Blue Mesa Recreational Ranch - Thousand Trails

We used the cabin pass on opening week. It was cold but the backdrop is beautiful. The front lodge is nice and spacious and the free wifi there had 200Mbps so that's where we did our work and kid's online homeschool. We stayed in an 8 person cabin and had about 8Mbps which is better than some of the other TT. We liked the campground but did not like the 8 person cabin. Lot's of mattresses but layout sucked. Small barsink, mini-fridge and not the full sized fridge, no bbq, no microwave, no shower. Next time we will get one of the other cabins with the full refrigerator. Staff is nice and area is beautiful.

CDOT closed the bridge over the Blue Mesa reservoir on April 19 for cracks in super structure. The reopening date has not been determined..

currently there is a detour that is for locals only.. coming from the north / west you can go I-70 to copper mt and come down 91, or at eagle vail down hwy 24 which is a bit more twisty..

https://www.codot.gov/news/2024/april/us50-bridge-closed-west-of-gunnison..

I’m happy that this TT park is here and the location is nice but there is no cell service and the power keeps crashing. Not just for me, my neighbors too. The lots are overgrown with weeds, the bocce court is hard to find in all the weeds. Decent but very tight laundry room and the pool/hot tub closes at 8pm. I would stay again only because of the location and I don’t have to pay to stay.

As Thousand Trails members, we were excited when this park became part of our membership. We love Colorado and the views in the park are beautiful overlooking the Blue Mesa Reservoir. We visited in July of 2022 and were in site 354 which is an end site at the top of the hill. We loved having the extra space of an end site, but it is more work walking up the hill from the amenities!

Speaking of, the amenities are amazing. We loved the outdoor pool especially (there's an indoor one too)! The playground, mini-golf, family center, fishing pond, and even horseback rides directly in the park will keep you busy. Our kids didn't want to leave. :)

Going into Gunnison is fairly easy, and for our young kids, the splash area at the Gunnison mural and the large playground at Jorgensen Park are fun to visit. Crested Butte and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park are must see places in day-trip range.

We did struggle with internet connectivity while here, but being able to use park Wi-Fi was nice. Since then we've upgraded to Starlink (we noticed many people at the park using theirs), so that would make the experience even better next time. You may want to have extra lengths of hose/cable as well as some of the hookups are fairly far back in some of the sites.

We would love to visit the park again for sure! We have a campground review video as well if you'd like to see more! https://youtu.be/VoRnRblRB3I

We stayed for two weeks with our thousand trails membership. The staff were super nice and accommodating. As for the sites, many of them were not level and overgrown. There is absolutely no cell service and the Wi-Fi is only available in common areas. We would stay here again if we were going to be in the area since it’s free with our membership, but wouldn’t go out of our way to stay here again.

We stayed here for 14 day. Office and stay are supper helpful and friendly. This park is at base mountain and sites are fairly level but you should drive around and pick your site as some are unloved. Sites are in mostly natural state. You share power pedestals and water, but both work great. Sites have picnic table with concrete pad. If you are a working nomad you better plan on working in common area that has hotspot or going into Gunnison. Cell phone service with booster is 0. The park has park wide wireless connection, but after connecting you are not going anywhere on the internet. Lots of seasonal campers, but plenty of open spots. Two pools, one open and not heated and one in front common building that has heated pool.
I would stay here again as it is so beautiful and overviews Gunnison Lake feed by Gunnison River. .

We are part of Thousand Trails and this campground is part of our membership. We paid extra to stay in a 50amp pull thru site near the family center. We had great views and the staff here is excellent. The rumors are true though, cell service and WiFi are really spotty here. Sometimes our kids could stream Netflix, sometimes I couldn’t even pull up a website. I think they’re actively working to fix this, but it can be frustrating. WiFi at the clubhouse and family center is good. We appreciated the community events like burger night, karaoke, and kid craft time. All of the public spaces were clean and taken care of.

From here you’re close to a cute historic downtown and lots of hiking trails. We loved it and would come again.