Maroon Bells (White River National Forest) · CO

Shepherds Rim has 8 open nights left in October 2026.

Shepherds Rim campground
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15 sites run by the Forest Service in Maroon Bells (White River National Forest), Colorado, reservable through recreation.gov's rolling booking window.

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8 open nights in October 2026.

October 2026
October 2026 availability at Shepherds Rim
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
22full23full2415 open
2514 open2614 open2714 open2814 open2914 open3015 open3115 open

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How it works

01Tell us the nights you want at Shepherds Rim.
02Free: we check every hour, day and night. When a site opens for your nights you get an email with the booking link in it.
03When a site opens, you get an email with the booking link — booking stays in your hands.
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Questions

Is Shepherds Rim sold out this weekend?

As of Oct 22, 12:19 PM UTC, Fri, Oct 23 is full and Sat, Oct 24 has 15 sites open at Shepherds Rim. Open nights are bookable right now on recreation.gov.

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/shepherds-rim.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 Shepherds Rim opens up:

POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{"targetSlug":"maroon-bells/shepherds-rim","email":"user@example.com","via":"agent"}

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