Camping at Killpecker? Options

[quadnut20]

A few of us from Denver are going to KP on May 15 16 17 and trying to figure out where the best place to camp is In the past we camped on top by parking area that kind of sucked and just south of there at the bottom of the hill got ate by bugs Help!!!!!!!
thanks Dale

This post has been edited by quadnut20: May 4 2009, 04:53 PM

[quadnut20]

What nobody wants to give up their secret spot !!!!

[bonbon]

Instead of making a left to go into the main parking lot just keep following the main road. about 5-6 miles it goes through a nice little meadow about 3/4 of the way to deadmans. It may be awful wet yet this time of year though. Bugs shouldn't be as bad as long as it's dried up. That other spot stays wet all summer usually.

[quadnut20]

Instead of making a left to go into the main parking lot just keep following the main road. about 5-6 miles it goes through a nice little meadow about 3/4 of the way to deadmans. It may be awful wet yet this time of year though. Bugs shouldn't be as bad as long as it's dried up. That other spot stays wet all summer usually.

thanks for your input I`m not sure where deadmans at!! I have only been to KP 4 times and never found it on my own but I`ll keep looking !! only local person I met was a guy JD who worked fora tow out fit>He was in a green buggy with a 4.3 liter this thang hauled ass Nice guy we had a few drinks and chated He said he camped on the west side of KP

[bonbon]

Deadmans is just the east end of the dunes where they end in the sagebrush. Fun to try and climb out of in July/August when the sand is way soft and about knee deep if you walk down it. That meadow is off of the dunes about the same as the main lot, you just have to go through 1 of 2 trails to get to them through some tall sagebrush. It'll put you about 4 miles east or so of the main lot but on holiday weekends there are usually a bunch of people that park there. I've seen that JD out there before, he's got a nice rail for sure.

[quadnut20]

Deadmans is just the east end of the dunes where they end in the sagebrush. Fun to try and climb out of in July/August when the sand is way soft and about knee deep if you walk down it. That meadow is off of the dunes about the same as the main lot, you just have to go through 1 of 2 trails to get to them through some tall sagebrush. It'll put you about 4 miles east or so of the main lot but on holiday weekends there are usually a bunch of people that park there. I've seen that JD out there before, he's got a nice rail for sure.

thanks I`ll check it out on sat. weather permitting!! if you are around sat. look me up I`m in a white chevy van with colo plates might be with another guy with a couple of banshees

[bonbon]

Yeah hopefully I can make it out next weekend. Unless we have a job pop up at work to go on I should be free. I usually just park up top in the main lot and drive a 06 black dodge with a blue banshee in the back.

[Ninja Nate]

I may head up there as well. Though depending on a few buddies, I may end up at Walden or Syracuse?? I probably wont know until later in the week but I'll let you know if I'm heading that way

[KPs Miss Banshee]

me and Rick will be there proubly
at the bottom of dragg hill hope
to see ya there

[bonbon]

Well this sucks. We just picked up a rig move at work just in time for the weekend. Looks like I'll be busy the next 5 days or so and probably won't make it out at all this weekend. I was looking forward to it but with it being slow at work I gotta catch all the hours I can. Maybe if I get in at a decent time saturday I'll run out for an evening ride.

[quadnut20]

Work comes first !! I hate it when work gets in the way of riding!! Happens a lot to me

[bonbon]

Well now things may have changed again. We managed to do in 1 day what usually takes 2-3. The rig was actually ready to move so we could just tear into and not have to wait all the damned time. Should have most of it finished tomorrow and if so then it's off to the dunes Saturday!!!!

[quadnut20]

We were out there on sat but I did not see your bike We ended up towing my buddies bike back to the parking lot yamaha 450 We were as far north of the parking lot as you could go and had no flipping idea where we were!!! couldn`t tow it across the sand Lucky a local dude show us around He was in a Rhino and helped us get one of our 4 Wheel Drives back there Without him we would be screwed Thanks to the locals again Maybe next time Was a fun trip !!

[bonbon]

Yeah I didn't get a chance to make it out. Finished a rig move Friday late, then loaded and unloaded equipment Saturday to start another one today. Hopefully be done with this one tomorrow and I can either get some riding in or more likely right now some fishing. I haven't fished for a bout a year and I'm due for a long summer of it. I can't live by Flaming Gorge and not go fish the damned place!

[drag on]

if we take the time to ride what permits do out of states need to ride KP ?

i would assume its some thing we would have to get from a BLM office,i know were one is in pinedale ,what about rock springs?

[quadnut20]

if we take the time to ride what permits do out of states need to ride KP ?

i would assume its some thing we would have to get from a BLM office,i know were one is in pinedale ,what about rock springs?

We come from colorado and have used our current ohv sticker!! never been screwed with!! I have never even seen a ranger out there!

This post has been edited by quadnut20: May 26 2009, 12:01 AM

[Sandnut]

You can get out of state permits at some gas stations, I think they are $15 each. Other state stickers are not accepted. We were never checked last year out there but we have been checked several times at Seminoe. $15 is better than the $65 dollar ticket IMO.