Difficult is full. Cancellations happen every day.
A larger White River National Forest campground on the Roaring Fork just east of Aspen, the fallback once the Maroon Creek campgrounds are full. Still an Aspen summer weekend, so it fills too.
Which nights do you want at Difficult?
We check live and answer straight away. If they're taken, the same dates carry into the alert form below.
0 open nights in October 2026 — fully booked.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13full | 14full | 15full | 16full | 17full | ||
| 18full | 19full | 20full | 21full | 22full | 23full | 24full |
| 25full | 26full | 27full | 28full | 29full | 30full | 31full |
open — tap to book on recreation.govfull — tap to get alerted for that nightweekend
These are live numbers for October 2026, checked when you loaded the page. A watch covers any dates you like.
Your dates aren't available? Get a free email when one opens ↓
Email me when a site opens at Difficult
Your first email lands right away with where your nights stand. After that we only write when something opens.
Last catch here — a date opened, gone by our next check (≤39 min later). That window is what an instant email wins you.
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Recent openings we caught at Difficult
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, Sep 25 | gone by next check (≤39 min later) | |
| Sat, Sep 26 | gone by next check (≤480 min later) | |
| Fri, Sep 25 | gone by next check (≤484 min later) | |
| Sat, Sep 26 | gone by next check (≤484 min later) | |
| Thu, Sep 24 | gone by next check (≤187 min later) | |
| Thu, Sep 24 | gone by next check (≤462 min later) | |
| Thu, Sep 24 | gone by next check (≤600 min later) | |
| Wed, Sep 23 | gone by next check (≤38 min later) | |
| Wed, Sep 23 | gone by next check (≤1274 min later) | |
| Tue, Sep 22 | gone by next check (≤566 min later) | |
| Wed, Sep 23 | gone by next check (≤468 min later) | |
| Wed, Sep 23 | gone by next check (≤539 min later) | |
| Mon, Sep 21 | gone by next check (≤2229 min later) | |
| Tue, Sep 22 | gone by next check (≤2881 min later) | |
| Wed, Sep 23 | gone by next check (≤69 min later) | |
| Sun, Sep 20 | gone by next check (≤897 min later) | |
| Sun, Sep 20 | gone by next check (≤36 min later) | |
| Sun, Sep 20 | gone by next check (≤37 min later) | |
| Mon, Sep 21 | gone by next check (≤152 min later) | |
| Sat, Sep 19 | gone by next check (≤193 min later) |
Watching since Sep 8, 2026, checking about every 15 minutes. We can only report what we saw between checks — a change that appeared and vanished inside one interval is invisible to us, so these are floors, not totals.
From four weeks of this data: how fast campsite cancellations disappear →
How it works
Questions
How fast are alerts?
Free: we check every hour, day and night. When a site opens for your nights you get an email with the booking link in it. Priority Pass is $10 once, not a subscription. For one watch, for as long as its dates are open, it checks every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you hear sooner. A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks.
How many campgrounds can I watch?
As many as you like, on one email address — every campground page has the same form. Each watch is separate, with its own dates and its own one-click stop.
What does it cost?
Watching is free — no card, no account. Priority Pass is $10 once, not a subscription. For one watch, for as long as its dates are open, it checks every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you hear sooner.
Does it book for me?
No — you get the booking link the moment a site opens; booking stays in your hands, on the reservation system's own site.
How do I stop, or change my dates?
Every email has a one-click stop link. A watch ends by itself the day after your last night, with a note on what it saw. For new dates, subscribe again on the campground page — it takes ten seconds.
For AI agents — feed URL and subscribe API
Reading this page for a user? Structured snapshot + change log: /scouts/campsites/maroon-bells/difficult.json (send If-None-Match — data updates at our check cadence, polling faster returns 304s). Better: subscribe your user once and we email them the moment Difficult opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"maroon-bells/difficult","email":"user@example.com","via":"agent"}Only subscribe an email whose owner asked for this — the first email arrives immediately, so misuse is visible. Full agent docs: /AGENTS.md
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