough.
I just want some peace and quite with the wife on our anniversary, we are going to fish, hike, target shoot and cook a copious amount of food.
If someone knows a nice “Secret” spot and is willing to share (My lips are sealed; PM me if you so choose to share), I will keep it secret and be sure to clean it up meticulously.
I really want to see as few people as possible on this trip and any help from this site/Coloradoan’s would be much appreciated.
The last time I went up to Red Feather you could find a nice secluded spot and never see another camper for days; anyone been there recently to confirm either way about it being busy/crowded?
Thanks in advance!
Would be sweet to have an open range somewhere without lanes. Somewhere to shoot on the move, multiple targets set far apart, etc…
Anyone know of a place?
Had one up near Allenspark but the screwups recently succeeded in getting it closed:(
Howdy! Golden/Lakewood here.
did u check it out???
I found out I am out of town on thsoe dates so I am going to have to look into a future class. Thanks again for the info though; I really wish I could make it.
Just an update:
Plenty of secluded camping can still be found up north of red feather lakes. Just pick a far out dirt road and have fun digging in. We didn’t see a soul for the week we were there. I heard a few trucks passing by, but no persons to be seen. It was beautiful!!!
Anybody got an HK45 or HK45C I can try out? Dunno if I should dump my M&Ps for them.
Ill pay for ammo or bring some of my blasters.
Long time transplant from the east coast now living in Littleton.
That impromptu range just south of Pine Junction looks like a possibility, I’ll have to check it out soon. I’ve been looking for isolated places to shoot in the National Forest and that looks like it might be a good possible, its about 35 miles or so from the house. Thanks Marshall!
Otherwise I’ve had to find out of the way places off forest service roads, just east of Kenosha Pass, the closest is about 50-55 miles one way and there is always a concern with potential campers close by, not to mention being summer time locations only for the most part due to winter time snow and accessibility.
Pawnee is great place to shoot, especially in the winter if the snow is thin, but it’s 130 miles one way minimum and makes for a long drive and sometime gamble on the snow/road conditions.
I prefer to shoot off the beaten path when at all possible. The wife and I along with a couple of shooting buddies like to play carbine and pistol course, running from 5-300 yards.
One of these day’s I’d really like to get down to Pueblo if nothing else to just watch if that is possible.
South of Pine Junction offers a multitude of good spots, one in particular that my buddies and I enjoy quite a bit. Though this weekend we weren’t the only ones with that opinion and had to find another spot.
How in the world does anyone get into a MagPul class in Colorado. I’ve been watching the schedule for almost a year and they are listed as Full as soon as they pop up.
I’m taking a class from Front Range Training and Consulting. They are retired SF guys that do training for SWAT teams and SF units. They have just started offering civilian classes. Here’s there “pro” website…
http://www.frontrangetraining.com/
Here’s their civilian side…
I’m taking the Defensive Rifle class on Sept 25th. If anyone has any info about these guys please pass it along. If I get time, I’ll do an AAR to post it up here.
So it’s the second day of Beer week in Denver and the GABF kicks off Thursday. Hope anyone who wants to go has tickets; because they sold out months ago.
GABF is an amazing world class beer event (The largest beer event in the world with more beer under one roof than any other event) that is held every year at the convention center in downtown Denver; it is liquid poetry in motion and should be attended at least once by every true beer enthusiast.
This is my tenth year and I am just excited as I can be about it.
There are hundreds; yes hundreds of beer related events in Denver and the surrounding area all this week. Chekc one or more out if you love beer. THe food/beer pairings are sure to be fit for the most descriminating epicurist.
Check out:
http://www.denver.org/denverbeerfest/
and
http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/
for more info and event listings.
Happy beer week!
Sláinte
The day you posted this; was the final day of the magpul carbine 1 class in Pueblo. I belive the clkass was not quite full; as I was given a chance to sign up when others dropped out. I guess get on the Magpul site or call them often to see if there are openings/drop outs. I was gonna take someones place in the class over labor day, but I had to go out of town for work. They are hard to get in to, but worth it so just stay on top of them and you will get in to a class eventually.
I, too, am excited! This’ll be my 4th year, hopefully with many more in the future. There’s way too much to experience in just one night.
The wife and I did all four sessions one year (ouch!); we were brain-dead for about a week after that. Now we just do the members only session.
About a month before GABF, I start feeling like a yound lad awaiting the opening of the newest candy shop in town:smile:
All four?!? :eek: I’m still a young lad but don’t think I could do that anymore. I would like to do the members only session, but holding off until I can convince some friends to join with me. Kid in a candy store is what it felt like to step onto that floor for the first time.
transplant from S Fla now in Western CO. Lots of great places to shoot out here.
It is fall, and I absolutely love it. Nice cool evenings/mornings with beautifully warm colorful days in between. Fall is always the opening of my brewing season (I brew all year round, but fall-winter is when I get 90% of it done; due to temperature issues whilst fermenting) and I have been busy as hell this year with all the different brews, wines, meads, ciders, and what not I have fermenting/brewing/plans for.
Great time to go shooting as well, nice crisp clean air and less people out and about than usual.
I love fall in the Rockies so much.
I agree, though now that I can’t afford to run up to Winter Park every weekend I look forward to the snow a bit less :p. Brewing does ease that pain though, or maybe its the products of that activity that do the trick!