This past weekend, I took a trip up to the Poudre Canyon, a winding front range canyon carved out by the seventy mile long Cache La Poudre river. This canyon is all things recreation to residents and visitors of Fort Collins, CO. I have only been up here twice, both times to splitboard up at the Diamond Peaks near Cameron Pass in the winter time. This canyon is incredibly long; it takes almost two hours to travel the winding highway from Ft. Collins to the top of Cameron Pass. However, the abundant recreation all along the highway are well worth it.
For this trip, we traveled less than a quarter up the canyon, to camp at the Narrows Campground. This is a developed National Forest campground, with about eight pads strictly for tent camping. There is a toilet, trash, and water on site. In addition, the campground is short walking …