Pepper Pod Campground
- May–Jun, Sep–Oct
- best months
Is Pepper Pod Campground open right now?
Road closed
CO 52: road closure is listed as closed by CDOT 511.
CO 52: road closure
Closed · ~0.4 km from Pepper Pod Campground · CDOT 511
As of · Source: CDOT 511. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
- At 4,988 ft
Pepper Pod Campground sits about a third of a mile from the town of Hudson in Colorado. It is a small, close-to-town camping spot that makes an easy base for exploring the surrounding area, with the town itself right on the doorstep. For comfortable weather, late spring and early fall stand out. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Brighton show May highs around 72°F and September highs around 80°F, while July climbs to about 90°F and winter highs hover near 44°F with regular snow days from December through February. Two hiking options lie within about 10 miles: Barr Lake Trail, roughly 9.7 miles away, and Barr Lake Loop Trail, about 9.8 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Loveland RV Resort30 mi away
- Wildcat Mountaineering35 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Barr Lake TrailHikingPhoto: Jesse James — CC BY 2.0 (via Flickr)9.7 mi- Barr Lake Loop TrailHiking9.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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Best time to visit Pepper Pod Campground
Best months: May–June and September–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
44° / 16°
4 wet · 4 snow
Feb
46° / 19°
4 wet · 4 snow
Mar
56° / 27°
6 wet · 3 snow
Apr
63° / 34°
7 wet · 2 snow
May
72° / 43°
8 wet
Jun
84° / 52°
7 wet
Jul
90° / 58°
7 wet
Aug
88° / 56°
6 wet
Sep
80° / 47°
5 wet
Oct
66° / 35°
5 wet · 1 snow
Nov
53° / 25°
4 wet · 3 snow
Dec
44° / 16°
4 wet · 4 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Brighton 3 Se, CO, 13.4 mi away at 5,016 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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