camp hale

Nova Guides provided an amazing glimpse of the high country in first class style, comfort and excitement. Nova Guides has a variety of pick-up points if you're not feeling adventurous enough to drive there. The lodge is beautiful and well staffed. The Snow Cat - Snow Coach is fantastic fun! Everyone can ride in comfort and warmth. They stopped a few times for picture taking and after about 2 hours out on the trail we were back in the lodge having a delicious lunch. We highly recommend the outing - we had our friends from the mountains in Virginia along and they were blown away!

Ok you can image the history here. There was plaque to help you vision the past. So interesting.It does need to have the plaques updated as hard to read them with the cracks. I wish there was some old buildings left as it would help with the vision. Great place to step back in time for A moment

There are plenty of signs to tell you what things are and the site is very informative. You can just drive or walk around and there are plenty of signs directing you to stay on the path/road due to hazardous materials. This was the training site for special skiing soldiers in WWII who were trained to fight the Germans in the Alps.

Take the time to read all the signs, use your imagination and hike the Colorado Trail to the east end of the valley for the waterfall and changing trees.

The setting is great . The drive beautiful. The memories of these great men priceless and moving. What a great tribute.

We saw the signs and stopped to see what it was. Then stopped in several different areas of the camp. I never knew it existed. The history of the afea was very interesting. But not much to see.

My Great Uncle trained here im the 40's with the American/Norwegian 99th Battalion. Aka the Vikings. See their web page. Little is know about this group. Goggle them. Its really interesting!

Don't get me wrong, I enjoying visiting past military sites and paying respects to those who served before me but visiting Camp Hale that is what you need: Imagination. When Camp Hale was given back to the park services, they destroyed all the buildings. Also asbestos was found in the past year or so in the grounds where some of the buildings were. There are signs for people to stay on the roads. Besides the foundations of the buildings and signs, there is not much to show what Camp Hale looked like. Its a great drive into nature and to see where buildings once stood, just do so at your own risk with the asbestos that has been found.

The display contiguous to the highway gives a good history of Camp Hale and its role in training ski troops in WWII. There's not much left to see; only a few foundations remain but the area around the former Camp and the drive are worth the trip if you like beautiful mountain scenery.

We went in mid April and there was still a lot of snow on the ground, around 3 feet. The site is not well marked at all. It only says "Point of Interest" and nothing specific to Camp Hale. We were able to read the plaques despite the large amount of snow but any other remains must have been covered by the snow. If you are interested in Camp Hale it is worth the short drive to Vail which has a whole room in their museum dedicated to Camp Hale and the 10th Mountain Soldiers.

I come up to Camp Hale quite often and rent either ATVs or Snowmobiles from Nova Guides! It's always a blast!! Oh and don't forget rafting trips with them also.

This is a great site if you are interested in history. It is self guided with not much information. All that's really left are the foundations of the old camp. The location is beautiful. If you have time and are into history it would be worth it to stop by.

Camp Hale is a great historical park for a hike into pristine forest areas. Across from Camp Hale, hike into the Holy Cross Wilderness Area.http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Cross-Wilderness-Area-ebook/dp/B004AYD70M/ref=pd_sim_sbs_kstore_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2

Primitive camping only but the views and hiking available are the best. Watch out for grazing sheep.

A group of friends and I camped at the Camp Hale Memorial Campground this July in conjunction with a rafting trip. I wasn't sure what to expect since the website said many trees had been removed due to beetle kill, but I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of remaining trees and privacy. The camp is in a beautiful part of the valley by the stream. No running water - so be sure to bring lots of your own - and no cell phone service, aahhhh relaxation. The campground hosts were very nice. The goats that live in the hills added a bit of extra charm by making strange sounds around twilight time, but after that they seemed to calm down. Don't worry, we confirmed that they were, in fact, goats. I would definitely go back.